One of my friends ex brother in law has a boat with a newly built 540 Big Block Chevy and he is one of those guys that thinks he knows everything about Chevy engines but really only knows enough to be dangerous.
So anyways he bought the 540 short block earlier this year and put on some Merlin cast iron oval ports, Jeg's roller rockers, Cloyes gear drive and a new Hydraulic roller cam.
He had the engine installed after he and one of his friends assembled the long block and was plagued all summer with driveability issues and replaced the carb and ignition system, new plugs etc. trying to fix the issues and even tried different props to gain the power he thought he should have and then the last time he had it out my buddy was with him and it started loosing oil pressure so they got it back to the marina and recently pulled the engine and it is now at my buddy's house and he is disassembling it and sending me pictures from his phone.
When my buddy told me what this piece was I could not believe it was possible.
He pulled off the balancer and then removed the timing cover and this piece fell out of the assembled engine.
So anyways he bought the 540 short block earlier this year and put on some Merlin cast iron oval ports, Jeg's roller rockers, Cloyes gear drive and a new Hydraulic roller cam.
He had the engine installed after he and one of his friends assembled the long block and was plagued all summer with driveability issues and replaced the carb and ignition system, new plugs etc. trying to fix the issues and even tried different props to gain the power he thought he should have and then the last time he had it out my buddy was with him and it started loosing oil pressure so they got it back to the marina and recently pulled the engine and it is now at my buddy's house and he is disassembling it and sending me pictures from his phone.
When my buddy told me what this piece was I could not believe it was possible.
He pulled off the balancer and then removed the timing cover and this piece fell out of the assembled engine.