Replace with reman or rebuild existing ?
47 Fountain with triple 502 mags, all stock.
Ingested water in the Port motor Friday & it now needs rebuilt. Oil is sludge & knocking. Went ahead & compression & leak tested other two today, starboard motor isn't healthy. Center motor passes all tests with flying colors. I see I can buy remans & have them quickly but not sure if I trust that.
I'm in FLA now, used to use a builder in Sandusky Ohio for our drag race engines & stock rebuilds for our shop. Thinking about trucking them to Ohio to be done just because I trust Griff's implicitly.
Are there any highly recommended that I can trust shops in FLA for stock rebuilds ? Thanx in advance.

If you want a top notch builder that does the best work I have seen go to express auto machine in DeLand.
great guys and it is always a great time when visiting their shop with all the top notch power plants they are working on.

Double check that reman availability. Lots of people advertise 502's and 496's but don't have them.

One correction.

Its Express Engines in Deland. (386) 734-9302

Yep. Bruce Baker is great. All work done in house and he has a dyno. Very particular and doesn’t cut corners.

If its saltwater cooled, you may need a reman and yours may not be rebuildable.
If being on the water in a short amount of time is important, I'd buy 2 reman long blocks, then have yours gone through to have at least one ready as a spare.

if you’re in ft myers you have HRE hameetman racing engines in Cape Coral. Daryl is top notch.

Bruce at express is top notch also but HRE is close to home and the same quality.

Thank you for the responses, pulling the motors Monday here in my shop. I've been searching to find out how the water got in the crankcases of both engines. When I ramp the boat in, the moulded in swim platform is completely underwater which in turn puts the rear engines exhaust tips more than a foot under the surface. None of the spark plugs have any rust or signs of corrosion so can I assume the water did not get in through the exhaust ? But to be safe, I will be plugging the tips when I ramp it & removing the plugs before firing it up. I'm thinking possible oil coolers leaking internally or possible head or intake gaskets. Of course if it's a gasket problem, that will be taken care of during the rebuild. I just don't want to duplicate the problem with fresh motors, that would really suck.😳
Any other ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanx. Harold

I run the simple exhaust flappers on mine and they help keep large surges out. Also, I have header drains that let any residual water in the header drain out after shut down. It's just simple rubber hoses connected to the header drains that connect to little through hull fittings next to the trim tabs.
I would highly recommend Innovation Marine in Sarasota to do your rebuilds. They do amazing work and will stand behind it. They rerigged and maintain my boat and I could not be happier.

I have a fountain and have no issues with water getting in at the ramp. I also run flappers over tips. When backing down the flappers keep water from entering. What ramp do you use?