Today I sat at the Columbia Drag Boat Associations' awards ceremony in Lowell Oregon today. I spent the whole weekend at Dexter Lake making my 1975 Schuster Tahiti with a 454ci Chevrolet run right. I started the weekend as a some guy with a jet boat and ended up as a weekend racer with a 18 second boat. Now I know this doesnt seem very special but with the help of Clyde the mechanic and a great friend Jack we managed to knock off 2+seconds off the 1/4 mile time. This was my very first race of any type vehicle.. Im a vintage car guy from olden times....and the first time of joining a real association. The staff and all of the real racers help us and helped to get the boat in shape to run decent. I managed to be given a trophy of sorts for the Lyme Riki Race Team...

I had a blast and us up here in Oregon are keepin the jet boat dream alive...

Sweet....

Fill us in ...

Thats Ebay car guy gold...

Bolted the heads back on ...

So I was checking the water neck and this vein looking thing falls out and I notice it was broken ... now where do you find what this is let alone where to find parts....

Tore down the 454 having the heads checked ...found a rusty hole ...  the guy also forgot to retorque the bolts for the intake so it sucked the gaskets...

OK...So [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] when I purchased my Tahiti the motor had these BBC 10114156 heads on it. Now I have a BBC 14015445 in my 84 P30 RV ... So if I swap out the heads will I be looking at any issues?

I have not noticed any movement to date but the whole boat reacts to the gas pedal. The guy I purchased the boat from included the stringers were replaced at some point. The floor is new as well as the stringers below so it seems I have a stable foundation to start with. I entered the jet boat hobby in February of this year from building hot rod cars and believe  me saying  that this is a kick a** hot rod boat...

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Chilling on the lake

I have a 75 Tahiti with a 454ci Big Chevy and the issue I noticed yesterday was that the front of the motor has a set of motor mounts but the rear is bolted to the Berkeley and nothing else. Now Im planning on upgrading my heads to some Merlins and a high rise intake. Im hoping to see 500HP and drag race the boat as well. So my question is should I invest in a mount for the rear of the motor or is the pump enough to hold it in place?

Any help would be great.

R

Went out to the lake and spit out one of my baffles SOMEWHERE in the lake... If you find one let me know... I need one...

Took a steel valve cover and cut it out to do a valve adjust. Going to Loon Lake this weekend...

This weekend up here in Eugene Oregon I took my 75 Tahiti with the 502 Chev out to Fall Creek and flogged the hell out of it and reasserted that The Lyme Riki is the fasted float on the water!

Up here in the lakes I run...