Thank you. The yellow on top is paint but the rest is a wrap.

I was gonna ask you about that, i had never heard the term 380 used in the line but ya never know back then. I did a 38 Scarab history thread to gather info on mine, actually i did a couple info sourcing threads in the Scarab section of the forum

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...b-history.html




Nice!! Yeah i have a 27 that i have been gathering parts for for years now. I have Arneson ASD 6's and am doing LS small blocks. Want to build a sit down mini Cig Gladiator type boat. I figure when i move into a big cruiser some day i will need some little hot rod to keep me happy and what better then the legendary 27 Sport Mag. If you want Mag info seek out Mr.Vinyl (Bud) and H20boater (Mark) and they should have all the info you need.

Yeah from what I can tell 380 is what they called the 377's in 84 and 85. I think they only had side by side power.
I found this online. Exactly what mine looked like new except for the tower.
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/1...8%20scarab.jpg

I have seen the last 3 digits of the hin on 377's and they all say 377. Mine says 380. Also trying to figure out if my stock 330's are oval port heads without pulling them apart. From what I gather 84 had oval and 85 they changed to peanut ports.

Welcome to the jungle. Nice boats.

As for your cylinder heads, I am pretty sure you'd have the peanut ports if stock Merc 330's. I have never seen a 330 Merc with the larger ovals. The peanut port head came out in the Mid 70's for truck engines. Mercruiser was using them from day 1 on the 330HP 454, at least as far as I know.

cool, never saw that one. They all had the same hull either way. Right up till they went to the step bottom, best hull for the chop/slop we have here in the great lakes :cool:


I restored an 85 flat deck for a customer several years ago that had 575's (the tall deck 540 variant) and number fives and was impressed with the ride when i took it out for testing. Just ate up the washing machine chop like nothing. Where do you normally boat out of?

Ahh ok. I picked up a pair of complete mag mpi setups. I was thinking of freshening up the 330's with some upgrades and the Efi but sounds like I might as well build two more engines from scratch. Not a lot worth saving on the 330's.

Nice, I hear it's a great hull for our lakes too. I'm thinking I will build some mpi 496's with pro chargers for this. I was always limited to the smaller inland lakes with my jet boat. Duck lake, hardy, marble, torch. Now I have a big boat I'll be out of grand haven a lot.

Good Luck w U'r upgrades!!! Hope U can make Boyne Thunder in 15!!!! If there is anything I can try & answer or help U w get in touch!!! Tracy

Thanks! I'll be there for sure.

Awesome!!