Re: Uh-Oh... Chocolate mousse for oil.........
I don't know whether to start a new post, because this is really dropping the other shoe stuff for the guys that consulted with me while I tried to get a damage report on this porker. Told my poor stepson his 7.4 L had undergone the transition to anchor. He knows a guy that runs a local auto repair place, so I told him if he wanted to do a long block, (I wouldn't trust a THANG about those heads), we could avoid a $600 core charge. He's found an '89 truck with a 454, engine $200. Now he tells me there's some local science teacher, former certified Merc man, who's saying, "Everybody's gonna tell ya you can't put that truck motor in your boat, that's crap, yes you can". All my readings suggest that this fellow needs me to explain to him what's going to happen to us all, If he yanks that kid into the kind of punch I think he's planning. I told my stepson that I would SO like to discuss this idea with that fellow. Directly. What am I leaving out here; 1) I fear the truck cam because I don't know yet if resonance reversion is going be an issue with the thru transom pipes and a truck cam. 2) I got NO idea what size valves are in it. 3) No clue if the cam profile is even vaguely compatible with a marine torque-hungry application. 4) best for last, the truck motor has only 49K mi!! Sweeeeeet, Huh? Last question - Why in the possible hell, would I put a marine top end gasket set into a mystery mis-application? Hmmm..... I'm venting aren't I? I got the Stainless Marine manifolds off, threw in some pics of the gasket surfaces, unmessed with. There's sand in the exhaust channels, and in the water channels. About a full shot glass in the water passages per side. Does anybody see that block crack again? Those valve stems - red does NOT become them.
I don't know whether to start a new post, because this is really dropping the other shoe stuff for the guys that consulted with me while I tried to get a damage report on this porker. Told my poor stepson his 7.4 L had undergone the transition to anchor. He knows a guy that runs a local auto repair place, so I told him if he wanted to do a long block, (I wouldn't trust a THANG about those heads), we could avoid a $600 core charge. He's found an '89 truck with a 454, engine $200. Now he tells me there's some local science teacher, former certified Merc man, who's saying, "Everybody's gonna tell ya you can't put that truck motor in your boat, that's crap, yes you can". All my readings suggest that this fellow needs me to explain to him what's going to happen to us all, If he yanks that kid into the kind of punch I think he's planning. I told my stepson that I would SO like to discuss this idea with that fellow. Directly. What am I leaving out here; 1) I fear the truck cam because I don't know yet if resonance reversion is going be an issue with the thru transom pipes and a truck cam. 2) I got NO idea what size valves are in it. 3) No clue if the cam profile is even vaguely compatible with a marine torque-hungry application. 4) best for last, the truck motor has only 49K mi!! Sweeeeeet, Huh? Last question - Why in the possible hell, would I put a marine top end gasket set into a mystery mis-application? Hmmm..... I'm venting aren't I? I got the Stainless Marine manifolds off, threw in some pics of the gasket surfaces, unmessed with. There's sand in the exhaust channels, and in the water channels. About a full shot glass in the water passages per side. Does anybody see that block crack again? Those valve stems - red does NOT become them.
