The good news, is one of my good friends is very "in" with a machine shop right across the street for him. I took the block, pistons, crank, and all the bearings and we'll see what he's going to do.
I am not going to upgrade the intake or carb right now. The engine is easy enough to work on in the boat, so Im going to focus on internals.. Plus, theres going to be more machine work than I originally anticipated. I'm probably going to have to punch it out at least .020 over at a minimum, some of the cylinders have some intense scoring. The gas we get at the pump is 90 octane (odd I know!).. Someone suggested to me 9.5:1.. However, I think my compression ratio will depend more on what cam I run, because I see a lot more gains in the cam, and also the interferences the cam may cause...
Im basically going to tell my machinist what IM doing, that I need low end power and max power at 4000 RPM or so.. We'll see what he recommends.. he's going to supply all my parts..
Guessing how the motor was, even when it was running "good", its probably going to be incredible rebuilt.
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