Thread: Harmonic balancer on 454 has 4 timing marks.....

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Originally Posted by repoman3809

Honestly I dont think I do. I just sold a chevy 3500 with a good motor back in the spring.

I let the machine shop keep the boats original heads and block. The block had spun bearings, they were bad. Shop said would need to weld in to re line bore(or something like that). But said he wouldn't advise doing so, esp on boat motor. He also told me heads needed some work, went on to say they were the smallest 454 heads made. He actually turned me on to the dealer I bought the new motor from. Maybe I was set up though and though....hope not.

there a shop 30 miles from me that can spay weld mains then i can line bore it but not worth the cost. less it a hit rent block . well that would not be good if they did that .if there nothing to build off of i can build you a long block using my cores or i can get a dart big m block build a pump gas flat top piston hyd roller cam 540 to 565 cid with dart heads or use you heads if there good

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

if there nothing to build off of i can build you a long block using my cores or i can get a dart big m block build a pump gas flat top piston hyd roller cam 540 to 565 cid with dart heads or use you heads if there good

Gas prices on the water are ridiculous, I mean at least a dollar over land prices. And it's crap gas. If your running boost or high compression, you dont get your gas on the water. At least not on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. I dont have a trailer and really didnt plan on getting one anytime soon. So I'd like to save on gas as much as I can.

Unless I start getting it on land, putting it in 50 gallon barrels and wheeling to the boat, which seems like a lot of work considering the tank holds 105 gallons. LOL

So really I'd like to stay with a mildly aggressive 454. Plus if I went bigger than that I've have to start worrying about the outdrive. As you know Pat those cost just as much as a motor.

I'll see where the leakdown takes me. I know I got room on the block, if needs re-worked. As for the heads, if good, maybe I can work a Craigslist trade and downgrade.