New motors and drives
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New motors and drives
Looking for recommendations…..got twin carb 502’s late 90’s and mercruiser bravos. They are all getting tired. Want an installer who knows what he’s doing and won’t take 8 months to complete. I’d like a little more horse power and a reliable drive. Motors have evidence of block cracks/repairs so I’m not sure I want to rebuild these. Any thoughts? I want reliability more than 100mph. Boats a 36’ Scarab. Looking to take it to someone in October to get the project rolling. From Pennsylvania but don’t mind traveling.
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Looking for recommendations…..got twin carb 502’s late 90’s and mercruiser bravos. They are all getting tired. Want an installer who knows what he’s doing and won’t take 8 months to complete. I’d like a little more horse power and a reliable drive. Motors have evidence of block cracks/repairs so I’m not sure I want to rebuild these. Any thoughts? I want reliability more than 100mph. Boats a 36’ Scarab. Looking to take it to someone in October to get the project rolling. From Pennsylvania but don’t mind traveling.
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First question is, what's your budget?
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Parts availability is a pain. I dropped my boat off last November, was told March for pick up and picked it up the last week of June due to parts availability. My builder was a big name West Coast guy and he can barely get parts. I was talking to him the other day dialing the setup in and he said he'll order 10 sets of pistons, actually get 3 and 1 will need to be send back as quality control is worse then it's ever been.
Talk to Eddie or Tyler in your area. Keep in mind good work isn't cheap.
Talk to Eddie or Tyler in your area. Keep in mind good work isn't cheap.
Last edited by farmo83; 07-22-2021 at 03:21 PM.