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From the beginning of time
If there is a machined surface in a motor someone out there will machine it. There has never... ever... in the history of boat racing been a stock motor. Not even a 36 motor......people had those apart.
First thing old school motor builders do is take the motor apart, check the bore check the rod wear, make sure everything is straight round and will last.
Not everything that great motor mechanics do is simply for speed, most is for durability.
With the machined surfaces there are rules imposed in an attempt to get everyone in the same power range in a particular class. Drivers that test and work on their stuff always seem to move to the front.
I know a man called Chris Mizner that bought a 302 and did nothing to it outside of the gearcase (minor shaping / prop shaft diameter), adding the kill switch wire and just running on Oneida lake for hour after hour.
I would put him up against the fastest C Stock hydros in the country. He competes regularly with Clark, Runne, Gladkowski, Gonyea, Bowman and Thompson and the those fellas aren't slow.
Originally posted by David_L6
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First thing old school motor builders do is take the motor apart, check the bore check the rod wear, make sure everything is straight round and will last.
Not everything that great motor mechanics do is simply for speed, most is for durability.
With the machined surfaces there are rules imposed in an attempt to get everyone in the same power range in a particular class. Drivers that test and work on their stuff always seem to move to the front.
I know a man called Chris Mizner that bought a 302 and did nothing to it outside of the gearcase (minor shaping / prop shaft diameter), adding the kill switch wire and just running on Oneida lake for hour after hour.
I would put him up against the fastest C Stock hydros in the country. He competes regularly with Clark, Runne, Gladkowski, Gonyea, Bowman and Thompson and the those fellas aren't slow.
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