75 SW Restoration

Great job Den Den. The Southwind looks outstanding. It sounds pretty fast too. I don’t plan to trailer to OH for a race with you.

That looks great!  You're going to have a lot of fun with it this summer.

Well Den, it looks to me like you did a great job on the boat and engine along with learning how to post pictures on CCF 

This is a picture of what the prop and writer actually look like. The one that Ken shows the shaft was not hooked through the transmission at that time.
I am going to start another thread for this prop issue as it seems it might be getting complicated
So check out” Prop help for my Southwind on steroids”

Den

It would easily rev to 5000.
If I did not get out of it, it would’ve passed that and kept going I think.
But again, I don’t know how fast we’re going
If I had to guess I would say at least 45 mph
Next trip out, I will get some exact readings on both RPM and speed.

Boat is nearly done. Waiting on Ski pole.
Went for a break-in run couple weeks ago. ran around for about an hour and a half.
Everything is fine, motor pulls real strong. Has a slight stumble in about 1750 on acceleration. Nothing serious a few adjustments should take care of that.
Took two speedometers and both failed us so I could get no reading on speed. Prop does not seem too far off, but will easily overspeed engine.
Next time out, I will take good pictures and videos to post and I’m sure be discussing the prop change.
Felt bad about disturbing the fisherman on a nice Friday afternoon.
She’s pretty loud!!

Looking good and glad you had a chance to splash it.  Sounds like you are close to having a running boat in a lake!

Latest update
Got nice enough weather to try the boat in the pond
The only thing we found out is that it would not draw water through the system that I have shown above.
While it was in the pond, I eliminated everything but a hose directly from the inlet to the transmission cooler.(starting to get smart and plan ahead.)
That seems to work really well. So back to the drawing board.


As you can see in the pictures to follow a rerouted the line to stay as close to the bottom of the boat as possible.
Today it was back to the pond, it worked perfectly.
As soon as the boat was in the water the line and the strainer filled completely up. On startup it drew water immediately and continue to do so as it idled.
Everything seems to work well as best we could ascertain in the pond. The pictures show the interior only. I will take some pictures and videos when I get it out of the shop and to a lake. (hopefully very soon)

Yes, I have the exact same distributor that was in the 307.
When I get ready to officially time, the motor up, I will see what we have advance wise.
If I remember correctly, it only advanced 27° at 3500 RPM.
I am thinking the total advance should be above 30 maybe 32
The only timing we did so far was to set it at 20° BTC @ 2000 RPMs while we were breaking the cam in

Thanks
We knew about the bending of the studs, the Rochester Quadra jet that was on it had much longer studs in the back.
I think we got it figured out

Thanks for the answer Ken.
The last boat I had was a 351 with a Holly but I couldn’t remember how it was set up.
My son and I decided to just purchase two 5 degree plates, and put them both on for a total of 10.
I don’t see why this would cause any problem, unless someone else can think of a reason not to.
To update our progress as I mentioned earlier, we made it through the cam break-in with no problem.
The Almost 5 gallons per minute water supply was just barely enough, when the thermostat opened that would cause the exhaust manifolds to heat up to about 120°. and then they would
cool right back down to touch.
We could tell when the thermostat opened because we have clear hoses and the water would become dirty .
Nexts; tune it up and take it to the pond to see how the circulation pump works
After that, I will put the interior in and get ready for a warm day to go to the lake.
I will take a bunch of pictures between now and then to post.
PS
our weather is turning cold for the next little while

I decided to measure the one that came with the boat on the 307 which was a Rochester Quadra jet.
I get 10°
Does anyone know what angle these carburetors are to be mounted at?
I understood the motors were at 15°.
I’m not even sure that is correct.
Once again, I need some help from this forum

https://ibb.co/j389dTn

We got the motor in the boat got the cam broke in.
Bought a new Holly carburetor to find that I need a new wedge plate underneath of it
I’m assuming it’s a 15° angle one like the picture shown above. This one on eBay will cost me almost $200.
Is anybody got something like that laying around that I could get or less money.

Update:
I cut off the dipstick so the handle doesn’t even stick out much. Will remark the full line when I can.
New picture of my water strainer, thanks for everyone’s help.