419 not a bad deal...
09-06-2011, 01:18 PM
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Triple engines should last much longer before rebuild, same with the drives. Either way lots of coin.
09-06-2011, 02:19 PM
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I re-did my 382, and have some material left over, if anyone buys this boat. The job is somewhat time-consuming, but you can get the panels out and back in with some effort.
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09-06-2011, 02:54 PM
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Engines were all that you had a clear emphasis on earlier. This boat has the high flow Mercruiser manifolds on it and not the CMI headers. You can look at it however you choose to look at it. It doesn't need all that work done to it. I know figures can vary from place to place. I can certainly get a quality job done for far less than $50k if all that ever needed to be rebuilt.
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09-06-2011, 03:34 PM
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Engines were all that you had a clear emphasis on earlier. This boat has the high flow Mercruiser manifolds on it and not the CMI headers. You can look at it however you choose to look at it. It doesn't need all that work done to it. I know figures can vary from place to place. I can certainly get a quality job done for far less than $50k if all that ever needed to be rebuilt.
Actually, I said motors and headers, and I've always done the drives when doing the motors.
And yes, you could probably get by with just doing the top ends on the motors, and run the drives until they pop.
Just trying to help some poor sole get an idea of the REAL cost of performance boating. For me, at least, the cost was NEVER less than what I estimated. On the Formula, I never imagined that I'd have to replace the headers, buy new drives, rebuild engines, install new headliner, etc, but I did.
09-06-2011, 04:14 PM
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Actually, I said motors and headers, and I've always done the drives when doing the motors.
And yes, you could probably get by with just doing the top ends on the motors, and run the drives until they pop.
Just trying to help some poor sole get an idea of the REAL cost of performance boating. For me, at least, the cost was NEVER less than what I estimated. On the Formula, I never imagined that I'd have to replace the headers, buy new drives, rebuild engines, install new headliner, etc, but I did.
And yes, you could probably get by with just doing the top ends on the motors, and run the drives until they pop.
Just trying to help some poor sole get an idea of the REAL cost of performance boating. For me, at least, the cost was NEVER less than what I estimated. On the Formula, I never imagined that I'd have to replace the headers, buy new drives, rebuild engines, install new headliner, etc, but I did.
I'm with you on unexpected repairs. I've had enough boats over the year to know how that goes. I've had enough experience as well to know what the "REAL cost of performance boating" is as well.
