Seized 454

[sam60]

WOOO HOOO !

Engine rebuild parts are ordered and machine shop is lined up.

Hopefully we can break it in when the weather gets nice.

Yet to purchase:

Carb rebuild kit
Exhaust riser manifold gaskets
Lots of fuel
Propane for buddy's forklift
Whatever else I see during installation

 

[sam60]

Re: Seized 454

Sorry, dumb post but happy to be moving forward with it. I know of 2 members who I will here from.

 

[HT32BSX115]

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Sorry, dumb post but happy to be moving forward with it. I know of 2 members who I will here from.

Nah! Not Dumb at all!!

It's always great to finally be moving in the right direction!!

 

[sam60]

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1 down.

 

[bigike]

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Glad to see you took the "Cone King DOOM comments" with a grain of salt from your last thread!

FWI a SX-DP Volvo bolt onto the pivot housing...

Are you going to warm the engine up at all or keep it stock?

 

[sam60]

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Glad to see you took the "Cone King DOOM comments" with a grain of salt from your last thread!

FWI a SX-DP Volvo bolt onto the pivot housing...

Are you going to warm the engine up at all or keep it stock?

Not sure I saw the DOOM comment. No harm done. Only going .030 over and a stage 2 cam. Fuel will cost plenty as it is....I pick it up from the machine shop 1 week from today and get to start the assembly. Looking forward to it!!

 

[sam60]

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Atempting to add a spreadsheet as a test..............



1993 SEASWIRL 250 SWL

BOAT COSTS
TOTAL
DATE DESCIPTION LINK PART NUMBER VENDOR QUAN EACH TOTAL FREIGHT W/FREIGHT
05/16/11 BOAT PURCHASE 1 PINTO 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 TBD
5-24-11 & ON TOM'S SHOP - TOOLS ? EQUIPMENT ? AND KNOWLEDGE 1.1 BOAT RIDES AND BEER? 1
5-24-11 & ON BOBBY G FOR HELP AND HUMOR 1.2 BOAT RIDES AND BEER? 1
08/02/11 ENGINE REBUILD PARTS-KIT http://stores.ebay.com/Maddog-Racing-and-Fastengineparts?_trksid=p4340.l2563 2 EBAY - hd_mad_dog 1 $698.96 $698.96 $12.99
07/30/11 140 DEGREE THERMOSTAT KIT http://stores.ebay.com/wulffemarine 3853983, 3852111, 3852071 WULFFE MARINE ? MENTOR, OH ? EBAY 1 $17.95 $17.95 $5.95
08/26/11 MACHINE SHOP- BORE +.030, INSTALL CAM BEARINGS, CHECK CONNECTING RODS TO TOLERANCE, PRESS PISTONS TO CONNECTING RODS, CHECK DECKS, MACHINE VALVES-RESEAL, RESTORE HEADS 4 JERRY'S EXTREME MACHINIE ? PAHRUMP, NV 1 $392.00 $392.00 TBD
EXHAUST ELBOW GASKETS 913873 MRCOOL.US 2 $3.75
EXHAUST FLAPPER VALVE http://www.offshoremarineparts.com/83864/prod_10671.html 985749 OFFSORE MARINE 2 $21.33
WATER PUMP REPAIR KIT 987253 1
HOLLEY CARB KIT HLY-703-48 SUMMIT RACING 1 $40.99
OIL FILTER
FUEL FILTER
CHECK GIMBLE BEARING

 

[sam60]

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The posting of the spreadsheet didn't work...................

 

[sam60]

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It's finally coming together...View attachment 112191
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[bigike]

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When someone post's that they've got a KC cone, the drive may as well be destroyed or just a ticking time bomb, it can be scary on forums... I was just commenting how you keep you head down and your wrench turning and getting her done.

Mine scares me sometimes, but i'll tell you what it is supposed to be bullet proof and next to my BFFFF's B3, that B3 looks like a paper weight...

I can's see your pic BTW.

 

[HT32BSX115]

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it is supposed to be bullet proof and next to my BFFFF's B3, that B3 looks like a paper weight...

I can's see your pic BTW.

While the King Kobra (Dog-clutch) model was considered "bullet proof" (I have heard of several that survived behind 572 cu-in BBF's!!)

I wouldn't exactly call a Bravo III a "paper weight"


Here's they are side by side......

I don't think the later cone-clutch models are any heavier duty than the the one above knowing that people were putting very high HP 460+ Fords in front of them!!



Cheers,


Rick

 

[bigike]

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Two different drives dog v. cone.

I wish the SX wasn't such a capable drive, and when Volvo took on OMC they would have continued with the Big Daddy as a HO option A DP KC would've been an unstoppable beast!

 

[HT32BSX115]

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Two different drives dog v. cone.

I wish the SX wasn't such a capable drive, and when Volvo took on OMC they would have continued with the Big Daddy as a HO option A DP KC would've been an unstoppable beast!

Well, the Volvo DP already is an unstoppable beast I guess....

Everything sort of started with Kiekhaefer though ....

This is worth reading if you want to know who really designed the Volvos and OMCs in the beginning..... http://www.rbbi.com/folders/pat/isd.htm

 

[sam60]

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Rick-

Could you open the pics?

Mike

 

[sam60]

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When someone post's that they've got a KC cone, the drive may as well be destroyed or just a ticking time bomb, it can be scary on forums... I was just commenting how you keep you head down and your wrench turning and getting her done.

The PO had 3K in work done to the outdrive a few months before he hydrauliced the engine. it will be pulled and opened up before the engine is installed. We'll figure it out.

 

[HT32BSX115]

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Rick-

Could you open the pics?

Mike

No. Here's what it said.....

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Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

I never try to upload pictures anymore. I just use Photobucket and post the links. It works FAR better. and you can pull them in future if you want by just moving them out of one folder and into another.


The links look like the one below (except for the *** I put in to keep it from displaying an error)

 

[sam60]

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http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/poofdirt/

latest engine photo contained therein.

 

[HT32BSX115]

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Very cool!! Of course the engine color is all wrong!!!

If you use the "IMG" link you get the picture directly in the thread too if you want!! Like below

 

[sam60]

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The color sucks but one thing that OMG did well was the paint......you can't get that stuff off easily. The block was hot tanked twice and all other parts once at 180* and it's all still intact. Had someone ask me who the engine paint was done by. It is ready to drop...I mean gently lower back into the boat.

 

[sam60]

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Forgot to take pictures yesterday, but the engine is ready to go back in. 12 Saturdays of working on it and a few more to go.

Pulling the outdrive next Saturday to look at the gimble bearing, pressure check and fill per the OMC factory (don't fill from the bottom, correct?) manual prior to installing engine.

What fluid should be used in the KC outdrive?

Thanks