Wood Chris Craft cold start 440 mopar power

cool start up video of an old wood chris craft, beauty of a boat!

[@user-js7np2qj7i]

Nothing like the sound of Mopar big blocks

[@Cha-y412]

My Dad owned a 35 Chris Craft sports fisherman in the early 1960s with big Mopar v8s and as a toddler my fondest memories early in the season in NJ when it was still chilly was Dad spraying cans of starter fluid in those carbs to get it running. How Dad didnt blow up is beyond me.

[@skinny1968]

Nice! That's alot of power in the old girl. 😊

[@ChevyBM]

That beautiful big block rumble!

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

That is the meanest sounding chris craft I've heard

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Friend of mine, believe 440s

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

@@mikhails_meats_n_motors was there any exhaust mod done, and does he still have the boat

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

@@warrensoutdoors5964 yes he does. No exhaust mods just some HP!

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

@mikhails_meats_n_motors good, that boat is a gem, they are so rare to see, and could you get a start up from inside the boat looking at the engines

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

I know it's an odd request but that boat is such an amazing boat

[@fowlplayoutdoors68]

Sweet. The Mopar Muscle Boat

[@fredliperson9171]

Sweet! ...

[@stevekaspruk625]

I had a 1971 GTX with a 440. Damn I miss that sucker.

[@0718dm]

1977 Grand Fury Police Inceptor. Scary fast on the highway...

[@jessiehughes9432]

Joe Dirt be Chirpin waves in that thing..😄

[@IrvingtonArms]

Nice.... I spent many many hours refinishing an ol Sea Skiff. I swear, one hour sailing = two hours painting / cleaning/ repairing.

[@timchavious9440]

That's the good Mopar engines they don't make them like that anymore 🤓👍🤓

[@jamesmccaughey5604]

Grandad had a 1965 30' with a pair of small block Chevys back in the day. Fast as hell for the time. Nice boat by the way. Good stuff! 😎

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Love these ol Chris crafts, I’ll have more footage of this one once it warms up here in MI

[@larrybaker5316]

sounds nice! beautiful Chris Craft, gold standard of boats. Grampa had a 1955 42 foot Chris Craft we grew up on in so. calif. Around 1967 he took out the stock twin 6 cylinders out and put in 2 big Lincoln V-8's. Sea Cloud would get out there and run for its time! you could have probably water skied behind her. Love your beautiful boat!

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Awesome! This is a friends boat, we’re on lake st Clair

[@waynemetevia7983]

​@mikhails_meats_n_motors Where is the lake you mentioned located? Scenery looks beautiful!

[@rileydj8764]

I miss starting my navy boat every day. Two 6-71 Detroit diesels. (1970-1978)

[@marktibbetts3799]

Super Cool

[@rickbullock4331]

Sounds great.

[@davidheitman7004]

nice machine. very cool! enjoy that machine!

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

It’s a friend of mines boat, classic woody

[@leadpilled5567]

My dads boss has a 42 tournament fisherman. His boss knew a lot of high ups in the auto industry. Somehow that boat ended up with 2 ford 427 side oilers. From what I’ve been told both were meant for nascar but they had “catastrophic failure” and were disposed of in his boat.

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Cool piece of history there!

[@njonebale7889]

Yup…sounds really mean!

[@user-hy7kq8gw2g]

Sounds good

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Thank you, it’s a buddies boat. Season is here, will get some vids

[@sethwatson8952]

Badass…let’s see it go!

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

I’ll talk to him into it this summer

[@lbowsk]

I had a 23 foot inboard center console with straight pipes from a Ford 351. It sounded great. But not THIS great. NICE!

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Awesome! They made some great boats

[@james-497]

Awesome

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

She’s a beaut!

[@scottstrang1583]

No Chrysler starter sound?

[@TC-yx1qt]

What model Chris Craft is it?

[@delsawyer3871]

More likely the power is twin 426 wedge motors at 290HP @ 4000 RPM. That was used in the 1963 Constellation.

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

This gal has been re powered, twin 440s I’ll have more content on this rig in the spring

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

That on St Clair? Looks like the flats

[@blauer2551]

I was thinking somewhere around there too. That’s where they were born.

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

Do you plan on doing any mods to the boat this year

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

This is a friends boat, I know he replaced the entire aft deck. And quite a few planks on the hull sides. Should have some content for this boat mid may

[@warrensoutdoors5964]

@@mikhails_meats_n_motors I'm excited and looking forward to seeing it

[@mattwoody1089]

Hi is that in Canada or the USA?

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Usa

[@brmnplayr]

Ok .it's not the prettiest , but the Eeeeengine 😳❤💪🏻. Damn

[@brmnplayr]

P.s. i love that Thundebird twin V12 . thats topnotch.👌🏻

[@tomhowe1510]

That's a 320hp camshaft. Hard to find. Works in everything.

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

I’ll have more vids of this rig this summer

[@davidkeeton6716]

Why, if building this motor, would you put such a weak cam in a 440? Why not the standard 350hp profile cam, even if you were having it custom made because of reverse rotation. Not that much more expensive.

[@tomhowe1510]

​@@davidkeeton6716that's stock. It's a boat. 510 ftlbs at 2600 is why

[@MovieMuscle]

@@davidkeeton6716 This is where the hot rod guys kill motors. A marine engine has a riser which introduces water into the exhaust as it exits the manifold. A performance cam causes exhaust reversion. So you end up sucking back some water from your exhaust which is a motor killer after a while. You require a different exhaust manifold set up to run a bigger cam, and it's very expensive. I don't think you would even be able to find a company making them for these old motors. If so the cost would bend your brain a bit. Most are made for stern drive applications and none for Mopar. It's a GM world there. If you chose the right cam, and built it right, you would maybe get high 300's to 400hp max out of it. The thing with a boat is, you are moving a ton of weight, through a medium with a lot of drag. You need to make your torque and HP down low to get on plane. Shaft drive 440 inboards like these are set up to run about 4000 rpm at full throttle. A cam that makes power in the upper RPM range is not what you want. Detonation due to load is a real thing too, so no automotive timing full advance. Most old set ups are running a few degrees less.

[@waynemetevia7983]

​@@MovieMuscle Thank you for explaining that to someone like me who has never owned a boat. Good explanation.

[@randysummerhays4168]

I know where there's a Chris-Craft 15 miles from me with a 331 hemi in it

[@americanrambler4972]

That start probably cost $10.00 in gas. Per side. You gotta pay to play with that boat!

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Yepper!

[@joeleisenfeld1512]

You should bore it out to 443 cu in

[@davidkeeton6716]

🤣

[@moparmadman1134]

Sounds like a cigarette

[@goldstandardaviation1667]

Stinkpotter

[@rumplestilskin5776]

Love it

[@mikhails_meats_n_motors]

Will have more content of it this summer