Im going to be putting them on my trailer here soon. Need to finish my chicken coop and then ill get on fixing my boat trailer soo ill tag you when I start posting.
Rad! Looking forward to it
All things ARP or any nuts bolts and such specially stainless order from Allen. Best prices best quality
Valves were lapped. Cylinder compression was near perfect. The issue was the shitty rocker stud that Brodix uses. They say it’s “house brand” which clearly wasn’t great. That’s why I replaced them with ARP and the new cam is profiled differently so with new studs, new girdles and a different cam profile these heads should be good to go for as long as I can keep my inner 10 year old from hammering the throttle…
You might have similar heads to mine. Mine are Brodix DS 320 dragon slayer heads. 119cc chamber 320 flow 2.30 IV 1.88 EV
There are of course better heads out there for blown applications but like I said earlier, as soon as you start putting positive pressure into the engine flow numbers become inconsequential.
That doesn’t look like the Laughlin Airport
For some reason I thought you lived in Vegas… close enough!!
Na, I’m in Snort Mohave.For some reason I thought you lived in Vegas… close enough!!
I love the new Hardin with the screw cap also. But the TCM with 10 bolt works awesome as well.
Ha ha! I wish I had an open checkbook. My issue is that I know that I’ll get what I pay for” thankfully for me I do all the labor myself so that allows me to spend more on the parts that I’m installing. My boat sure has a LOOOONG way to go until it matches my vision. It’ll get there but I definitely have to take it one project at a time so I can put in the hours at the office in the meantime.
Mine will be done middle of may. I did the motor last year maybe I’ll post it then. Yours is looking good
I almost got the NA version of it. Before I knew of the kit I had installed a whole new sea pump and had some of the pulleys polished up. I feel like it’s a pretty fair price for everything you’re getting. Pretty much all new accessories. Looks really nice I think, nice and clean not too flashy.
I needed to buy a new 2 stage pump already and was planning to get a nicer alternator and power steering pump so this made sense considering I also needed to buy all the accessories to run the blower belt. This made it easy and basically took care of everything. It would have cost me around the same to buy it all individually.
this is basically a brand new lower that literally only drove for probably 1/4 of a mile and the prop is just flapping in the wind. I’m devastated and done. Thrown in the towel as of now and I need a break. I was looking forward to Memorial Day but I don’t think she is going to make it. Even if I can get the drive fixed and the engine running perfect my confidence is totally gone. I’m afraid to put my family on the boat now. I need a breather….
Thats my first thought, I’ll put new wires on it just for peace of mind at this point
Dude.......This same feeling made me leave boating for 13-14 years. The boat of my dreams became a fucking nightmare, and ruined any joy I would have driving it. Anytime I took it out I was just waiting for it to break. It heartbreaking and I was done.Whelp….. I’m starting to lose confidence in the boat of my dreams.. said boat is steadily turning into a nightmare. A nightmare that I still smile at and I want to love her so bad but man she keeps kicking me in the teeth.
Today went good and bad. I got her fired up this morning and other than needing to dial in the timing she seemed good. I got it cleaned up and hauled it to lake Smell-some-More for a test fire and timing set. I fired it up and it didn’t want to idle. It would idle for about 20 seconds and then slowly dip until it shut off. I got it fired and set the timing to 32 but it didn’t feel right and it still wouldn’t idle worth a shit. I said fuck it and backed her off the trailer for a little hot lap. She came on to plane and ran decent. I could feel something was missing like the timing was still off or a cylinder wasn’t firing correctly so I just cruised. My tach wasn’t working so that’s something I’ll have to fix. I was just cruising at about 60 mph and all the sudden it popped into neutral, well I thought it popped into neutral. As soon as I realized it didn’t I trimmed the drive up to find a broken prop shaft…
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That’s honestly how I feel right now. Just found out my brand new lower is toast. Another $3000 down the hole. And to be honest, I’m realistic, I spent 20+ years building custom hot rods, muscle cars and high end exotic cars. So I know all of the risks. It just sucks that I’ve built hundreds of customs for my customers that love them and when I finally build something for myself it’s nothing but a nightmare. I’m bout ready to put a for sale sign on it and start looking for a brand new pontoon or something that isn’t going to break for at least 1 season… but I won’t, I know I’ll take a deep breath and put my head down and get back into it. I will win this battle!
No warranty on the new lower?
I gave them my old Sportmaster lower to transfer the parts. The only thing that was “good” in my old lower was the prop shaft. The rest was replaced. Apparently the prop shaft wasn’t as good as it looked and it let go. It took the carrier bearing and gears with it. So unfortunately no it wasn’t IMCO’s fault.
Bummer, that sucks in the worst of ways.
Yep but it is what it is! I’ll ba back!
Get D1 to look at it. He seems to know his way around carbs and lake tests. Just a thought
Yeah man sounds like you and I are in the same boat… literally. I got my lower back all brand new. The prop shaft split in two and took out the carrier bearing and the brand new lower gears. It’s all new AGAIN so hopefully this time it holds together for as long as possible. What power is in your ICC?
Well thankfully for you the 496 is a great motor and the whipple on top is just icing on the cake. As for drives I’ve always heard good things from Max Machine and you can’t go wrong with the Imco drive. I currently run a Bravo XR Upper and of course my brand new Imco lower. I have a feeling an SCX upper is going to be a necessity in the very near future. My boat also has some cosmetic issues that were known when I bought it. A good polish and it looks great from a couple feet away. The interior is original and definitely shows its age. If all goes well the boat will go to eliminator after this season to get the gel coat damage fixed and re-do the upholstery. After that point just about everything on my boat is going to be new. It’s been a rough road. Post pics of your daytona!
You're getting it back together in short order! I'd be willing to assist with carb but wont be out until next weekend 3rd through 5th
Yeah all the mold came off relatively easy with the help of about 50 magic erasers. Definitely start a thread. I’m always interested in seeing other peoples projects. My interior is getting re done this winter. I’ll be doing all the fab work myself so there will be a tone of pics when that happens. I’ve got a checklist of projects that need to get done over the next few weeks so stay tuned.
I already rebuilt the carb. I decided to cancel this weekend in havasu so I could take a step back and go through all of it again with a fine tooth comb so I make sure everything is 100%
Good call, I never feel like things are done right if done in a hurry
Yeah especially if my family is going to be on the boat with me. Probably going to test it in Elsinore a couple times before I load it with my most important people. Let’s be honest, I never EVER feel like projects are finished 100%. It that’s just me being OCD.
