NEW LISTING! 1989 Legend speed boat, all aluminum welded hull, 540 cu. in. all aluminum big block engine with Kinsler mechanical fuel injection, Lunati Voodoo mechanical roller cam, Jesel roller lifters, Dart Pro 1 345 aluminum cylinder heads, Callies crank, Crower stainless steel roller rockers, SRP 12.5:1 forged pistons, Manton pushrods, Mezierre mini starter, Aluminum flywheel, Dan Olson oil cooler, MSD ingintion. Hull has only 200 hours since new, and has been used primarily to test performance of various engines (not racing)., Dominator jet pump with droop snoot, dual cable steering, Full instrumentation (all working), Moroso vacuum pump, dual cable steering, Very good paint, hull is undamaged, fast speed boat. Trailer is in very good condition, Has a storage cover, generally stored indoors for it's entire life. $60,000. Call if interested, Jerry 780-625-2066.

For sale: 1989 welded aluminum jet boat. Has only 200 hrs since new. Engine has 15 hours, runs perfectly. Kinsler fuel injected 540 all aluminum engine. Trailer is also 100%. Always stored indoors. Wife wants me to sell it, and honestly getting a bit old for this activity.  $60,000 CDN.

If you are going to run a single plane, try a 1000cfm carb, with a 1" four hole spacer over top of a 1" open spacer. Get a carb with a smooth radius on the intake, or put a plastic radius adapter on top. It all helps with mixture distribution and power. I did this on the dyno and the engine picked up 55 hp.

The previous writer is correct, get the 660 center squirters, and dyno the engine to get the setup right.

Take your bowl and impellor off, then loosen the packing nuts, and it will be okay to run it.

If I am not mistaken, at one time the Cobra Jet 429 came stock right from Ford with a Quadrajet carb.  It is a much better carburator than an Edelbrock or a Motorcraft four barrel.

I don't think any iron Ford heads are any good for performance. Get some aluminum aftermarket heads, you will be much happier.

I had a problem with oil pressure loss at high RPM in a big block Chev. It didn't seem to matter what I did to try to remedy the situation, it would lose oil pressure around 5000. Different oil pans, raise and lower the pickup, different oil pumps. However, there was something which I had done to the oil  pumps which I did not consider as detrimental. I had always been shimming the pressure relief valve spring in an effort to maintain higher hot oil pressure. The last time I had the oil pan off, I decided to remove the shims, and just let it do it's thing on it's own. Well, problem solved, no more high speed oil pressure loss. Why? Well, I am not sure, but I think what may have been happening is the relief valve could not open far enough to let bypass oil back into the inlet and this caused cavitation in the oil pump. Just a guess, but it is fixed now. No more shimming oil pump relief valve springs for me.

When you are dealing with carb spacers it is best to try them out on a dyno to see what they do. I had one on a 468 that I was dyno testing, and this particular engine had some mixture distribution issues caused by a 2" open spacer. We tried some  other combinations, finally ended up with a 1" four hole spacer on a 1" open spacer. This corrected all the mixture distribution issues and the engine picked up 40 hp. It depends what the engine likes, and I have no other explanation.

You probably will not find much difference in power no matter what cam you use. The issue with Fords are the cylinder heads.  The exhaust ports  on stock 460 heads are shit. You would find a noticeable difference if you invest in some aftermarket cylinder heads. Just my opinion though.

Hull is locally built, engine is an all aluminum 540 with Kinsler fuel injection. 800 hp, so far only 9 hours on it last year. Unfortunately I am unable to use it this year due to the slowdown in oil patch causing economic hardships.

Alberta, Canada my friend.