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lakedog55
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I knew one was upside down. But all lined up. Yes they are marine. Also automotive ones usually have no metal around water jackets. mike |
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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.
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I have always used automotive head gaskets 25+ years never an issue.putting 2 together now with. them. Just took BBC. apart had .022 shim head gaskets in it and I know its never been apart.As long as surfaces are clean and flat don't see any problem with automotive. gasket for fresh water.Not making any recommendations
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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
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block mounting holes different size.. Mounts have smaller holes. Is it okay to drill mounts?
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I always thought the holes were 7/16. 351, 302 gt-40. Maybe I need to recheck it was getting late.
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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. |
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The 302s have 7/16 and the 351s have 1/2"
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should. Be ready for test run by friday. |
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almost together. Rain and some screwey motor mount holes got me today,.
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Quick question. What would be protocol for the intake ground screw?
Not sure about grounding it to aluminum. |
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What grounds to the intake other than the water temp sensor? My factory ground was to the head, same hole that's used for the lifting eyes.
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On mine it always was on intake. But i am going to move it to head.
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Looking Great Mike!! I can't wait to see it live and running!! One week to work out the kinks!
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Yeah, that's the scary part
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Sure is pretty
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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Man at this point I would take running over pretty. Keeping fingers crossed
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I don't know if this is important, but my battery is by the back corner of the motor so the head is the closest place to ground it. The DD boats would probably have a different spot since the cable comes from the front. Unless you used stainless bolts the connection to the block is probably just as good. If you think about it gaskets seperate all the pieces so the grounds for each piece come through the bolts.
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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. |
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While I don't know how a v drive is wired yet my Mustang is exactly as Tim says, and I have had an aluminum intake for years with stainless bolts holding it on as well
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yep we have two grounding locations. Was not sure about the aluminum. Might be in today depending on work. Mike |
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ready to dunk it in |
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Fixed link.
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But the bolts are still steel. I would use some "Noalox" against the aluminum and some dielectric under the steel bolt head. |
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where's the drool emoticon
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How does it run? I like to fire it up, tune it and de-leak it and make sure everything is 100% before putting engines back in the boat. That way its plug and play. Just thinking you may have the same OP.
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Jesus was a bare-footer.............
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But his is a Ford,he just needs to drop it in and go
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And how did that work out the first time????? |
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When people run down to the lake to see what's making that noise, you've succeeded.
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Freaking awesome. Had one minor leak at thermostat housing. New intake took shorter bolts.
Ran like a top. Quick fuel carb straight out of box. Idle adjustment good to go. Lake Kerr for about 1.5hrs ran it to 4G was clocking about 42 with acme 540. 35k and Iit was around 35ish. see you boys at the river. Plugs looked good not really enough time to tell. no real hole shots . Firm roll out and it was gone. Plenty of throttle left. At 4 should be all the stretch it will get. May have a small air leak it was wanting to run 160. But they were long runs probably 25 minutes or so. |
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