Another BFN Rebuild

Ha, I may be ok Gary- when we got it, the motor was already a non-original color (black). At least blue matches the boat. If it had the original OMC manifolds, I might have gone back to that ugly green... but it wont look much like a motor that ever came in a Correct Craft anyways. From the top, hopefully all you'll see is the polished stuff! Valve covers, exhaust manifolds and flame arrestor are all polished aluminum and SS. Id like to get new pullies as well, but that wont happen this year.\

Regardless, something tells me this thing wont be an underperformer.

Just don't paint it whatever color Spurling's engines were, they don't seem to last...

Got to admit that "sparkly blue" is fast.

While I have come over to the dark side and learned to love engines that are odd colors and have most of their parts on the opposite side of normal, how can anyone say this black GM engine with the dreaded M word on the side is not a good looking engine.


Larry, I like that orange engine and although it was an upgrade over the standard Ford, do these guys ever make you feel like it is the odd cousin?

Larry, thats orange? Thought it was red. Like I said, no offense intended- just dont like the look of orange and blue together!

Tom, no one said it would be a SBC powered CC- thats why I was asking. I figured it could either be a late model (03+ is all Chevy), an older big block (BFN/2001/Martinique), or a smaller, SBC powered vintage CC (Mustang/Tique/2nd gen SN). I think the latter would make for a screamer, if anyone ever builds one.

BuffaloBFN wrote: Can you spare a little salt for my wounds?

ditto



Thats ok Tim. Still gonna look great.

Does that mean you're a "new boat" guy, Tom? If not, what type of CC will you be looking for? We've yet to see someone build a SBC powered CC that can hang with the big boys. (The 6.0L Crush and the big blocks dont count!)

Oh man, the truth comes out- I knew there was something "off" about you, Tom! I figured you had just been hanging around Greg too long!

kytom2 wrote: The big block Chevy Gods will not smile on you, if you leave it blue. BB Chevys are meant to be orange. Its in the big book on the facts of life. Look it up if you dont believe me.

But any color engine in a Correct Craft is better than a Mailbu!!!!         

black might have been a good choice too, and made the chrome pop in the process.

I'm just worried if the pumpkin will start now!      

Tim- with the Roller Rockers and higher valve covers do you think the stock PCM manifolds would have fit? I know you guys picked up the EMI thunder exhaust. But I was just curious

LOL...I had to try!

The big block Chevy Gods will not smile on you, if you leave it blue. BB Chevys are meant to be orange. Its in the big book on the facts of life. Look it up if you dont believe me.

Alan, Dad and I couldnt agree on a color... neither of us were a big fan of the OMC blue/green, and the motor is so far from original looking that we ruled that option out pretty quick. We considered a few more appropriate Chevy colors, but neither of us really liked the orange (especially in a blue boat), and the Chevy blue we found was pretty hideous as well. I originally pushed for a neutral color like silver (like the later PCM's), but I lost that battle. The chrome would have looked sort of washed out against silver though, I suppose. We decided to go blue to match the lettering on the hull, carpet, interior, etc... Dad had to make a decision quick as things started rusting soon after they were cleaned. We had some Ford blue on hand so everything got a skim coat to keep the rust away- we figured we could always recoat with another shade of blue if we wanted to later. I guess we got sidetracked with the stringers because we never revisited it... its all Ford Blue now and I dont think either of us want to do any more painting! It actually looks a bit better in person than it does in the pictures- its darker than it appears, and matches the blue on the hull pretty darn well. The chrome looks good against it too. I think I would have preferred something with some metal flake like yours, but it doesnt look half bad as-is.