In the "Now" pic is your nozzle all the way down?  If that is all the way down, it looks like you are shooting water to the bottom of the lake instead of under the boat.

Look at the autotrader online.  I just found a bunch of 3/4 and 1 tons for cheap.  A 97 with the gasser shouldnt be 6500.

Almost forgot to say that the 460's that came in the 90's trucks are dogs.  I know, I used to have a 96.

alot of U joints that I used to sell when I worked at autozone had zerks on them lol.

The heavy duty u joints dont have them because it makes them weaker.  At least thats what I read in a 4x4 mag.

sorry, im a little slow this evening....is something busted or are you makin a funney?

I think he means that he has so much info on the subject that there isnt enough space on your server.

shes all stock.....outta a 78 f250

What I am about to say comes from experience....  Even though the engine is used, the tolerances for a truck and a boat are different.  I tried the same thing and ended up popping the tops off of forged pistons because the rings werent gapped for "extreme duty" (marine).  It might work out well for you and it might not.  Kind of a crap shoot!  If you have the time, you should try to get some of those tolerances loosened up.  Good luck, the engine looks really nice.

Just watched some clips on youtube.  That show is great!  Im gonna have to go see if I can buy the first season.

I am over it and I am sure everyone is tired of reading this.  Let it die already.

I respect your response.  Its not that I am not taking responsibility, the whole point of this was that I am not going to take any crap from some punk ass for something that I couldnt have controlled (losing my phone).  I know it escallated into something that was stupid.  As said before, be somewhat curteous and you will accomplish more than trying to be tough and acting like an asshole.

Side Note: I am not really looking for a response as to why I am wrong or right in anyones opinion.  I did this thread for someone who asked me to explain everthing that happened and I happen to respect that person quite a bit.

No the moral of the story is  "Never try to help Ryan out by loaning him something that you expect to get back in a reasonable amount of time because he is too busy spanking."

Welcome back Spanky 

Well now you know the other side of the story.  Your pretty good on the welcome back spanky part!  Did you come up with that or did you have some help?  Like I said what is done is done.

I know a lot of people on here are questioning what I did, so here is the other side of the story that no one has heard.  I am doing this because someone whose name rhymes with "Skip" has asked me to clear some air.  If you read this and dont like the way I did things, well to bad because whats done is done. 

Tony lent me an exhaust log for a 460.  While I had his log or what I thought was his log (remember this part, it comes into play later) I lost my phone and didnt have any means of contacting anyone for a few days.  Apparently Tony was trying to call me during this time.  Now a few days have gone by and I have gotten a new phone but I have lost all contacts.  Tony gets a hold of me and we talk and I told him that I still have his log and that I could give it back to him the next day because at the time it was dark outside and I wasnt going to try and pull a log in the dark.  Later that same night Brad calls me and said that Tony called him and was calling me a bitch because I wouldnt answer my for days (remember the part where I lost my phone).  At that point I said to myself, "well lets just see who the bitch is," and decided to keep the log a little longer but still had the intentions of giving it back.  Now after several more days have passed I go and pull the log off of my boat to give back to him.  The same day I pull the log, the real owner of the log contacts me and starts to threaten me.  At this point I say to myself, "fock this guy, I am gonna give him a little spanking."  I put the log back onto my boat and continue to use it but still had the intentions on giving the log back to Tony in a few days.  I believe it was two days later when someone and I dont remember who it was said that Tony and the real owner (which turns out I work with the guy) had gone to the head boss of the Needles terminal where I work to "tell on me."   Now to me this is an attack on my livelyhood so fock both of these guys, I will give it back when I am good and ready.  I was then forced to work in Bakersfield for a while.  While I was gone either Tony or someone with the same build as him was caught at like three in the morning in my boat.  This is where I then say to myself, "That motherfocker just lost his shit, this is my log now."  Now the real owner of the log sees me at work and tries to threaten me in front of all the people I work with about how he is coming over to my house blah blah blah (here is a little hint for everyone: dont threaten people if you are an overweight middle-aged man that couldnt handle yourself in a real fight!).  A couple of days pass and my conscience starts getting to me about this whole thing so I decide that these two clowns have been spanked enough.  I removed the log and gave it to 2sav and he then returned it to Tony.

The whole moral of the story is:  If you just be polite to someone instead of thinking you are some kind of badass you will accomplish a lot more.

Thats the whole story the way it played out, to the best of my knowledge I didnt omit anything from it.  Like I said earlier, if you dont like the way this played out thats too bad because its already a done deal.

X2 guys. But from what I understand, Marine blocks had their own casting designation, D1VE, I could easlily be wrong. As far as what makes it different than a street block, couldn't tell you. But I have 3 of those casting codes. Hopefully someone will chime in with that they mean.

Ray

Block doesnt matter.  Its the tolerances that do matter.  Piston ring gap, piston to cylinder wall clearance and main bearing clearances are the ones to worry about.

If you dont have enough ring gap you will break the lands on your pistons.

You need correct cylinder clearance because the piston expands in the cylinder and needs the room to grow when it gets hot.

Did I get this right?!

800 for 1 kid.....I would get a new lawyer!

When you gross 7500 to 8k a month 800 isnt really too bad!