V8 update
 

Well, the previous owner of the 350hp V8 Johnson got it back last week.

He offered to trade me back my Mercury for the V8, all at his expense... :eek:

The engine that I effectionatley refer to as "Satan's outboard" will not be missed.

Well, here is the report that I got as to why it did not start very often.

Starter was weak, so he swaped it out with a new one.

Timing base was bad, swaped it as well.

These two things cured the starting problems I was having.

He then did a compression check.

7 cylinders were 160lbs, and 1 was less than 100lbs.

Tore the engine down and found that the sleeve had spun 3.4 inches.

Luckily I did not use the boat much, so damage was minimal.

New sleeve and piston and the powerhead is now going onto a drag boat down in Florida.

My stock mercury arrives this week.

Thank God for doing business with men of their word.

I got very very lucky.

:rolleyes:

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Dude,
You so miss your fridge

Dude,

If I ever see one again, I am going to take a baseball bat to it!

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be nice, mine treat me very well. but i built mine.

:D :D :D

Just had to vent some summertime frustration... :drink:

I actually wish I had the chance to see how my Banana would perform with a V8 running on all 8 cylinders.

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Around 1400 hours on mine pushing a big Sonic. Now if I could just find stronger gear cases...

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JWilmoth,

What model?

I looked at a late 80's 33 Sonic SE last year.

I almost bought it, but I didn't have the money to restore it, plus it needed a trailer.

I made a low offer and never heard back from the owner.

It had twin Johnson V8's on a bracket that came out from under the swim platform.

Very large cockpit that went all the way to the stern.

I will try to find a picture.

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Mine is a 33SE also. Stainless Marine bracket, 30" K-Planes, Imco Hyd. Steering and I do have a trailer. I've not advertised it for sale and had really thought about selling it until someone made me an offer earlier this year. It's a great rough water boat...good heritage.