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[IMG]Here is an original MEL tripower install in a Mercury, and a beauty
The MEL series of engines were in fact Y blocks, since the block skirt extended below the mains. The MEL 430 was the engine use in the Lincoln...
Check with Ted Eaton of Eaton Balancing.. he has built a number of big time high HP Y blocks. The 430 is a Y block in technicality, but it is...
I just spoke to Joe Bunetic tonight, and I am bundling up my intake to send to him for a carb build... on a boat, they are mechanical advance, and...
A few posters on this thread have already put some good words in for MEL engines, like Kutulz who knows them back and front.... I am building a...
Yeah, I really don't want that modern plasticky look, hoping for a nice semi gloss. A friend of a friend has a professional oven and gun system...
Hopefully clear coat will preserve them somewhat. With the pistons on an MEL engine, keep in mind that the deck is 10 degrees to the bore, so...
$1700 bucks with the rings.
:DOh yeah, the boat... pre restoration... [IMG]
and the Wiseco custom forged aluminum pistons... 9.6 to 1 [IMG]
Thanks, This has been an interesting process for me. Finding parts for this engine has been very very time consuming. I am planning to have Joe...
To comment on the gloss level of the powdercoating, I don't want this stuff to look modern plasticky looking... more of a vintage semi gloss
Here is the original Marauder tripower intake from 1958, with three Nicson marine flame arrestors. [IMG] Anyone familiar with late 50's...
Yes, the exhaust manifolds are aluminum, but keep in mind they are a water cooled exhaust manifold... Here they are, and rare as rare can be......
We're all guilty of the demise of the American/Canadian tool industry. We wanted good tools for less, and when the asians offered, we bought in...
I am in the process of building a 59 430 Lincoln Marauder engine... in this case a marine engine, but essentially the same as the car except for...
I am building a 430 lincoln for my 1965 Chris Craft supersport. It's an engine I was not previously familiar with, but through people like Brian...
Yes, except the Kanter kits have flattie pistons for this motor, and that destroys the swirl combustion chamber in them, so they carbon up drop...
I have cut myself on numerous occasions, and some required stitches, but so far so good. I always liked this little list... often mimics real life...
If my memory is right the P10 coupe was quite advanced for the day... it was one of the first X frames. I had a 40 plymouth, with a 12 bolt posi...
Me: I need a #### dist cap for a 283 distributor # blah blah Parts store guy: What kind of car is it? Me: That's not applicable (boat motor) Parts...
Okay, a newbie here, but what the hell. I tend to have reversed my ideas on time and material a little over the years.... The materials can vary...
AND the reason I joined here... I bought this boat this summer... and she is undergoing pretty much a full restoration this winter... stripped...
Well now lookee here... boat thread:D Here are two of mine..... the little sailboat is a 1946 Williams Atkins dory ketch named Dove.. Vanora...
G'day.... I am now into vintage boats rather than cars, but had lots of both. I am currently restoring a Lincoln 430 powered Chris Craft...
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