How he’s still smiling nobody knows, but you’ll dig Part 3 of this new boat adventure.
The adventure continues! Finnegan is still smiling, even though he and his buddies are thrashing on this thing. But man what a beast this beauty is. If you missed the first two parts of this three part adventure, click the link below. We’re not going to tell you everything that happens, because the video is great and you want to watch.
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Video Description:
Episode 221 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage is special because it’s the grande finale of a 3 Part Series about my first weekend back behind the wheel of a real drag boat. Although fun, it really did not go well. LOL. We overcame adversity in the form of a severe motor milkshake, which was the result of too much water pressure in the cooling system. We also had to replace several broken valve springs in the 632ci Big-Block Chevy. After solving both of those problems we believed my new 2016 Ralls Precision Machine Cheyenne jet boat was ready for race day. As you’ll see in this video, boy were we wrong! What makes this boat unique is that Andy Ralls cnc-machined all of the aluminum hardware on this boat to be as light as possible. He also had E-Ticket Boats in Lake Havasu, Arizona, laminate the hull entirely from carbon fiber. KMG Boats painted the red, black and gray hues, while Marine Performance Design blueprinted the Dominator jet drive. The boat is powered by a naturally-aspirated 632ci, 10.5 liter aluminum Big Block Chevy engine that produces 1,300hp without nitrous, or turbos or a supercharger. The engine was originally built by Jim Guthrie and recently freshened up by Mike Miller Racing Engines. The engine features a Sonny Bryant crankshaft, CP Pistons, Carrillo connecting rods, Total Seal piston rings, Dart Big Chief cylinder heads, a Dart tall deck aluminum block, an HRE tunnel ram with billet runners, and Gen 3 Holley Dominator carburetors. The electronics consist of an MSD Digital 7 ignition box and a Jesel front drive distributor. The boat was wired by Zack Rauscher. This boat has ran 132mph with an ET of 5.8 seconds on a 1,000ft drag boat track.
I think Finnegan needs to see a shaman to have the demons purged. One thing after another breaks. Runs perfect until he buys it. What’s up with that?! Gotta admire his fortitude though. If I were having that many issues I would have given up long ago.
Finnegan has become the new comedy act in motorsports. Any engine he builds, blows up. Sometimes multiple times. Most things he buys turns out to be junk. But he is entertaining and appears to be making good money blowing sh*t up