might not make river run

Thanks,
yep we have two grounding locations. Was not sure about the aluminum.
Might be in today depending on work.
Mike

Sounds like v-drives and direct drives use different grounding locations.

Dd's use the block for the neg batt cable and the rear intake bolt for the harness ground. You can still use his ground with an aluminum intake.

Man at this point I would take running over pretty. Keeping fingers crossed

Yeah, that's the scary part

On mine it always was on intake. But i am going to move it to head.

Quick question. What would be protocol for the intake ground screw?
Not sure about grounding it to aluminum.

Thanks
should. Be ready for test run by friday.

Sorry mike, was late getting the private message about the head gaskets… St. pats day around here is a holiday season.

You can open up the mounts, but you shouldn’t have needed to… Every single sbf I have ever touched used the same bolts, If your block has larger holes I suspect somewhere along the line that block was modified due to some stripped threads or something of the like. I wouldn’t sweat it, but make sure that you test fit your mounts dry after you open them up. Or even drop the engine in place with them already on, getting them started in place from the bottom can be very frustrating, and if your holes were a bit off perhaps impossible.

block mounting holes different size.. Mounts have smaller holes. Is it okay to drill mounts?

almost together.Can i drill the motor mounts? new block uses 1/2 bolts. old block had something different. Had some pics but cannot upload

Back before this forum even existed I used Felpro automotive gaskets on my rebuild. 15ish years later I put on P heads and collected parts before so down time was minimal. I bought PCM marine head gaskets this time but on removing the Felpro's there were no issues. Would not hesitate to use them again if needed.

Please make sure you use Marine Head gaskets. Fresh water fed engines have no rust protection in the cooling water so Marine Stainless Steel body head gaskets are used to avoid rust failure.
Closed systems that run antifreeze do not need Marine head gaskets but Open systems do need them to avoid rust out and failure.

stuck a little
which way do these head gaskets go? front tabs but look like two lefts

Looking good. Think you'll be done in time for SJRR?