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  1. joe_l

    Electric fuel pump

    I am about to install an holley electric fuel pump and looking at the install instructions it states that it must be mounted below the tank as the pump is designed to pump not draw fuel?????????? Of course, this is not possible on most boats. Can anyone who has installed electric fuel pumps tell...
  2. joe_l

    LM318 Hard Starting

    Since it is mid winter and all of you boaters in the north are on the hard, I thought I would give you some thing to think about during those cold winter evenings. In 1980, lived in LI NY and finished a 29 ft Dyer bare hull and installed a LM318BW1:91:1. The boat was used a 150 hours annually...
  3. joe_l

    LM318 timing

    Based on Ricks aka Riccardos suggestion to start a new post regarding 318 timing/ low RPM. Does any one have the actual timing curve for the marine 318? I do not mean initial or TA, I mean the actual graph that shows RPM vs advance on the stock engine.
  4. joe_l

    318 Timing

    The initial advance on a stock The initial advance on a stock marine small block is 5 degrees BTC at 750 RPM. What is the total advance and at what RPM is it achieved?
  5. joe_l

    FWC Risers

    "LM318 FWC engines: Has anyon "LM318 FWC engines: Has anyone ever included the risers in the FW cooling loop? The FW would enter the top of the riser, travel through the manifolds and return to the heat exchanger. Raw water would then exit through the tail pieces. Looks like a fairly...
  6. joe_l

    318 stall issues

    "1981 318 engine BW 1.91:1 tur "1981 318 engine BW 1.91:1 turning a 4 blade 18x17 prop. Edelbrock carb, OEM Prestolite ignition. Engine would start and run for an hour or so.It would the stall at idle (no wake zone) It could not be restarted until it cooled off.It never overheated. fuel and...
  7. joe_l

    318LA Mallory ignition

    "I have installed a Mallory Ma "I have installed a Mallory Magnetic Breakerless Distributor on a 318. The mallory wirirng diagrams indicate a ballast resistor is required but they do not show the resistor being bypassed during the start cycle. Engine is hard starting but runs fine when wired...
  8. joe_l

    50 Amp CB

    Does any one have or know wher Does any one have or know where to get an OEM 50 Amp Circuit Breaker for a 1981 LA 318? It is the red button "Push to reset" type that protrudes through the plastic electronics cover. Thanks Joe L
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