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Old 01-30-2009, 10:46 PM   #81
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Randy, Did You Put The Newer Engine Set Up In Your Boat Or Was It Alraedy Done. If So Did They Have To Patch The Holes For The Drive Difference? And Did The Engines Bolt Up To The Exsisting Hardware For The 454s? Bob
Bought her with the new motors installed. New Transom was installed at that time.

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Old 02-03-2009, 12:40 PM   #82
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Hey Boatme, Did You Pull The Headers Off To Acess The Space Easier? Cause I Notice There Appears To Be About 6 To 8 Inches Between The Engine Manifolds. Was It The Side To Side Space Issue Or The Front To Back Where Working The Motors Out Became A Problem. Thanks Bob
Bob, it will be a lot easier with the headers off. Front to back you have plenty of room and if you go to Bravos you'll gain even more as you eliminate the trannies.
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Hey Boatme, Did You Pull The Headers Off To Acess The Space Easier? Cause I Notice There Appears To Be About 6 To 8 Inches Between The Engine Manifolds. Was It The Side To Side Space Issue Or The Front To Back Where Working The Motors Out Became A Problem. Thanks Bob
The answer is YES both it just takes some working around but it is not o bad

Unbolting them you need a little kid to get under the motors
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carab Kv is correct without the TRS you got more room going forward
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