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  1. pete31

    Gas Consumption

    Gentlemen. First off let me start by saying I know my boat is a pig on fuel ( 1989 Carver Santego 34.. with a pair of 454 Bluewaters) but I was wondering if anyone had some sort of an idea of what the fuel burn should be. I have done a major overhaul of the engines, but was wondering if the...
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    Fuel consumption

    gentlemen Bought a 34 santego last summer with a pair of 7.4 mercs in it..approx 1100hrs on each, both are hard to start..lots of cranking and pumping, and in my opinion drink fuel, almost double the consumption of my old Trojan, she had a pair of 318's in her.I have already changed the plugs...
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    Ballast resistors

    Gentlemen, A quick qustion...is there a difference between marine & auotmotive ballast resistors ?? I recently changed mine with one I bought at an auto parts store for my small blocks, I was having stalling issues after a long run, changed the coil while I was at it too, engine...
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    splash

    Did you guys here that ..a very loud SPLASH...even though it was pouring rain with a little snow thrown in for good measure...the Yacht went back in the water today..yahoo..some one give me a beer.
  5. pete31

    Lets see your Chrysler powered boat

    1971 Trojan 31 Hard Top Express, Glass hull , wooden superstructure, about 85% complete on the restoration, twin LM 318's
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    Crusader 454 lx mufflers

    Gentlemen, A friend of mine recently purchased a 1994 Carver Santego with 454 LX motors, we had a little mishap this evening & destroyed the muffler on the port engine, after hours of searching the web, we have had no luck in locating a new one, I know from my own experience on...
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    Alternators

    "Gentlemen, One of "Gentlemen, One of the old style alternators on my 318's died on vacation this year.I would like to replace both of them with newer single wire units, with around 140 amps to keep up with the loads of inverters etc, Any help would be much appreciated...
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    Edelbrock carbs

    "Gentlemen, hopefully this wil "Gentlemen, hopefully this will help anyone who is contemplating switching their tired old Carter AFB"s for the Edelbrock marine carbs, I just installed a pair of the 600 cfm units on my 318"s in my 71 Trojan 30, today was the first ride of the year, let me say...
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    Shaft alignment

    "can anyone tell me the correc "can anyone tell me the correct,definative way to align my prop shafts, I've asked several people & received as many different responses, from using fishing scales to weigh the shaft & coupler to using a dial indicator. The boat is a 71 gless hull Trojan express...
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    Shaft Alignment

    "Can anyone tell me the correc "Can anyone tell me the correct,definative way to check the alingment of my shafts. Every one I ask has a different suggestion, from using fishing scales to weigh the shaft & coupling to using a dial indicator. The boat is a glass hulled 71 Trojan express with...
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