Help with 85-86 Mercruiser 454
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From: Merritt Island, FL
Hi all,
I have a December 1985 build, 1986 model year 38 Scarab KV Miami Vice Edition.
It's an original 424 hour boat that as I tend to things I work to keep original or restore to original.
I'm having the valve covers refinished and wonder if any of you know how I can get new 400HP valve cover plates?
Next is the exhaust. if anyone has a picture of original exhaust manifolds, the boat was upgraded to Gil exhaust very early in life, possibly as a factory option.
Last for now, the original brass flame arrestors cleaned up great but I need the NMMA warning stickers, anyone reproduce them?
Thank you
Tony
I have a December 1985 build, 1986 model year 38 Scarab KV Miami Vice Edition.
It's an original 424 hour boat that as I tend to things I work to keep original or restore to original.
I'm having the valve covers refinished and wonder if any of you know how I can get new 400HP valve cover plates?
Next is the exhaust. if anyone has a picture of original exhaust manifolds, the boat was upgraded to Gil exhaust very early in life, possibly as a factory option.
Last for now, the original brass flame arrestors cleaned up great but I need the NMMA warning stickers, anyone reproduce them?
Thank you
Tony
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Hi all,
I have a December 1985 build, 1986 model year 38 Scarab KV Miami Vice Edition.
It's an original 424 hour boat that as I tend to things I work to keep original or restore to original.
I'm having the valve covers refinished and wonder if any of you know how I can get new 400HP valve cover plates?
Next is the exhaust. if anyone has a picture of original exhaust manifolds, the boat was upgraded to Gil exhaust very early in life, possibly as a factory option.
Last for now, the original brass flame arrestors cleaned up great but I need the NMMA warning stickers, anyone reproduce them?
Thank you
Tony
I have a December 1985 build, 1986 model year 38 Scarab KV Miami Vice Edition.
It's an original 424 hour boat that as I tend to things I work to keep original or restore to original.
I'm having the valve covers refinished and wonder if any of you know how I can get new 400HP valve cover plates?
Next is the exhaust. if anyone has a picture of original exhaust manifolds, the boat was upgraded to Gil exhaust very early in life, possibly as a factory option.
Last for now, the original brass flame arrestors cleaned up great but I need the NMMA warning stickers, anyone reproduce them?
Thank you
Tony
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Get ahold of Wayne Kolb on boatfreaks (scarabkv) of facebook he is the vice boat guy and knows them frontwards backwards and sideways. http://forums.boatfreaks.org/member.php?u=5340
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Get ahold of Wayne Kolb on boatfreaks (scarabkv) of facebook he is the vice boat guy and knows them frontwards backwards and sideways. http://forums.boatfreaks.org/member.php?u=5340
I work on the 38KV Vice Edition Face Book page with Wayne.
This was more of a Mercruiser parts inquiry.
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The first KV built and used on Miami Vice had the same Gil dry exhaust and KAAMA switchable mufflers, I am fortunate that my boat was set up the same way so it will remain
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