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Old 06-30-2014, 08:02 PM
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Don't know squat about the motors, but that boat was listed on craigslist a week ago for a lot less than the boat trader ad.
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Old 06-30-2014, 08:17 PM
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I just looked and couldn't find it.
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Old 06-30-2014, 08:26 PM
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Just looked myself and didn't see it either. I'm 99.999% sure it was that boat on the Baltimore or eastern shore cl and the price started with a 4.
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Old 06-30-2014, 09:25 PM
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Don't see pictures or black intakes . Tall decks without tall deck specific intakes will have spacers and prob a slip collar distributor .( although I once modded a hei with a mallory collar and blended spacers just to throw peps off )
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Old 06-30-2014, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by airjunky
Don't see pictures or black intakes . Tall decks without tall deck specific intakes will have spacers and prob a slip collar distributor .( although I once modded a hei with a mallory collar and blended spacers just to throw peps off )
The intakes on 540 bull dogs will be a thicker intake, they didn't use spacers.
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Old 06-30-2014, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Velocity Tom
They don't to me ! Wrong exhaust, black intakes. I asked the salesman for the serial no. off of the engines and he said the battery's are dead and he is not going to mess with it. And if I cant tell buy the picture sorry about you luck.
I wonder who owns it and if they no how well there boat is being represented?
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/20...-410-102076529
The bulldog had a black dart intake on it, also had front race mount.502 500hp had the blue intake .with this boat being a 2001 i doubt those are the oe engines unless the mfr had a set of older bulldogs laying around and not the newer ones with the serp belt set up..
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Old 07-01-2014, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Velocity Tom
I looked at 3-4 boats for sale with bulldogs and they had blue intakes. Maybe it a year change thing. But they all had stainless risers.

I'm hopefully delivering my cig to its new owner up that way and wanted to stop buy and look at it. But with a salesman that wont even help out a prospected buyer ,screw it!! I'm going with the first boat I liked!!!

I talked with Steve Stepp Sunday about it and he said that he did not remember that exhaust on a 540 at all.
The Bulldogs had the same Gil/Merc exhaust as the regular carbed HP500.
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Old 07-01-2014, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Griff
The Bulldogs had the same Gil/Merc exhaust as the regular carbed HP500.
this is the last bulldog that mercury racing built,it had cmi headers on it..
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Old 07-01-2014, 12:45 PM
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I'm so confused. Is the conclusion it does or does not have bulldogs.
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Old 07-01-2014, 01:08 PM
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No way to tell for sure without serial numbers or closer examination.
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