On Board Power A Fresco Install

[Lloyd]

Thanx for the compliments about my own work.  I think your work is outstanding to look at too and I clearly appreciate the time and thought that goes into them, plus it is such a pleasure to look at projects made with new components.     I don't have the luxury of a customer who can pay for the materials (my choice not to build stuff for others due to health), so I have had to be resourceful in recycling what society throws away. The sandblaster and various angle grinders with twisted wire cup brushes, etc. are amongst my 'essential' tools.  I'm not complaining.  This is how I have learned to source what I personally need by DIY.

RCA,

I sure understand that,

I probably couldn't afford to hire myself...or maybe I just wouldn't so I end up working for free when it comes to my projects he he

The first boat with the battery/inverter/alternators install was about 150 man hrs.

The second boat which was a Stem to Stearn complete demo and re-wire of all AC/DC systems represents about 648 man hrs.

At $85.00 bucks an hr you can do the math.

lloyd

[rcavictim]

Thanx for the compliments about my own work.  I think your work is outstanding to look at too and I clearly appreciate the time and thought that goes into them, plus it is such a pleasure to look at projects made with new components.     I don't have the luxury of a customer who can pay for the materials (my choice not to build stuff for others due to health), so I have had to be resourceful in recycling what society throws away. The sandblaster and various angle grinders with twisted wire cup brushes, etc. are amongst my 'essential' tools.  I'm not complaining.  This is how I have learned to source what I personally need by DIY.

RCA,

I sure understand that,

I probably couldn't afford to hire myself...or maybe I just wouldn't so I end up working for free when it comes to my projects he he

The first boat with the battery/inverter/alternators install was about 150 man hrs.

The second boat which was a Stem to Stearn complete demo and re-wire of all AC/DC systems represents about 648 man hrs.

At $85.00 bucks an hr you can do the math.

lloyd

I have the pleasure of looking at a $100,000.00+ replacement value, self propelled mobile green tower in my workshop yard nowadaze.  That would be based on my time invested times minimum wage over four years now going into five.  I know that I've put 260 hours on my almost brand new Lincoln Ranger 250, V-twin gasoline powered welding machine during the construction so far. I scored it for a very good deal with only 82 hours on the clock.  Nice welder!!!  At over $6/gallon for gasoline  (summer three years ago when most of the tower went together) that is almost half of the $100,000.00 right there!    I sure wish it was diesel powered, but if it was I wouldn't have it, someone with money or paying work for it would own it.

[Lloyd]

This Yacht was/is gas powered (twin 354 ci/340 hp big block GMs)

354 ci big blocks? Did they really make them that small?

I remember 366 BB truck motors.

I used to be a diehard Chevy fan but haven't looked in my engine books in 20+ years. Yes there is a 366 and 427 tall deck BB truck engine from GM (have samples here), but there were an earlier BB available up until about 1964.  Remember the 409 and the song that legendized it by the Beach Boys?  There was a smaller displacement version of that same block called if memory serves me correctly the 348.  Came with 3 dual barrel carbs in the 1958 Chevy as an option called the 348 tri-power also IIRC.  The valve covers are unique on the 348/409 engines shaped like a W.  IIRC the modern 396 came out in '65.  The 427 and 454 soon followed using the same block.

To clarify, the distance from the crank centerline to the cylinder head decks on the truck engines 366 and 427 are 0.6" greater than in the regular 396, 427 and 454.  This means the normal BB distributor is too short and the regular intake manifolds aren't wide enough to use on the truck engine. Con rods and pistons will not be interchangeable without proper thought if at all.  All else are interchangeable including heads. Truck BB's all have forged steel cranks and four bolt mains.  The extra deck height makes the truck blocks ideal for high performance stroker engines to be made, just in case the BB you already have doesn't consume enough fuel.