As soon as you get the boat I would .....

1. Change motor oil
2. Change gear oil
3. Change impellor.

This way you have some kind of maint. baseline. Those 3 things are pretty easy to do yourself.

Might change the housing as well!

i dont think it has a seperate pickup for the intercooler. could this be a problem?

great advice! i will do and also change the plugs and do a compression test.

If the one pick up is feeding the inner cooler and the motor it could be, the water is going to take the path of less resistance, which would rob your motor. Just a guess, I have a whipple as well and I had to reduce the water going into the cooler so my motor would get more water flow. What kind of whipple set up do you have?

makes sense. the boat has a 496 ho whipple kit

You have any pics of the boat and motor? ( what type is it )

how do i post pics? when i go to post it asks for a url link??? they are just pics on my computer not on a web sit some were.

good advice, i will. cheep insurance

You are just registered, you can't, unless you go to photo bucket and do some tricky Stuff, you can email them. [email protected].