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    Any of you FL guys ever hear of Andrew Martin? Supposedly these motors were on a 32’ Skater with triples that was repoed 10 years ago. That jives with the story I was told by the guy I got them from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulR View Post
    I confirmed today that Alex Hledin built these motors! I've been texting with someone that works with Alex and it turns out they still have parts even though Alex hasn't built a 2.7 in 20 years! I found out that the welding on top of both blocks is because they had to open that area up so they could weld the block in the water cavity because the bigger sleeve went into the water cavity then they welded the block back up. The ECU chip is a custom curve Alex came up with but as RBT said it wasn't reliable. I was told to use a Champ ECU at full rich. The heads are from molds Alex made! The tube at the bottom of the block was put in for strength, they said these can make 400hp+

    I'm going to ship both blocks up to Alex, who better to fix them!!!
    I can't wait to see this when it's done would make a awesome motor for the ally

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    LOL! I can barely drive the Ally with the powerhead that’s on it now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulR View Post
    Any of you FL guys ever hear of Andrew Martin? Supposedly these motors were on a 32’ Skater with triples that was repoed 10 years ago. That jives with the story I was told by the guy I got them from.
    I do and that makes sense now
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulR View Post
    LOL! I can barely drive the Ally with the powerhead that’s on it now!
    Don't worry I got you covered I can give you lessons

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    Well it has been a loooong journey but there has been great progress and a ton of questions answered. The object was to clean them up and put the best parts in them possible so we can see how they run. They have come a long way and are ready to go back together......this should get interesting! Covid is a bitch but Verdi rods and big bearing drag cranks makes up for it!!

    Ugly welds are gone!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulR View Post
    Well it has been a loooong journey but there has been great progress and a ton of questions answered. The object was to clean them up and put the best parts in them possible so we can see how they run. They have come a long way and are ready to go back together......this should get interesting! Covid is a bitch but Verdi rods and big bearing drag cranks makes up for it!!

    Ugly welds are gone!
    I wonder where you got the cranks and rods from 🤔 I can't wait to run this motor at Jasper

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    We made some progress over the weekend thanks to Schramer, I put him to work! Now before anyone comments on the pistons...they are NOT upside down, these are custom ground for the porting and all we can figure is when they ground them they had them in a jig or something with the writing down so they go in the way we have them without a doubt!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael J Giesler View Post
    I wonder where you got the cranks and rods from 樂 I can't wait to run this motor at Jasper
    Thanks Mike for getting me the parts, not easy to find!

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    I stared at my first set of Verdi rods for hours. A few things about these motors.. I hope you drilled the piston to oil the bridges...hopefully you relieved the bridges a thou..and keep them a little warm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o View Post
    I stared at my first set of Verdi rods for hours. A few things about these motors.. I hope you drilled the piston to oil the bridges...hopefully you relieved the bridges a thou..and keep them a little warm.
    Bridges are water cooled
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    Ooo I see now....also something else.

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