Putting Rebuilt 460 in 30 Foot Cruiser
Hi All, I'm a newbie to this forum, though I've surfed it quite a bit and found that it is chuck full of knowledge. The reason I'm posting is that last fall my 30 ft. boat which had a 460 in it broke the top off a valve and destroyed the piston,rod, windage tray, and bent the oil pan and am not sure yet what else. I bought a rebuilt 460 from a guy that claims he is a master mech. I have not opened the motor to verify but he told me that he built it to the following specs, D9TE truck block bored .30 over and surface trued, D3VE heads milled and completely rebuilt using new rockers, pushrods, springs, guides, seals, etc., Crankshaft, rods, pistons, harmonic balancer, and flexplate are all balanced. 9.0:1 Hypereutectic pistons., New cam (not sure what brand or size) @ .50-.214/.224 Dur., .293/.303 Ad. Dur.,518/.544 Lift 1700-5200 RPM Range, New Cloyes double roller timing chain, New Melling high vol. oil pump, New Weiand Stealth high rise intake, Rods shot peened and magnafluxed, all new Fel-Pro gaskets, Clevite bearings, lifters, etc. I need to know if this cam will work in a marine application and any other info that would be of importance to me about putting this in my boat. I also need to find a pan and windage tray or modify my new panto accept the dipstick tub that screws into the drain bung for checking the oil level and pumping the oil out when changing oil. The old 460 had a rated hp. of 340 and I'm hoping to improve on that, maybe 350-375. I am putting a Edelbrock 750 marine carb on this and using all the stock exhaust which is thru the prop exhaust. I hope some of you could give me some input as to your thoughts and concerns. Thanks, Rick