Wow Im an idiot never thought of that. Thanks! Do you think I would have to make a custom throttle bracket since the existing one is on the other side

just get one from Summit or Jegs, it goes wherever you bolt it.

Well it was a nice day yesterday so I took it on its first run. All was well when I put it in the water till I realized I had water gushing in from the pump. Ooops forgot to tighten the inspection plate enough. After that I putted around the no wake area and checked for leaks. All was good so we headed out....the boat ran good the first ten minutes. Then I noticed oil bubbling out between the heads and the intake manifold and from the inside of the rear bell housing. Didn't loose much but it was definately leaking. My guess is that it was from too much crank case pressure becuse it was bubbling out with air pressure. Should I maybe put a PCV on the valve covers, Right now I just have a breather on one side and that leaks oil too through the vent! Also there was a faint knocking sound so I decided to head back in and take her back home and go through everything.

Any ideas or input on the oil or knocking situation here is a video of the first trip out. I could barely here the knocking over the end until the way back in.

I think I got the oil problem fixed by adding two breathers with pcv valves on them. One I used to replace the oil cap since it didn't have a brether hole on that valve cover. I then ran the hoses off the pcv's to a T and then to the carb. Do you guys think that'll be okay or is that overkill.

I also had a question on the vacuum advance, I know you all said I would not create enough to open the secondaries so I capped off the advance hose at the distributer but how do I go about screwing down the advance in the dizzy?

Last on the driveline I realized I am not dead on vertical adjustment betwen the pump and motor but it is fine horizontal how critical is that I am aprox 5 degrees down on the motor 

well you got the first test down...seems like alot of people are having blow by issues....seems to be a mystery as well...was always told it could be the rings or the valves, but i could be wrong....boat sounded fine, and appeared to be running fine...in the film you seemed to be asking about the oil psi! how much did it drop? what was it running at? we need lots of details

last question what were you guys dipping?

You're right! It does seem like a LOT of excess crankcase pressure issues lately. Food for thought......

Ray

and that is 2 of 2 boats with crankcase pressure issues with lucas additive as well....hows that for food for thought...if im not mistaken that stuff is pretty thick...my oil psi is lower then that...what kind of oil are you running....brand and weight...you should have been running a cam break in oil if the cam was new!

yeah your supposed to run a break in lube for the cam, and then a quick oil change! i would go with the valvoline VR1 oil it's better for flat tappet cams...i would definately look into the flat cam dealio...there is ways to break in a cam properly...my oil psi when cold is between 70-75 and at that rpm around 40-55 i cant exactly remember

i run 20-50....as far as cam break in should have went you should run it with the additive for 20 mins at 2500 rpm...then the way everyone breaks their cams in is different! but the additive is pretty important...im hoping someone else will jump in to further explain...these flat tappet cams are a bitch, and you can ruin one pretty quickly...there's a couple of really good ford guys over here! if none of them jump in pm either ralph brunt or lakesonly

Okay I'll run some 20-50 in it with the redline and just do an oil change and hope it works. I think the pcvs will help with the crankcase pressure. Thanks Nordie and Ray I wish I was more savvy on this big block stuff.

As for the driveline how do I chack to see what angle I am at does anyone have a diagram or a pic?

Oh and Nordie as for the truck I had it chcked out and came back with 2 more injectors not throwing codes but poor flow so gotta save up and keep chasing injectors I guess

the oil on the intake is from what oil leak or blow by? is there not a vacume port on the base plate of your carb? do the valve covers have baffles? the knock? what is it?

try the vacume port at the base plate, how much oil do you have in the pan? its going to take a lot of pressure to blow out an intake/valve cover gasket

have you ran a compression test?

leakdown will tell the tale a little more that is for sure! i was told a good way to tell if you got a low cylinder a good way of determining between a leaky valve, and piston rings would be the fact that if you put some oil in the cylinder and your compression comes up it could be a ring! if it stays roughly the same it could be a valve! i still cant really understand how you are leaking oil around the where the intake and head mesh together....or did you manage to fix that?

i believe the more details you can give us the better off you are! leakdown and compression test should be on the list of things to do!