motor is here but but no fuel will not start.

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Well I just called rapido marine to check status on my motor that I ordered on 4-11 and they said they had some kind of problem when they balanced it and have to start over. They are going to try to ship it out tomorrow. If ain't for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

 

[acuraguy81]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

I have got one from them last year 4.3 no issues at all.. Know of another guy too had great luck they are just very very very busy.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

I figured that they were really busy. I am not sure what happened I just want it right the first time. I ordered some parts yesterday and will order the rest today. I should have all parts here to install it by thursday. As long as my motor show up I am going to try to install it friday night and maybe finish it saturday morning. Is there paper work with the motor on break in procedure and what type pf oil to run.

 

[acuraguy81]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

it has oil in it when u get it...no break in instructions, i would just run about 4 good heat cycles taking the revs up a bit each time then change the oil when finished...How we do all our race motors for years now...

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Okay sounds good I just got a email back from them and they are saying it should ship tomorrow so it don't look like it will be in the water this weekend I am going to shoot for next weekend.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Well I just keep checking my email waiting on the confirmation it is shipped and then call rl and see if it will make it friday. I have a bunch of other new parts that will all be here tomorrow. Also when looking for good place to check is aftermarket marine I bought a couple things could not pass up the est distributer kit.

 

[jopes]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

my 350 I just got from them did not have the oil filter adaptor, I ended up buying a new one since my block was already scrapped. Mine did not come with oil for it, I needed to buy it. I got the long block from rapido.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Well I finally got a hold of Raul last night and he said he was at his home office and could not tell me if my motor has been shipped yet. I have been told 4 different days that it would of been shipped. I wish they would just quite BS ing me. I called yesterday like I didn't have a order and he told me all motors are shipped within 3-5 days I am at 9 days today and still have no idea.

 

[ttugrad]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Others seem to have had a good experience...you not so much. Thank you for posting as I will remember your experience when I need to re-power.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Well I did get ahold of them this morning about 9:30 and she said it was sitting on the floor to go out but could not give me all the shipping info. She said she would call me in a couple hours and I still have not heard. I am normally pretty easy when they want to be honest when I ordered if they said 8 days okay but when I was told 3-4. I have been told friday it was going monday then monday they said it was going tuesday I was told tuesday it was going wednesday yesterday they never called me back or replied to my email's then today is here and I have no Idea. Just tell me the truth what is going on and I would not be so unhappy about the deal. I hope if something goes wrong it is easier than this to have it solved. I can not believe Raul the owner I have talked to and he is not offering me anything for the headache to satisfy me.

Well to the good part ups and fedex brought me all my other parts today. Just need the major part.

 

[NHGuy]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Hang in there buddy, it's April. They've got to be just buried with work. I know I'd be worse than you. Rapido has a great rep, hope it all comes out right!

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Okay I did get a pro number late yesterday and I should have it monday. I have read abunch of other posts about them. I guess I need to check head and block casting numbers to make sure it is all okay. he has bunch of casting numbers on his site or did you guys use a different site to check them.

 

[captmello]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Did you end up buying that delco est dist? that was a great price. I'm considering ordering one myself.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Re: ordering motor in morning have you ever heard of

Yes I did buy the est dist, I will post back later today on how it looks he has some really good prices and was very easy to deal with.
Also I emailed Raul about break in procedure and got really no good answer other than strait hd 40 oil.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Well I opened the est dist from aftermarket marine and everything looks great. Nice thick spark plug wires as nice heavy duty wires as long as they are long enough to reach over the manifolds will be nice or have mine always been ran wrong.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

I have a moroso oil pan part number 20180 can anyone please tell me if I need to run a windage tray on this or am I okay to run it without it. I just got home with my motor and really want to install it tonight and the oil pan I pulled of my old motor was the moroso 20180 one and it did not have a windage tray on it. Do I have to wait and order a windage tray or is it not needed. Here is a link to it.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MOR-20180/

 

[Flysfloatsor]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

I dont think you ever HAVE to run a windage tray, but it does make more power if you do. People who build race engines almost always use windage trays.

Check if that pan is deeper than your stock pan.
Canton Racing has nice marine high volume pans that meet the measurements needed.

This is what I used. Ill see if I can add pictures.
Both the tray and pan were from Canton Racing. The products were really nice, but the fit wasnt very good? For the price, they should install themselves and give you compliments while doing so...

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Okay I tried to see if my pan would even fit the over the windage tray studs and it hits them. So I guess I have a couple choices cut the windage tray studs shorter and run no pan. Replace them main cap studs with the bolts. Or to run a windage tray I have to buy a new oil pan kit. I don't have the factory pan or windage tray.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Okay I tried to see if my pan would even fit the over the windage tray studs and it hits them.

Ayuh,... It appears you 'n Flysfloatsor are building Very different motors...
He's got a Jetboat oil pan...

I clicked on yer link, it appears yer 6qt.er is a sump reserve type...
Is it gonna clear the hull when ya drop the motor in,..??
It'll probably need an oil pump pickup extension too...
It also appears it's got sorta a small built in windage tray/ baffle...

How ya play it is up to you,...
I'd probably just hunt up a standard stock pan, 'n get on with it myself...

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

Re: Just ordered motor from rapido more questions along the way

I just talked to Raul, he said my moroso pan is fine, since it is baffled, I just have to remove or cut my studs. I guess I am going to need a different pick up screen, than what the local parts store has, due to being a 6 qt. capacity pan.