motoman

good info , but .040 isn't that super tight on piston too head clearance ? i did run a race motor one time at .035 and it knocked the bearing on the crank right out of it, rod stretch at high rpms piston hit head till it cleared it self. wasn't pretty. unless you talking with out gasket and gasket will open the squish up ?

this boat is highly maintained at East fork pro marine and stored inside. there will be no disappointments i'm sure of that. 

 here's a few comps. http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/category/type/Scout+Boats/187+Dorado

servey'ers  also use moister meters and sounders too check bulk heads and stringers alot of people don't want holes drilled in there boat !

sounds like he's been cutting up fish eye balls and scoping them out lmao good info there defiantly food for thought!

Same thing here had older mag10's,  went for the mag-5hs swapped out the short booms for longer one's i made and i already had the swivel base's and ended up saving a bunch on doing this and i now have the mag 10 set up and saved about 300 bucks going too same thing this year with my other set awsome riggers.

here is a little cam info that's well know old school stuff in the 330hp I think its 1991 and back motors that have the older technology .  

The flat lifter 7.4/330 horsepower camshaft is an old design camshaft from the 60's with 213/217 duration .460/.480 lift 114 LSA.

The 454/502 Magnum flat lifter camshaft has 224/224 duration .510/.510 lift 115.5 LSA

The motor heads I have talked to make a big deal about what era the 454 is from. Like "borderline 350" used to say, "no hencho stuff".  The older 454's are legendary workhorses, there's a handful of Oak captains that have logged 10,000 plus hours on an engine, and lots of old time motorhomes have them piling up the miles. Many guys are getting away from the Rochester carbs and going to the edelbrocks, but there are fans and naysayers for both.

There are national outfits online that make incredible claims of rebuilding 454's for more power and economy, but when I needed to rebuild one I had it rebuilt the traditional way using the best components possible.

I know one thing, I will use only pure gas whenever I can get it. Not only is it better for all engines, the added economy offsets the additional price. 

yes you were correct on the era of heads ( some being better than others) its all about the cfm or flow that they make but you must have all your ducks in a row with these parts being matched up well or you defeat the purposes of making a more powerful and efficient motor with stock compression and cam lift & duration. you also mentioned company's offering motor's with more power and economy  of the same C.I and that's the info that is kept to them self's and not all over the net . point is if you have a perfectly good running motor why buy one of these H.O motor's for 7500 when ya can do heads intake carb and cam and save 5k, I've pretty much got the info on doing this now thx for the reply's .  

Why not ask tommy?

I did.

dam a lot of views no boat motor heads in here ?

I'd like too know if any of are tech guys around the forum have did any up grading too the older 454ci motor"s 330hp like swapping out the peanut port heads too oval or rectangle port or installing a newer 454 mag camshaft or after market cams with same or close  lift or duration, intake carb set ups, and your experiences with doing so, i'm not talking go fast boats and big rpms or hot rod car stuff, im talking bigger heavier fishing boats.single or twin screw.? 

Nobody want your numbers! Just go out and fish! 95% of the field fishes close enough to the port the event is held out of that everyone knows where people are fishing. Part of tourney fishing is learning to read boats.

 

Spring KOTL doesn't require numbers. Yet everyone and their mother fished with us on day 2 last year. 

 

That being said I could care less if we had to have numbers or not. If the rules require them then fine. It keeps people honest during boarde

 

Nobody want your numbers! Just go out and fish! 95% of the field fishes close enough to the port the event is held out of that everyone knows where people are fishing. Part of tourney fishing is learning to read boats.

 

Spring KOTL doesn't require numbers. Yet everyone and their mother fished with us on day 2 last year. 

 

That being said I could care less if we had to have numbers or not. If the rules require them then fine. It keeps people honest during boarder events.

Spring KOTL doesn't require numbers. Yet everyone and their mother fished with us on day 2 last year. 

See shoulda kept quiet.

When you hear about those cases where an observer screwed up writing down the GPS coordinates, the captain did not confirm the observer recorded them correctly.....with everything involved with entering and running a team, money invested etc. etc. seems really silly to have the days catch disqualified over GPS coordinates. So ask the question.....does it matter? You can't fly to the Kenai and back in the time it for weigh-in so of course the fish are caught in Lake Ontario. Volunteers and tournament officials are often also participants and they are privy to these day 1 results. Just make the process simpler and above board....do away with GPS coordinate requirements.

ya i dont like giving up GPS coordinates ether. Always kinda felt like they could slip into the wrong hands behind closed doors if you know what i mean. 

looks like a full day of fishing no back at the dock early with this culling rule. and the lakers are about to get thinned out. can't wait.

call east fork marine i think hes got one he would sell ya cheap !905-2334

Looking for used center pin rod and or reel set up ! If ya got one ya don"t use and want too sell please text or call my cell phone 585-615-0229

Lol thx rick

It never pays to smack talk!

in the 2nd pic i notice a bucket with yankee on it , how is that bucket anyways ?

A little steelbow school going on in here. Wow 8 stains didn't know of more than three, still learning

Points standings ?

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Here is a loaded box with everything one would need to catch trout and salmon on Lake Ontario . Call me if interested . 200 bucks get the box and everything in it, to much to list located in Hamlin New York . 5856150229 adding pics now.

Thx Paul if weather lets me ill come down and give it a go.

Can we get a points update on this series ?