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I guess I didn't get that picture, I took a bunch of pictures before I took it to the machine shop, could have swore I took one of that number.
where do I search that number if I had it?
I'm pretty confused on what the right lifters are, that I would need. I was told it would be $800-1000 just for cam and lifters. What would the correct lifters be, how do I cross reference them? Do I just search for say a 96 chevy 1500?
When I did a search on the Comp xm264hr I got a kit with...
Yeah this probably won't be a performance build, engine only has the 2 barrel carb and I don't think I can afford to change that too.
So I am confused on the prices of the cams this 7395 looks like you can get new for $268 and the mercruiser is $557? Then I'm not sure what the correct lifters...
I’m looking for a cam for my 96 5.7?mercruiser. It originally came with the roller cam but was rebuilt and they changed back to the flat tappet.
Now I am rebuilding it again, so wanted to change back to the roller.
I found a guy that has all the stuff I need, but I wanted to check with you guys...
I don’t know too much about these, but my engine with the 2 barrel is supposed to be 250 hp it’s the 350 magnum, so the regular 350 is 260 with the 4 barrel is what I have heard.
Yeah I was thinking about the truck engine, but I was thinking I would be lucky to find one with 150,000 miles...
I just bought the boat knowing that the head gasket was bad on on side, thinking cheap fix, just resurface the heads and throw new head gaskets in. But I took the boat to the lake just to make sure what it was doing ran somewhat ok for 2 bad cylinders, but came home and pulled plugs to do a...
So my 96 has the mechanical fuel pump, the 97 up does'nt right? it's electric?
So do all the 97 up vortec engines have roller cam and lifters? Or is it just the heads that are making more power?
The only problem with switching to Vortec is more of an expense with the intake and carb. I'm just...
No this is not to repower the Thompson,
I have a 96 Chaparral that came with the 5.7
We do have a few machine shops around, I'm close to Minneapolis/St.Paul area. I called Hennen but he is around $5000 to build one and was around $3000 just to machine the engine and heads and I would have to...
So it looks like the only GM 5.7 is the vortec, are they discontinuing them too at some point?
Mine is a 96 pre vortec with the roller cam and 12 bolt intake. Kinda looks like that engine would only be available as a reman, or the Dart with flat tappet lifters. which probably isn't a huge deal...
You are probably right about a local machine shop, but the one I called yesterday was about 10 weeks out, and I probably could buy the ATK from Jegs at the same cost or maybe cheaper.
But then the reviews for ATK are probably the worst I have seen.
I guess I should check a different machine shop...
Wondering where the best place to buy a remanufactured 5.7 engine would be.
Reading the reviews of some of the companies, its like every other engine they sell are bad when the customer gets them, who can I trust to build a decent engine?
I was checking out Engines Direct on ebay and their...
PBed new transom wood in, but now outside of transom is not flat. Looks like about .100 almost an 1/8 inch, in middle of keyhole going vertical.
Now what, do I have to grind all the gel coat off and fill with fiberglass, then new gel coat.
Thanks guy’s
I will definitely get my clamping setup, and test before starting.
Maybe I should make 2 smaller batches then, I have heard about it getting hot in the bucket. Looked like friscoboater did it in one big bucket, guess if you get it spread out quickly maybe. But probably better to...
Ok I think I found my answer, came across an old thread where Woodonglass describes how to make peanut butter and when and where he uses it.
Now I just have to figure out how much to mix up, to cover the hull and transom. looked like Frisco used around 3 quarts?
I've been reading and watching different threads and youtube videos and I'm not sure if I should use 1/4" chop strand fibers in my peanut butter for gluing the transom wood to the back of the boat.
It looked like Friscoboater used fibers in his PB for the transom. Not sure if todhunter did and...
No I didn’t notice any cracking in the fillets.
I put a lot more cabosil in to do the fillets.
Does that keep the heat and shrinking down, with more cabosil in the mix?
Would you recommend drilling the holes back out, and start over with a thicker mix?
I drilled all my holes in my transom oversized and filled them with my mixture of peanut butter, which was pretty runny. I later had to thicken it up to do the fillet on the transom boards. But now that it is hard I noticed some cracking in the resin filled holes. Is that normal to get cracking...
