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spd500

spd500

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I still need to flip the motor back over and put the other oil pan on , but it's painted and ready to go . I will probably try to get that done this evening . Anyway , here are the pics of how the motor looks painted , I am pleased with the results  :smile17:

 
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blazeracer

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Looks like FORD guys will be pleased also...  crazy.gif

Looks great man, good work. How long till it's running? You already have the MSD stuff, right?
 
spd500

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I have the MSD setup and almost everything else to get it together and running.  Hopefully it will start coming together fast now, I really planned to be done by the end of the month, but I doubt I will make it.
 
spd500

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I decided that the heads just needed to be cleaner , so I went after them with a scotch lock wheel on the air grinder . They are cleaner , but the scotch lock wheel leaves lots of swirls that I am not really all that pleased with . I knew it was going to do that  :smile19:
 
spd500

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Its the same base/clear that is the blue on the boat, I have alot of it left I will probably not use before it goes bad. If you want to bring your motor to my shop I will spray it for you, or let you use my stuff to spray it yourself.
 
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sturat

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dumb question for you.. regular automotive paint will hold up on the block??

I have to buy some paint for the pump anyhow..

Trying to find a blue about the same shade you have just want it to look more candied on the pump and if it would hold up i will for dang sure have exrtra for the block.

Mike was telling about some SW single stage paint that gets that effect and he has had good luck with it..
 
spd500

spd500

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I am not really sure how well it will hold up on the motor , but I had the paint already so it didn't cost anything . I think it will be fine on the block because it dont really get that hot in a boat . If you want the candy look you should get some of the stuff that I mixed into the blue that is on the boat itself , it gives a really cool effect . Kinda hard to tell you what the effect looks like , it's not really like any thing I could compare it to , but it really makes the color pop .
 
spd500

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Devilman said:
you take a stab at finishing up the pump yet?
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No , still trying to decide what parts I am going to use on this boat . I was thinking I would use the diverter that is on the TX19 , but I have  been told that you can't use a dominator diverter on a berkeley pump . If that is the case I will probably finish this one without a diverter for now and start keeping an eye out for the parts to add one later . But I have not really decided 100% yet .
 
Devilman

Devilman

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spd500 said:
No , still trying to decide what parts I am going to use on this boat . I was thinking I would use the diverter that is on the TX19 , but I have  been told that you can't use a dominator diverter on a berkeley pump . If that is the case I will probably finish this one without a diverter for now and start keeping an eye out for the parts to add one later . But I have not really decided 100% yet .
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I gotcha...  Liquid dish soap on that o-ring will be your friend when you go to put the transom adapter on. May go on with minimal effort, may have to tap into place. I used a block of wood against the transom adapter, when I did it to mine. One time I just used my feet, lol.
 
spd500

spd500

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I was kinda thinking some kind of grease woulld be good , hadn't thought about the dish soap idea . I was thinking of using the lube stuff for pulling wires through conduit on it .
 
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