bencorkill
Well-Known Member
I think the 454 is Cubic Inches
How the merkins measure size
So two 7.4? 14.8 litres of pure joy haha!
So two 7.4? 14.8 litres of pure joy haha!
Mr Noisy
Coming in your ears.
Yeah they're 454ci
Haha I like that merkins phrase
They made 330bhp each in 1989, wonder what they make now?!
Less than 500 hours on them though so they've not done so much, she's 29'2" and weighs in around 3 ton, she'll make 60 odd knots on a calm sea, she jumps out of it when it's rough
You can tell she's got power though, the most amazing display of v8 muscle I ever saw was when we had 17 people on her (she's designed for 6) and she took off like there wasn't even a load on, just opened them up and with some grunt she pulled up and out of the water.
Incredible power from them big motors!
Haha I like that merkins phrase
They made 330bhp each in 1989, wonder what they make now?!
Less than 500 hours on them though so they've not done so much, she's 29'2" and weighs in around 3 ton, she'll make 60 odd knots on a calm sea, she jumps out of it when it's rough
You can tell she's got power though, the most amazing display of v8 muscle I ever saw was when we had 17 people on her (she's designed for 6) and she took off like there wasn't even a load on, just opened them up and with some grunt she pulled up and out of the water.
Incredible power from them big motors!
Yeah they're 454ci
Haha I like that merkins phrase
They made 330bhp each in 1989, wonder what they make now?!
Less than 500 hours on them though so they've not done so much, she's 29'2" and weighs in around 3 ton, she'll make 60 odd knots on a calm sea, she jumps out of it when it's rough
You can tell she's got power though, the most amazing display of v8 muscle I ever saw was when we had 17 people on her (she's designed for 6) and she took off like there wasn't even a load on, just opened them up and with some grunt she pulled up and out of the water.
Incredible power from them big motors!
They are under rated for insurance purposes.
closer to 450hp at 6500 rpms, But that was in a car, the car was rated 350 hp at 4300 rpms as that was there best for gas mileage for EPA ratings
Yeah they're 454ci
Haha I like that merkins phrase
They made 330bhp each in 1989, wonder what they make now?!
Less than 500 hours on them though so they've not done so much, she's 29'2" and weighs in around 3 ton, she'll make 60 odd knots on a calm sea, she jumps out of it when it's rough
You can tell she's got power though, the most amazing display of v8 muscle I ever saw was when we had 17 people on her (she's designed for 6) and she took off like there wasn't even a load on, just opened them up and with some grunt she pulled up and out of the water.
Incredible power from them big motors!
Christ Noiseman!!!!!!
where have you been hiding those babies??????????
marine 454 - great, fantastic, smashing, very nice.
two of those!!!!! Very Jealous Griffman!!!!
That boat should be in the water - does it need a lot of re-commissioning?
Lovely little V8 Jason
more info please - 3.5 is it?
I can see you have the edelbrock inlet and carb
What cam you got i there?
j4son
New Member
many lovely parts gone into her
wanted to do something like this for ages and in the end decided to get on with it
purchased the components from Paul @ Rover V8 Engines, Parts and Services from V8 Tuner
man was spot on
ended up with new 3.5 block
phase 1 heads
crower high torque cam
edelbrock as you spotted
malroy dizzy ect
engine rebuild kit
double s stainless headers (polished them myself)
and the old 3.5 from out of her for other parts (now fully dismantled)
Been out in the Stage 1 to day driving along the seafront, bit of back firing going on which made a few people jump
This is my latest baby, 1954 series 1 86inch fitted with a high compression P5 V8
Needs a bit of fettling as it has sat for a while but on the whole its very sound, i have got a 4 barrel carb to go on it for starters, just fitted my spare facet fuel pump from the Stage 1 as it was still running on the original series 1 pump which is a bit hit and miss to say the least, once up and running the old Stage 1 must go to make room
This is my latest baby, 1954 series 1 86inch fitted with a high compression P5 V8
Needs a bit of fettling as it has sat for a while but on the whole its very sound, i have got a 4 barrel carb to go on it for starters, just fitted my spare facet fuel pump from the Stage 1 as it was still running on the original series 1 pump which is a bit hit and miss to say the least, once up and running the old Stage 1 must go to make room
Cracking scenes in them woods naki!
yes, i am very lucky thats less than one mile from my house
has to be some advantage to living out in the devon sticks
discomark10
Well-Known Member
WOW! beautiful!
