mikebrls

looooooooooooking good

Twin O/B Sonic

Excellent. That should really wake that boat up. Did you have a 3.0 225 before??
Good luck and keep us posted.

Dean Ferry

Nice motor, the 3.0 liter Merc is a great motor for mods.

818181

Rick,You've come along way!! Congrats!!

rchevelle71

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Paint is next once I get this thing dialed in

rchevelle71

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Boat has had 3 motors, originally had a 2.4 built that didnt last long and only got it to 50, next was a healthy 225 carb 3 litre that got me to mid 50's, next was the (very) used 250EFI, that on a perfect day would run the boat to 60, but consistently 55-57. Hoping with the fresh powerhead, and a few of Shauns Mod's to realistically run low 60's, touching 70 a time or 2 would be nice.

rchevelle71

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According to Shaun, they are all done but no stroker crank. I am not positive what was really done as I did not spec the motor out, I bought it from a third party that purchased it and never installed it.

rchevelle71

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Thanks Dave,

It is an old boat and requires constant maintenance, but that could just have something to do with the way I run it Funny thing is, I bought this motor from the same person I bought the boat from, Angel who you sold it to Did you ever see the transom/splashwell elimination work I did to it?

Rick

Twin O/B Sonic

That's about how I remembered it. There's now a few people going deeply into the 3.0 Mercs. Have you been watching the work that chaz is writing about on S/F ?
Amazing machinist/fabricator/wizard. He runs a 6 second dragster that he built and has a new, I think 700 cu in motor for it.