What happened to the pictures??Quote:
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What happened to the pictures??Quote:
Originally Posted by 78Southwind
I think he is working on five boats right now. The rest are there for storage. There's three or four guys there that sublease from the guy that does the boat storage. One guy does welding, Scott said he does all of his custom header work. Scott is pretty much a one man band and does all the other work himself. He has an engine build room too. I'll see if I can get some pictures of the engines he's working on next time I head out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wendi
I am getting an Aluminum blast plate built and installed.
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I am not sure. I posted them again and they're back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul65K
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I went by Scott's shop today and he started routering out the bottom for the Blast Plate.
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Scott said that the strut hole where the prop shaft goes thru is somewhat oblong but he is going to fix it so I shouldn't have any problems. It's kind of interesting because I was told that Greg would go thru strut barrings every year. This was probably why he was having this problem. You can see it in this picture.
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Here's a picture of the filler plate where the old strut was that was used to act like a small blast plate. Maybe I can get some money for it if I recycle it. ;)
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Here's a couple more pictures of Scott's shop and some engines he's working on.
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Kind of funny thing today...When I was talking to Scott he told me one of his customer's came in and said that the reason he bought his 1981 Spectra is because of this Spectra. To top it off this is one of the guys from another forum that recommended me to use Scott. He didn't know that I had bought Greg's old Spectra so he was kind of surprised when he saw it at the shop. Here's his 1981 Spectra.
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So what's going on with the prop, shaft, or alignment to wear that bore oval like that? What material is that strut? Has Scott given you any clue as to why that's happening?
He said he thought it might have been from too much heat when the steel strut was welded together. I will talk to him more about when he get's done with the blast plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTERNAERO
So the bore warped/oval'd when it was welded, not from some odd side load or vibration or something like that. He thinks it was like that from day-one, right? Just being curious, is all.Quote:
Originally Posted by 78Southwind
Yes, from day one.Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTERNAERO
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Well that's shitty!Quote:
Originally Posted by 78Southwind
Cool thread keep the update coming
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Got the boat back today. The Blast Plate is finished and Scott blended the bottom of the boat. I will finish the bottom up with some speed coat.
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Always a good time when Greg showed up in Parker. :thumbsUp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotboat
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Great pictures Wheeler...:thumbsUp:
Looks Great!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 78Southwind
I stopped by Lew Larson's on Friday. He let me know that everything looked good except the timing chain, a couple rod bushings, a rod bearing and the harmonic balancer. The rod bearings were original from when Danny had the blower engine built back in 2000. He also had a concern about the crank since it only had a single keyway and that could be the reason for the bad balancer. It's kind of strange because the balancer is a blower balancer that is machined for dual keyways. I am pretty sure we are going to get the crank machined for another keyway. I have a call into The Blower Shop to have one of their techs call me.
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Eric from The Blower Shop got back with me and said that they always recommend that the customer go with dual keyways. He did say though with lower boost (6 PSI or less) you may be able to get away with it.
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In 2012 when Greg owned the boat the dampener plate broke a spring which ended up cracking the transmission case. Greg had the transmission case welded up and painted. He decided to go with a flexplate with a TCI Front Pump Drive Kits (spline drive). However, the boat has never been ran with this new set-up. I have the old Centerforce steel flywheel and the old Spline Drive Unit for the transmission. I am considering going with the old set-up (flywheel) and just buying a Heavy-Duty Dampener Plate.
Does anyone have any suggestion why one set-up is better than the other? From research on other forums I have seen some that like the TCI Front Pump Drive Kits and some that don't. Here's a couple pictures of the different set-ups.
Flexplate with a TCI Front Pump Drive Kits
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Centerforce steel flywheel and the old Spline Drive Unit
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Looking good! Hope to see it on the water soon. :thumbsUp: