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Steve Barker wrote:
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the 429/460 has valve covers about twice as wide as these
and more
than 4 bolts in them. These valve covers are small block
chevy.
Sure looks that way.
Did Grey Marine ever use Chevrolet heads on a proprietary
block? This would be the only way to get the distributor
drive gear into the
front of the engine as I see it.
That distributor is right where they are on the FE blocks. I
can't
think of any common wide block that shares bore spacing &/or
bolt
patterns with the SBC.
Anyone?
Rob
Looks like a smallblock chevy that is installed with the front
of the
engine facing to the rear of the boat. The water pump and
belts look
like they are mounted on the back of the engine and the drive
shaft
would be connected to the front of the engine.
Aaaahhhhh, for reverse rotation.
The hard way.
It's easier actually to run the engine backwards.
But this is a good explanation, except again the pics are too
small to
see if that is a timing cover or a bell housing(starter & all on
flywheel) behind the water pump.
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Well, not really. The reason Chris Craft did that was to have the
flywheel to the front of the boat, so they could get a lower
profile,
and clearence for the angle of the engine, seeing it was hooked
directly to the trans, and the prop shaft were all in line with
no u-
joints or carrier bearings. Or, thats the way it was described
to me.
For most newer boats that in line set up is not important. Most
everyone now days uses u-joints and a drive shaft.
What size boat are you talking about?
All the Tournament, Tournament style, & Wakeboard inboards, direct
& V-drive, have no u-joints.
Rob
My last boat was a 24' Day Cruiser with a 460 Ford and a Berkley Jet
Drive. The jet was connected to the engine via a drive shaft.
Before that I raced flat bottoms. Never saw one without a
driveshaft connecting the enging to the V-Drive. In fact, most of
the driveshafts were fairly long, by that I mean 3' or so. Boats
like this:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9705/claimzl2.jpg
My jet boat has a 10" drive shaft. Is a coupling to the flywheel a
U-joint, a short adapter to a 2nd U-joint and a splined coupling to
the jet input shaft.
U-joints or Poly isolation couplings?
What kind of "Jet Boat"?
Rob
A jet drive is basically a water pump that pulls water in from the lake
and powers the boat forward by thrusting it out the back of the boat.
The jet nozzle turns to steer the boat.
I owned/piloted & worked on many jet boats. I'm looking for the brand -
Boat or drive/pump - that has u-joints.
http://www.cpperformance.com/TechTip...mp-removal.htm
http://www.cpperformance.com/TechTips/principles.htm
http://www.berkeleyjet.com/
"The (Berkeley pump) direct-drive shaft has a thrust and tail bearing.
The impeller is fixed to the shaft and completely enclosed."
But still no U-joints. What am I missing here besides u-joints?
Rob