Originally Posted by martyc1000

Dude......That is why I am all over these forums trying to get some ideas because i dont have $35,364.22 laying around for a brand new motor....Those days are gone...if you know what i mean....I will agree with you that it was a good run (535 hrs) and I love the motor. That motor would push my 5500 lb boat around with ease!!! it would almost get me to 70 mph...Oh yah I forgot to add that the motor was almost 13 yrs old...I have a quoted price of $8,500.00 to completely go thru the motor and replace everything except for the Block, Heads (They will be decked), rebalance/repolish the Crank, break it in on a Dyno and Dyno test it....I am just trying to justify to myself coming up with that kind of $$$$$$
Any opinions......