Damn!!  I own a Chevy powered v-drive!  You cut me deep Bob!  Cut me deep!!  😓

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I'm gonna have to hit the fireball bottle to heal these wounds sir!! 

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Bwhahahahahahah , budget !!! Don’t want junk bottom end stuff looking about $2k , been looking and researching and all I see is Eagle this scat that and ppl talking shit about both , RPM was mentioned and some others . I want to find out who’s running what and take it from there.


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What you have to remember is,  picking the parts is only so much of the equation.  What you do with them when you get them has a lot to do with the outcome.  I bought an eagle balanced rotator assembly for my 496 back in the day..  Eagle crank, scat h beam rods forged srp pistons internally balanced ready to go!!  I sent it all to the machine shop with my block,  and they laughed!!  They said it's never "ready to go".. They had to rebalance everything,  cut the crank, add Malory to balance it,  it's production shit..  Everything has to go to the machine shop.  You can spend 4k on a pair of brodix ready to go cylinder heads and bet money they'll need to see the machine shop to square up the valve job and the decks, cuz again production stuff.. People that bitch probably buy and slam together without making sure it's right.. 👍

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Thanks brother v drive owner lol , I know I will have to get everything machined, it’s the correct thing to do , sure u can bolt it up as soon as u get it but some ppl just don’t get it .


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I know I don’t want to drop $2k on just the bottom end I just want it done right , as far as I know the old set up lasted 15 years and I want it to last the same , I have a total budget for the whole motor , new heads , gaskets , tooling work etc etc . Wanted all natural aspiration and not stroked . And all this done before next season . But if not , then will go down a different road with the motor and Hull . All in all I just want to get back on the water , drink beer and hang out with good ppl


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I'm assuming again it wasn't hurt when you pulled the engine out?

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Stupid I pad , No the motor was not hurt , ran great, comp test read 130psi all round and oil pressure was 55-65 psi when warm


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As u can see on the block on the upper left the freeze plug breached and was pissing water .


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I'm thinking, for me ,this winter,, a big change in iron cylinder heads, a slide of my engine way farther forward and a change in the fuel I run may fix my issues!!!  😅😅

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My hull is heavy and I think I would benefit from shedding some weight lol . But when I get this figured out , going to start a blower motor from scratch and take my time building it , already got a 4bolt main block to start with . As for the oil , I use brad penn 50w , love the stuff . Have Tom rebuilding my hall craft v-drive and I am rebuilding the trans . Getting new flush fit gas tanks and prepping all the rigging for paint . Then in 2019 doing the whole hull in new gel .



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I wouldn't worry about a .20 cut crank imo.
I got a  461 na  deal  10.5-1 and a .30 gm crank  , speed pro pistons, 049 heads,
She spins 6200-6400  haven't had any thing that makes me worry about it. And it's the original 2 bolt block the boat came with in 1980.