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Forum: Overhaul

03-27-2020, 05:41 PM

Replies: 7

Fretting over lifters, replace or not?

Views: 2,531

Posted By Ball Racing

My cam and lifters had rust damage from a...

My cam and lifters had rust damage from a hurricane flood into a garage where the freshly rebuilt motor was on the floor.
Anyway, I took each lifter and hand lapped it on a diamond stone.
They have...

Forum: Polls

03-18-2020, 08:45 PM

Replies: 21

Poll: Stacking Gaskets...Do any of you do it?

Views: 9,599

Posted By Ball Racing

not a displacement hull comparison

As to rpms and head gaskets:
I am only using one head gasket, and last outing turning 3600rpm direct drive.
In my tuning process in my planning hull, I got an increase in rpms with headgasket...

Forum: General Interest

02-22-2020, 07:34 PM

Replies: 154

12.5 mph

Views: 75,194

Posted By Ball Racing

They are neat, and very few remain.

They are neat, and very few remain.

Forum: General Interest

02-22-2020, 07:00 PM

Replies: 154

12.5 mph

Views: 75,194

Posted By Ball Racing

Kinda thinking of building a light version of...

Kinda thinking of building a light version of this boat,
just to see how much more speed I can get from it.
Or build a Maryland "dovetail" or also called draketail to put the atomic in.
Long and...

Forum: General Interest

10-23-2014, 03:13 PM

Replies: 154

12.5 mph

Views: 75,194

Posted By Ball Racing

Heres what 3,500+ RPMS sound like. You...

Heres what 3,500+ RPMS sound like.
You shouldn't have to be on facebook to view it....

Forum: Fuel System

12-20-2012, 04:54 PM

Replies: 154

PCV VALVE... Really?

Views: 53,192

Posted By Ball Racing

Not so on FORD late 60's

Basically in 1967-68 Ford installed emission devices. On a automatic trans car had a PCV valve and a manual trans car had a thermactor smog pump.
The vacuum source was a plate under the carb or off...

Forum: Troubleshooting

09-15-2012, 08:04 PM

Replies: 39

Getting Desparate, No Power Past Half Throttle

Views: 24,374

Posted By Ball Racing

I am not sure how much rpm you used to gain "past...

I am not sure how much rpm you used to gain "past half throttle on the lever"
But with the wheel I first had, there was no use to use more than half throttle because the engine simply did not make...

Forum: Troubleshooting

06-17-2012, 09:13 AM

Replies: 18

Blow-by Oily Smoke

Views: 12,538

Posted By Ball Racing

If a "rebuilt" engine needs 10 - 50 hours to stop...

If a "rebuilt" engine needs 10 - 50 hours to stop pumping smoke out the base,
something was not corrected during the rebuild.
The cylinder walls must have been out of round really bad, or there...

Forum: Exhaust System

03-26-2012, 07:24 AM

Replies: 74

Poll: Exhaust system size

Views: 46,939

Posted By Ball Racing

I really don't see needing a large exhaust exit...

I really don't see needing a large exhaust exit from the manifold as of yet.
a 2,000 max rpm average rate engine that is only making upwards of teens of HP at that point, and is 6 to 1 compression...

Forum: Drawings and Schematics

11-29-2011, 10:41 AM

Replies: 42

Electronic Ignition

Views: 46,350

Posted By Ball Racing

If you have a resistor on the negative side, then...

If you have a resistor on the negative side, then you don't have to worry as much about mounting location, and about something laying against it and shorting it, as it's already on the ground side?

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