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Get your mind outta the gutter.
At the crossroads here and need some input. I have a choice of just going with the blocks I have. Salt water exposed for apprx 8 years. Religiously flushed and appear in decent shape. Going with Dart 345 cc heads marinized and hardened exh seats. All and all for another $10K I can go with a new Dart block all new internals & pondering the thought of stroking it. Leaniing towards dependability cause I'm just getting too damn old to be doing this. Money is no object and I want naturally aspirated engines. Any thoughts on what stroke etc etc ?
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At the crossroads here and need some input. I have a choice of just going with the blocks I have. Salt water exposed for apprx 8 years. Religiously flushed and appear in decent shape. Going with Dart 345 cc heads marinized and hardened exh seats. All and all for another $10K I can go with a new Dart block all new internals & pondering the thought of stroking it. Leaniing towards dependability cause I'm just getting too damn old to be doing this. Money is no object and I want naturally aspirated engines. Any thoughts on what stroke etc etc ?
Stan
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Originally Posted by cig1988
Get your mind outta the gutter.
At the crossroads here and need some input. I have a choice of just going with the blocks I have. Salt water exposed for apprx 8 years. Religiously flushed and appear in decent shape. Going with Dart 345 cc heads marinized and hardened exh seats. All and all for another $10K I can go with a new Dart block all new internals & pondering the thought of stroking it. Leaniing towards dependability cause I'm just getting too damn old to be doing this. Money is no object and I want naturally aspirated engines. Any thoughts on what stroke etc etc ?
Stan
At the crossroads here and need some input. I have a choice of just going with the blocks I have. Salt water exposed for apprx 8 years. Religiously flushed and appear in decent shape. Going with Dart 345 cc heads marinized and hardened exh seats. All and all for another $10K I can go with a new Dart block all new internals & pondering the thought of stroking it. Leaniing towards dependability cause I'm just getting too damn old to be doing this. Money is no object and I want naturally aspirated engines. Any thoughts on what stroke etc etc ?
Stan
make your HP with cobuc inches, get a 572 or simmilar and build it mild, easier to make reliable power....
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What would be a "reliable" horspower range & the largest cube to go with ? Definetly going with a roller cam with a Dart single plaine intake manifold. With all of this it will definetly be dynoed.
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I just was a 598 770tq at4800 750hp at 5600or5800 hpmight have been more I was looking at the tq ##. cam was same as in my 510 I make 627tq at 4800 and 650 at 5800.
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I just was a 598 770tq at4800 750hp at 5600or5800 hpmight have been more I was looking at the tq ##. cam was same as in my 510 I make 627tq at 4800 and 650 at 5800.
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4.375 stroke, 6.735" rods, 1.27"cd, dart 345 heads, used an eldebrock victor insted of dart intake, just did a comp and the eldelbrock makes more tq and cheaper, spend savings at Wilson manifolds blueprinting intake, BLP carb, and crane hyd roller will make 750hp at 5500, good luck ,gg
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well my engine the 510 is a 1993 merc 502 390hp . in 2001 after top end only mods which made 592hp and 580tq I put in new ISKY CAM HDY ROLLER, MERLIN 310 HEADS MARINE, NEW PISTONS 9.5 TO 1 CRANK RODS PISTONS BALANCED MATCHED DART INTAKE, 850 BG CARB GOING TO NICKERSON 1050 S/M DRY HEADERS, A LITTLE loud
MSD EVERYTHING . I HAVE BEEN THE OCEAN ONLY FLUSH, HEADERS ARE 1994
CARB 1994
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1995 JUST DIED GETTING NEW BOX THIS WEEK
THIS THING MAKES THE 650HP
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Oops The 592 Hp Numbers Were Done In 95 And The650hp Was 2001 And It Was Built Too 510 Ci 2001, If You Want I Can See What Specs Are On The Board About The 598. Art