Brand new rebuilt Lycoming 0540. With high compression positions and cam from Schmidt. Only 3 hrs on motor. Motor is wrapped in 3M carbon Very strong motor!!!
Specs: Lycoming 0540
He'll cut your throat, baby, stick you in the back, drive off in your Cadillac.
He's more trouble than you think, he'll kill your sugar, leave you in the drink.
was hoping one of the engine builders would have some input on this build......
He'll cut your throat, baby, stick you in the back, drive off in your Cadillac.
He's more trouble than you think, he'll kill your sugar, leave you in the drink.
Didn't sell so Now relisted for 13k
I sent him an email, he said the motor was built by Gray Armstrong. Pistons came from schmidt avaition and the cam from up north.
lol. well I was gonna stay out of this one but I built that motor. it is nothing of what he says. the motor is a small main wide deck straight valve that I rebuilt with a phase 3 cam and 9 to 1 pistons. the guy bought it from me I delivered it to Okeechobee and the guy was supposed to bring it back for me to do the startup once mounted never did. he took it to gary for a carb issue and gary put a nos carb that he had on it and last I heard it had been sunk twice. they may have done something to it since then cause the pushrod tubes were black but I don't think gary has done it or he would have called me to let me know. I think the guy is full of shit all the way around.
"THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT WOMEN THE MORE I LOVE MY AIRBOAT"
Gotta love Southern Airboat to bring out the truth! New airboaters looking for a boat/engine should take note of this... this i pretty common that the HP, builder, specs, etc in the description are all BS!
10'6" Taylor Hull. Lycoming 170 hp - O-320 w/ 480 AV jugs
JCGator wrote:Gotta love Southern Airboat to bring out the truth! New airboaters looking for a boat/engine should take note of this... this i pretty common that the HP, builder, specs, etc in the description are all BS!
x2 This premise can NOT be over stated
This is not the first time and likely will not be the last. If you don't take the time to exploit the knowledge, expertise and helpfulness that exists right here, you've probably done yourself a disservice. This is just another example that supports my premise that there is reason that some stuff is for sale on ebay and craigslist instead of being listed here.
Caveat emptor !
"The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics,
but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science." - Carl Sagan
like they say the prof is in the prop. My motor will only spin a 74 wispertip to 3000 set on the 13 mark with the seam of the blade. 350hp should spin more
JT540 wrote:lol. well I was gonna stay out of this one but I built that motor. it is nothing of what he says. the motor is a small main wide deck straight valve that I rebuilt with a phase 3 cam and 9 to 1 pistons. the guy bought it from me I delivered it to Okeechobee and the guy was supposed to bring it back for me to do the startup once mounted never did. he took it to gary for a carb issue and gary put a nos carb that he had on it and last I heard it had been sunk twice. they may have done something to it since then cause the pushrod tubes were black but I don't think gary has done it or he would have called me to let me know. I think the guy is full of **** all the way around.
if I had a dyno I could tell you! but I don't so all I can do is guestimate. they way that its built with only 9 to 1 pistons and cam is should be around 265 you don't gain much hp from just that little bump in compression but you gain snap and throttle response.
"THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT WOMEN THE MORE I LOVE MY AIRBOAT"
That is a lot of squeeze.
