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10-15-2002, 07:42 PM #1
Labbing a prop and flowing the injectors..
I'm wanting to do a couple things this winter, wondering how I go about it.
1) How do I send a prop to Mercury for lab blueprinting? Yes, I know about all the prop shops, but if I want to get it to the Mercury lab, how is that done???
2) My '95 Promax is supposed to have 6 injectors. Suckers are 7+ years old, maybe I should have them flowed/repaired?? Where do I send injectors for that work?
Thank you thank you thank you...............
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10-16-2002, 06:43 AM #25000 RPM
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I had a cleaver lab finished at Mercury last Spring. Their labor rate is $80.00/hr. It cost me $320.00 plus shipping both ways. I would call Dennis or Brett at Mercury and ask them for the latest shipping instructions.
Dennis Cavanaugh's # 920-924-2037
Brett Anderson's # 920-924-2034
I sorry I can't help you with your injector's, maybe a business like Mad EFI could flow them?
Dennis
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10-16-2002, 07:25 AM #3A Member Forever
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For the injectors, I'd use Kinsler Fuel Injection in Troy, Michigan. Someone probably will post their web site address.
DaveR
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10-16-2002, 07:29 AM #4A Member Forever
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Kinsler web site is www.kinsler.com
DaveR
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10-17-2002, 04:36 PM #5
Thanks for the input guys!
Any idea what the injector costs are??
This is good info, I'm printing this page out
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10-17-2002, 06:23 PM #6A Member Forever
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Hey JW,
Try a search, this comes up all the time. Someone posted they do it for less than Kinsler but I'm not sure who it was - maybe Tabar racing or something like that. Most people use Kinsler because of their experience and reputation for doing it. The price wasn't too bad, seems like around $150. Give them a call, they'll be happy to talk to you.DaveR
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Sorry JW. I just tried a search on "Kinsler" and "injectors". Seems like the old data has been lost. Nothing old came up. Guess you'll have to call unless someone posts the price here.
DaveR
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10-17-2002, 06:30 PM #8
Now that's one funky site..
Crazy looking top, serious down below. They look worth a call for sure............
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Yeah. The site is a little too flakey for me, but don't let it get you thinking they don't know their stuff. They have been a MAJOR force infuel injection systems (street and racing) since at least the 60's.
Talk to Tom. I THINK he's used them.DaveR
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10-17-2002, 06:43 PM #10
Thanks Dave!
I just used the 'contact us' link on the website. I figure after 7 years, a new set of plastic reeds and cleaned/flowed injectors will help my motor idle a little less radically................
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10-17-2002, 07:24 PM #11Banned
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Hey Jim.
I sent the injectors from my 260 to Kinsler. It costs 110.00 which gets the injectors backflushed, flow tested, and the screens replaced.
I had them back in one week.
Not a bad deal in my mind.
They keep them seperate and numbered, and give you a print out of the flow test so you can put the highest flowing injectors in your hottest running cylinders.
I have seen some of Mercury's Lab finished props first hand, I would send your's somewhere else.
When ya com'in down for a visit ??
C-ya.
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10-17-2002, 07:38 PM #12
Hey Randy!!
Great shot of you and that GROSS SPIDER!! If I visit, you gotta promise none of those things are anywhere near your property.......
One time this summer I had my plugs out, they all looked identical. Which cylinders would 'theoretically' be my hot ones?
And I figured Mercury 'should' be the best at blueprinting their props (and the most expensive), what have you seen wrong???
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10-17-2002, 08:01 PM #13Banned
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Merc lab.
I have had a few labbed ET's and cleavers in the shop, and have been less than impressed with what the gauges told me.
I would assume that the money spent for labbing should result in a prop where all the blades pitch and rake numbers are dead on with each other. They were not.
I think a majority of the performance prop shops out there can do just as good a job on getting all the blade angles equal as well as balancing it.
Mercury does not have any special prop tools that the rest of us are unable to obtain. It pretty much comes down to the guy doing the work.
Heres a photo I took last night near the shop.Last edited by AQUAholic; 10-17-2002 at 08:05 PM.
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10-18-2002, 04:41 AM #14
That is one radical sunset
Man that is awsome. Mothernature can sure paint a picture.
Fellow G-Man,
Sunshine Syndicate, Mid West Chapter
1975, 16' Checkmate Tri-mate 2.4 200+
Currently undergoing overhaul.
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10-18-2002, 10:50 AM #15
Yet another injector service co.
Give RC Engineering a thought(www.rceng.com 310-320-2207). They have a quick turnaround time, recomended by John Tiger Jr.
(of Hotboat, Bass and Walleye, and Family & Performance Boating mags. fame) and they're cost are right in line with Kinsler. My set of Laser injectors cost $144.00 including ground UPS shipping. They clean, flowcheck, and give a printout of results also.Last edited by Jimbob; 10-18-2002 at 10:57 AM.