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here's a pic of the modified flywheel. we machined off the late style 60-6 reluctor ring, cut the old style reluctor ring off a flywheel and did a .006 interference fit. its easier to work w/ this style tooth pattern for the computer. while we were at it we took 2.5 lbs off the late style flywheel. thanks for your help charly!:D http://i49.tinypic.com/x2tesj.jpg
here's a shot of the assembled long block, gary, the head studs are sweet! http://i45.tinypic.com/i267oo.jpg
Glad you like the Stud Kit, I think it's definatly better than some of the other kits available that I've seen and it's cheaper too, better and cheaper that's the ticket !!!!. The build is look'n good Charlie...:D.
I'm itch'n to get back to building mine as well. I've decided to put the 300x heads back on through break-in, don't know if I'll go back to the billet heads or not after break-in is completed, I'm sorta gun shy right now with still not being able to say what the cause was 100%....
great stuff guys.......................:thumbsup:
Charlie your supposed to hack the chest off before you assemble it :p :D :D
Looks great, im sure it smells like 400hp ;)
I love seeing guys modding these fishing motors :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by mrcrsr
Your Welcome ... and Thank You for giving credit, where credit is due :thumbsup:
This is the kinda stuff that makes you want to buy machine tools, isn't that right Charlie......lol. :iagree: Nice job on the fly wheel mod to both of you. Should have sent it to me for getting it degree'd while I still had the set up on the mill, I'd say make that a winter project but then again you guys really don't have a "put the boat in storage winter" like the rest of us........;).
Chaz , what ever happened to the thread on your engine build ? It seemed to just disappear ?Quote:
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You guys are really creative with all you are doing with these engines ! Keep up the good work both of you !!
ronnie, merc uses a delco map sensor, it appears to be the same one as used on cars. i have a couple of different ones to try this time around, and i may justt calibrate it on the running engine at different rpm/load points to see if it is more accurate this way. got the long block done last nite, merc sux w/ the rubber coated reed cages, already had to buy 2 of them at a cost of 200/ea. i ended up taking the rubber off 2 of the cages and lapped them flat- the ones without the rubber actually seem to seal better!! go figure
gary, between you and charly i learn alot about the machine work aspect of this whole thing, its been years since i played w/ lathes and mills, so thank you both for all your help!
Now Gary, you should know I have three roto-tables. One that takes two people to lift, LOL One that sines 90* and another thats just user friendly... and angle brackets to stand each one on end ... even a 90* spindle drive to really make things complicated ... :eek: :DQuote:
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Tom, I'm gonna walk as softly as I can here.Quote:
Tom Foley
Chaz , what ever happened to the thread on your engine build ? It seemed to just disappear ?
You guys are really creative with all you are doing with these engines ! Keep up the good work both of you !!
I took what I thought was a dorment section of this site, to show the modifications that I have been doing to the motors for my 25' Motion. None of it was really anything new, just stuff that I have been doing to my race car motors for years. I wasnt looking to step on anyones toes, steal buisness or disrespect any vendors on this site. Perhaps I went about it the wrong way. My intention when I posted my build, and asked Gary and Charlie to post theirs in this area, was to have a 3.0L section, for us guys who love the big block Mercs to hang out,and hopefully others would join in with theirs. Nothing more, nothing less. The board admin chose to see it as encroaching on paying members domain. I understand and respect his decision for pulling my threads. My sincere apoligies if I offended anyone.
This thread is the "other Charlie's" :p and I dont want to goober it up with board politics, we got enough of that on TV .. :cool: Sooooo......
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mrcrsrgary, between you and charly i learn alot about the machine work aspect of this whole thing, its been years since i played w/ lathes and mills, so thank you both for all your help!
Thats a two way street my brother.
When my motorhome generator went kaput, you were the first one there to help ... err .. I meen , fix the problem .. Thank You :thumbsup:
charly i can take a look if you send me your latest engine file !
if you can also give me the part number i can see wat i can dig up
Tom, I'm gonna walk as softly as I can here.
I took what I thought was a dorment section of this site, to show the modifications that I have been doing to the motors for my 25' Motion. None of it was really anything new, just stuff that I have been doing to my race car motors for years. I wasnt looking to step on anyones toes, steal buisness or disrespect any vendors on this site. Perhaps I went about it the wrong way. My intention when I posted my build, and asked Gary and Charlie to post theirs in this area, was to have a 3.0L section, for us guys who love the big block Mercs to hang out,and hopefully others would join in with theirs. Nothing more, nothing less. The board admin chose to see it as encroaching on paying members domain. I understand and respect his decision for pulling my threads. My sincere apoligies if I offended anyone.
This thread is the "other Charlie's" :p and I dont want to goober it up with board politics, we got enough of that on TV .. :cool: Sooooo......
Don't see how you could offend any one your were just posting some cool stuff. Its allways cool to see peoples builds step by step. JMO
Dave
Dave,
Charlie, Chaz & I agreed that it would benefit the 3L folks to have a place called "Home", but it was obviously taken down. I made mention of the 3L stud kits I was building and it too was shut down because another vendor complained so I had to up my standing to Supporting Member in order to sell my Stud Kits.......There's not much info available for 3L owners and the total intent was to attempt to provide as much info as we could share and since 99% of it was Fab work, it seemed proper to put it in that section. Like Chaz said, it was all done with the best intension of sharing what we've done and know for the rest of the 3L community.
i figured this was considered fabrication(most of it) so i posted it here,its something different so it does fit the description. got everything pretty much on the engine yesterday, took awhile to find/scrounge up hardware, i had an opti i took apart awhile ago, so i had to find all the alternator bracketry, bolts, etc. then, the new coils didn't fit the old style 3 litre coil bracket, so that took a couple of hours. amazing how nothing goes quickly or easily.