It looks like its turning into a full resto!!!
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Thought I would start a thread since it looks like its turning into a resto.
A little back story. I bought the boat 2 years ago as a repo. It is a 43 Blackthunder GT. It had nothing in it. I ended up putting it together with 454's and bravos. The below pics are what I started with.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/3028394_0_20101123153946_8_0.jpg)
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A little back story. I bought the boat 2 years ago as a repo. It is a 43 Blackthunder GT. It had nothing in it. I ended up putting it together with 454's and bravos. The below pics are what I started with.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/3028394_0_20101123153946_8_0.jpg)
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/3028394_0_20101123153946_6_0.jpg)
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/3028394_0_20101123153946_4_0.jpg)
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Over last winter I decided to loose the 454's and go with Dart 598's. Which meant a bunch of new parts. I ended up going with Ross custom piston, Oliver Rods, Callies magnum crank, Valako ported heads and Madara spec'd cam.
I was able to get the boat back together in the nick of time for Boyne Thunder. They made over 800 HP@ 5700 and in my opinion had more left. But on the last leg of the run disaster struck. Had a valve break in the starboard engine. Which prompted what you will see in the next group of pics. It looks like I am about to get my hands dirty.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/SAM_0223_zps6717e359.jpg)
I was able to get the boat back together in the nick of time for Boyne Thunder. They made over 800 HP@ 5700 and in my opinion had more left. But on the last leg of the run disaster struck. Had a valve break in the starboard engine. Which prompted what you will see in the next group of pics. It looks like I am about to get my hands dirty.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/SAM_0223_zps6717e359.jpg)
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/SAM_0209_zpsc0668be5.jpg)
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Heres where the boat stands today, well I am a little further along than this, but you get the point.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/2012-09-12182005_zpsacc5362f.jpg)
Interior started by McLeod Designs. There was a LOT of rot so it looks like the will be rebuilding almost everything.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/2012-09-12182005_zpsacc5362f.jpg)
Interior started by McLeod Designs. There was a LOT of rot so it looks like the will be rebuilding almost everything.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/jbeson/2012-09-19160954_zpse248c9fb.jpg)
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Here is a video of the 598's running before the valve broke.
http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/...pse9620cfa.mp4
http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/...pse9620cfa.mp4
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