Why is the Gen 7 496 such a bad platform to build
06-18-2016, 08:44 AM
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Honestly, I've just been using the boat. This thing is just as reliable as it was with the stock motors. I think I have put about 20 hours on it so far this season and aside from the misfire I had at the beginning of the season it just starts and runs as it is supposed to. I should do some more tuning with props and with fuel pressure but it seems like there is no free time for that stuff. I listed the boat for sale on a couple of sites because I would really like to get into a top gun, if it sells I will move up, if it doesn't I'm going to keep adding power to this one. I am all over the new 540 shortblocks Raylar is offering so if I still have it this fall I will buy a pair of those and possibly whipples, then figure out what I am going to do about drives. This really is a sickness.
06-25-2016, 03:23 PM
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Ran a poker run today. At one point I ran the boat at WOT for a full 15 minutes. Oil temps never got over 200 and it never hiccuped. Despite what people have said about 496 pistons, my experience has been different so far. I think having a safe tune and the oil cooler upgrades are a must. I don't feel the stock cooler is really sufficient for a stock motor and my initial AFR's when I installed the kit were certainly on the ragged edge. Anybody interested in upgrading their 496 should consider monitoring AFR's and oil cooler upgrades mandatory in my opinion. Ignoring this is playing with fire.
06-29-2016, 06:08 PM
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Ran a poker run today. At one point I ran the boat at WOT for a full 15 minutes. Oil temps never got over 200 and it never hiccuped. Despite what people have said about 496 pistons, my experience has been different so far. I think having a safe tune and the oil cooler upgrades are a must. I don't feel the stock cooler is really sufficient for a stock motor and my initial AFR's when I installed the kit were certainly on the ragged edge. Anybody interested in upgrading their 496 should consider monitoring AFR's and oil cooler upgrades mandatory in my opinion. Ignoring this is playing with fire.
06-29-2016, 07:12 PM
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The cooler has a built in 190 degree thermostat and a bypass tube built in. It seems to work pretty slick so far, gets up to 190 and stays there, will eventually climb to 200 but I haven't seen much over that yet.
06-29-2016, 08:42 PM
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I didn't realize it has a built in bypass.
Did the cooler fit in the stock location? What did you have to modify to make it work? I'm wondering if I could install it on my 2002. I would like to use the stock lines as I just replaced them a year or 2 ago.
Did the cooler fit in the stock location? What did you have to modify to make it work? I'm wondering if I could install it on my 2002. I would like to use the stock lines as I just replaced them a year or 2 ago.
06-29-2016, 08:58 PM
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It's way bigger than the stock cooler. I bought a couple of brackets and built some spacers to mount it diagonally. My exhaust has shutoff valves so I just did away with the T at the end of the cooler, fabbed up a couple of water hoses and called it good. It isn't the most trick fabrication setup, but it works slicker than snot on a glass door knob. I don't think I ever took pictures of it installed unfortunately.
06-29-2016, 09:14 PM
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Thanks for the info!!
01-01-2017, 08:59 AM
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Ran a poker run today. At one point I ran the boat at WOT for a full 15 minutes. Oil temps never got over 200 and it never hiccuped. Despite what people have said about 496 pistons, my experience has been different so far. I think having a safe tune and the oil cooler upgrades are a must. I don't feel the stock cooler is really sufficient for a stock motor and my initial AFR's when I installed the kit were certainly on the ragged edge. Anybody interested in upgrading their 496 should consider monitoring AFR's and oil cooler upgrades mandatory in my opinion. Ignoring this is playing with fire.
01-01-2017, 09:13 AM
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