Standard breather cap without nipple
Option ,#1, get cap with nipple and plumb to spark arrestor
Option #2, clean the steel wool in the cap every 50 hours. Add extra course steel wool as needed
$500 for head job
Pistons will be fine with dings
$300 for timing kits (plural), gaskets, and incidentals
$30 for beer, $5 for bandaids and medical tape
1 weekend tear down
1 week turn around on heads
1 weekend reassembly
I agree with above. Build a stroker with a SCAT crank and rods, rortec heads, and LCQ style pistons and have it ready to swap when your motor gets a bit more worn
Surprised at your low compression numbers with such low hours. Would suggest a leak down test
@Scott06 I have about 5/8 of an inch between the marmon clamps and the end of the ring. So I would need a mini O2 sensor with an m10 thread or smaller, or I have to bore thru the inner and outer water jacket, weld up the inner and outer tubes to the stainless bung
Not enough room to run a...
I would check the shavings, if good, fill the existing holes with epoxy and wax the screws and install, then go boating
Or index the base
If you want washers and nuts, there is most likely foam you would have to contend with
Just catching this thread now.
I am toying with pulling my H-pipe cross-over and modifying it for an AFR meter unless I can find a thread in small diameter Wide-Band O2 sensor where I can drill in-situ...... as I am currently trimming my AFR by tweaking the air bleeds and the emulsion bleeds on...
base engine stuff you buy from GM or one of the GM suppliers
marinization stuff like drive specific kits, you buy from the OEM
things like deck hardware, radios, etc. stuff that wont sink your boat or strand you if it fails can be bought from a chinesium source.
Aluminum does burn. once the Diesel or Jet A on the yacht gets going, the aluminum will burn right down to the waterline.
aluminum dust is highly explosive
Get the correct molded hose. There is a 150 degree loop at the top of the hose, then the hose runs along the oil pan rail to the front of the engine and does a zig-zag between the belts and to the raw water pump.
You are overthinking it. The SBC is the Mr potato head of the motor world
All SBC heads fit all standard deck blocks from 1956 to today. Just get the right combustion chamber
Any 5.7 liter 64cc vortec heads will work
New fully assembled vortec heads are $900, good reconditioned used are...
