1974-351 windsor intake

JoeinNY wrote: The beauty of this site is if what you say your are going to do wont get you to what you say you want or if there is an easier way noone will be afraid to let you know.

Yep... That's the good part about this site?!?!

J/K of course...

Yes Clark some are the type where original is the only correct way and there is nothing wrong with that, probably the best route for anyone who is looking to sell thier boat someday. Some of us, get a little more out there. Somethings are pretty universal like the fact that correctcrafts with very few exceptions should turn right hand props. I have screwed that up unknowingly myself. Fuel injection vs carb.. well for performance only it is a tough sell.. but there is a throttle body injected chrysler around that scoots along pretty good. Of course there are a bunch carbed boats that dont do too bad either. If it is something you have to have dont be discouraged, but if your simply looking or a really quick responding good running boat, then yep thats probably cheaper and more easily achieved with a carb. I am going to launch into a rebuild and upgrade of a fuel injected boat this year, I could just drop a known setup in using parts I already own and I probably would if this was my only boat but since it's a hobby for me I will see what it takes to upgrade the EFI system. At the end of the day its your boat and you can do whatever you want with it, the beauty of this site is if what you say your are going to do wont get you to what you say you want or if there is an easier way noone will be afraid to let you know.

Where can I find threads where people have tried to make the switch from carb. the fuel injected?

Clark,
Yes you can do any upgrades you want. It is your boat as stated but converting to fuel injection can be tricky. Some have tried, failed and went back to a carb.

boats are about what the owner likes and wants, if you sell it then the next person can make their own call. Until then make yourself happy

Cslaten33 wrote: better throtle responce in colder weather.

Clark,
You've never mentioned you were building a ice breaker!! I thought you were going to restore the boat??

I'm sure someone else will chime in about the fuel injection, but what is your purpose for switching from a carb?

and pistons backards

Clark, If I am assuming correctly,you have purchased a LH 351 long block and your original engine was a RH reverse rotation engine. If this is the case you would need to change the starter to a LH standard rotation starter. You would have to change the prop to a LH prop. You would need to reindex your transmission pump 180 degrees to flow properly and also turn your RWP around to flow the opposite way.The distributor would also have to be changed to a LH. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else but there might be more to do. This can all be done easily but are you sure you want to do it.

How do you guys know about all of this???
The company that I bought my cam from, do you guys think they will take it back for exchange since it is still in the plastic wrap and box??

TRBenj wrote: I believe Reid's baby blue ran more bow-low initially, and it took a lot of grinding to even them up.

Tim - Just curious - what do they grind on the hull? Do they take the hook out?

Gary, those numbers are underperforming for sure. If I didnt know that you had removed all your foam, Id say you were carrying some extra weight! Something is definitely going on there...

Marshall's boat definitely rides bow high. I dont believe its ever been ground- if it has, it was minimal. I believe Reid's baby blue ran more bow-low initially, and it took a lot of grinding to even them up.

Here's one I found with a little more speed,but still looks to me, bow down.

Tim getting back to the cam, there's a module of desktop dyno called Pro Iterator and what it does is take the engine you enter in the system and run test simulations on it based on user input. For instance, I ran a sim of Clarks engine as it sits now with the stock heads, his comp cam and a basic dual plane intake. The program takes his cam lift and then runs simualtions using differentcam event timing and tries to define better specs for torque, HP, torque or HP under the curve.

When I ran Clarks motor the program came up with 11,300 different interations and it found him 29.5 hp using teh same lift on his comp cam but spec'ing new timing events. Only problem I have with it is it's an advanced feature that I have to buy and add on so it lets me use it and shows what I could achieve but won't give me the specs to get there without buying the upgrade.

I also ran yours and it only found 3.2 HP so again cam research is pretty darn close on these things. I'll buy the upgrade soon because it could be interesting and you know if I wasn't working on teh Hurricane the "other" tool box would be out.

With my heads, I find I am really under cammed. Came up with about 16 hp (396 at 5600rpm)and stretched the torque out further to the right. I know this is all speculating but it is fun.