Originally Posted by TAStevens

I was originally going to go 540...doesn't cost any more to go 572...were starting from the ground up so went Tall deck Dart Blocks

Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER

They were specd by chris straub. The guy who got laughed at and banned from oso by some of the in crowd. I was a bit skeptical at first, but he hit the power goal at a much lower rpm , without having to rev the engine with small props and bad cruise speed. The heads were new afr 335s, that had guides honed to spec, valve jobs touched up, flowed, etc. Im sure with big dyno headers they would have cracked 800 at 6000rpm.

Originally Posted by Full Force

Ran Labbed 23 Mirage's this weekend, engines went 5800@73 mph, zing right up, so basically the power band is too high for my 25's, I think I will lab mine up to the best I can and call it a day, boat should run 73-75 and reliable.... at least I know they are not held back by ignition and such...

Originally Posted by SB

240 at .050" in a 540 is a stump puller cam. Especially with good heads. schit, in a 10:1 454 it will pull buildings at 3500

Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER

Back when you were planning out these builds, was a 572+ci ever brought up? In the grand scheme since you buying new, it wouldnt have cost much more. The 540 platform was popular because most had std deck 502 mercs and stroked them , so it was the obvious choice.

A buddy of mine just did some 572s , 10:1, afr heads with some cleanup work, victor jr, 1200 dominator, custom cam , engines made gobs of torque, and 770ish hp at 6000 thru small cmi headers

Originally Posted by FIXX

i told you to advance the cam 2* ..lol

Originally Posted by FIXX

if it were me i would have built 632s..talk about stump pullers for ths almost same money..