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Posted: 4/20/2024 10:52:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dragracer_Art]
These are 2020mfg from Power Solutions International. They are 8.8 liters / 535 cubic inches.
They are essentially Gen7 chevy big blocks and share much of the features of the Chevy 8.1/496 that came in trucks and boats... only better.

I swapped in 10:1 forged pistons, 496HO marine camshaft and PAC1219X beehive valvesprings. Its otherwise all original, right down to the rings and bearings.
The factory intake fits a 92mm throttle body... so i then ordered a Holley TerminatorX engine management system. Having never messed with injection before, the learning curve was steep... but after a week of playing with it and several remote desktop connections,  I finally have it running and idling. Still need to tweak the idle down... but at least i can hear it run.

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PSI 8.8, Mercruiser 496HO cam, Holley Terminator X idling at 950


PSI 8.8, Mercruiser 496HO cam, idles with mufflers and no IAC

Link Posted: 4/21/2024 1:32:44 PM EDT
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Nice , whats it goin in?
Link Posted: 4/21/2024 1:45:16 PM EDT
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Tag
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 11:00:38 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Phillbilly:
Nice , whats it goin in?
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One of them will go in the boat, the other will probably get sold or put in a corner for future use.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 2:34:30 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/24/2024 4:30:23 PM EDT
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Cool, today I found out chevy makes 8.1L engines.

What kind of power do you think they are making?
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