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[steves86ta]

Well left work early to get some work done on the boat, and of course never works out like you think it will

I came home, soda blasted the intake manifold, And I have to say. The 15 pound soda blaster from Hartbor freight kicks some ass. But it does make a mess, but who cares it's baking soda!
Here's what the intake looked like after about 5 minutes of blasting (aircraft stripper failed)



And I said it makes a mess...




But all in all it worked pretty damn nicely.

[steves86ta]

After the soda fiasco. I turned to checking out the front motor plates I bought on eBay.

God I hope they work...

So I polished one real quickly just to see if I wanted them polished, painted, or raw aluminum


After I did that I decided to start making my rear plate.

I used a transmission bellhousing for a template and went to town. Its hard to tell but I got the circle about halfway cut out, went to start on the other side and the damn Chuck for my jig saw died. It will not hold a blade anymore :-(



So it was back to polishing

I did 0 prep on these plates. Just took them to the buffer with various grit rouges and different wheels. Here's one plate about half way through




And the final result



I painted the intake with vht cast aluminum paint.

[HB Vic]

Well left work early to get some work done on the boat, and of course never works out like you think it will

I came home, soda blasted the intake manifold, And I have to say. The 15 pound soda blaster from Hartbor freight kicks some ass. But it does make a mess, but who cares it's baking soda!
Here's what the intake looked like after about 5 minutes of blasting (aircraft stripper failed)



And I said it makes a mess...




But all in all it worked pretty damn nicely.

That's pretty cool. I'm thinking a plastic tent like enclosure would save a ton of work, then again maybe not.

So glad we have a blast cleaner here at work

[steves86ta]

That's pretty cool. I'm thinking a plastic tent like enclosure would save a ton of work, then again maybe not.

So glad we have a blast cleaner here at work

Yeah... Or even a wood box with a plexi glass window.. Or maybe one of those blast cabinets. BUUT im cheap lol

[steves86ta]

Picked up a bandsaw. if you dont have one. I have to say this is the greatest tool ive ever bought...



got it for 150 off craigslist. It looks practically brand new, came with 4 new in the package blades. Even the "electronic measurement" works

Now that i have a bandsaw i could clean up the rear mount and start on the rest of my rail kit



Attempted the router on the edges. Im not really happy with the way it came out

After a lot of trial and error, i found that my "truck" oil pan is way to deep for the boat. Its not even close to lining up

Here you can see where i cut that rear mount and used a different set of holes just to keep the pan off the bottom


The motor is sitting on the pan, on the bottom of the boat here. Im still about 3 inches away



BUT the rails did get cut and installed. So atleast made some progress



Oh and i got my C bowl cleaned up and painted

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[steves86ta]

Not a lot of progress. Been very busy lately. And been working on the Bahner since the season is here and it need some work to get ready... (drive is off as we speak)

But i did win an oil pan on eBay it should be here today : :



So that means i can start making mounts again...... > > > Hopefully i dont screw up this aluminum too... Thinking about making templates first this time

Last night, i figured i would finish making my MSD mount. I had the great idea to mount it to the head. Easy to get to, out of way of water, etc. But im just not sold on it.







I think it makes the damn MSD look bigger than the engine. Im 99% sure im shit canning the mount and going with the transom like this


And finally, i dropped my Impeller off with Chris at B1 a while back. Its done. After talking to him and talking about where this thing will make power, we decided to try a B- cut and go from there. He also detailed it for me

[steves86ta]

Yeah, the MSD will go on the transom along with a fuel water seperator, and the fuel pump.

Made some what i consider to be major progress this weekend. The Rail kit is in, and the mounts are made! O0 O0 > > : :



I learned that i need to try and heat and bend the headers up a little more. As it is right now they clear the transom but are a little close for my comfort


Front plates, i had purchased some bitchin billet motor plates online hoping they would work. Unfortunately they were about 1.5" to short in the front so i had to make these. Not CNC'd or Plasma cut but i think i did well


This rear plate works, and i'm just being picky. But im going to re-make it to give me just a tad more clearance under the oil pan.


Its so small...

[steves86ta]

I re-did the Bilge again. This time i am much happier with how it came out.





I also spent some time with the buffer and polished most of the rail kit. I did the two angle sections that the engine will sit on.

And one of the two motor mounts. Going to finish this up shortly

Rough sanded with the DA and 120 grit to get all the scratches/ cutting marks off, What I dont have pictures of is the sanding after this, the 220, 320, 400, 600 wet, 800 wet, 1000 wet stages. I cheated and used a palm 1/4 sheet sander. Even for the Wet stages


Hard to see in this pic, but they came out pretty damn close to mirror finish


And one of the two motor plates

[steves86ta]

So this weekend ended up busy with the family, but I still managed to get a little bit of work done on the boat.

Started out Friday night with the polishing above.

Saturday I woke up and went to harbor freight and grabbed a jig saw.

The same damn thing happens and the saw wouldn't hold the blade. So after tightening it down, I broke the collet


So back to harbor freight.... Again.
I decided to buy an "old school" saw. One where you have to bolt the blade in.

And I finished the cut, finally





Then I started on the rest of the plate.

About halfway through my third jig saw decided to catch on fire

(Hard to see in this pic)



After this I quit with the jig saws and used my scroll saw. About 5 blades later I had my rear plate. Woohoo!!

[steves86ta]

So plates are cut, I cleaned up the garage and decided to move on to cleaning the headers up and painting them

Cleaned them with an angle grinder and a wire wheel

Then shot a coat of vht flat black header paint.






I do not expect the paint to last forever. But I'm hoping until I get a stainless set off headers built