Quote Originally Posted by ogshotgun View Post
well i am retired and joined the guard at a late age and yes thats my current rank e-3 which is better than e-0 lol and no thats not me in the boat a friend, as far as the setup its factory from Wreidt boats , the boat has the original stringers in it and the bolt holes are exactly the same no extra sets ,now if you take the headers off and the 10" tall air cleaners and the 10*71 blower it sits pretty low,, as far as the coupling on the driveshaft it has a casale adapter on the crank for a 1350 u joint and a casale adapter on the vdivd input for a 1350 u joint .. the strut is 10 degrees and a correction it has a 12 degree casale drive with 29 gears, i do not know the crankshaft angle at this time but the edelbrock motor plates are offset and both almost sit at the bottom of the stringer
That engine is still way up there. However, you should be more concerned about the 10* strut angle. If you want to use all the HP you said your engine makes, you need to do a serious upgrade to the driveline of your boat. You are planning to put close to 1000HP into a 80 or 90 MPH hull set up to be a 70 MPH hull at best. Now is when a conversation about boat building and rigging should start. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people here that can help you set that thing up right. Since you have the floors out, now would be a good time to consider it.