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1999 Sea Maxx 5.8 replacement

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BillDesmarais

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Hello, new to this forum.
I'm assessing a boat to purchase that has this engine.
The engine has 480 hours on it, looks clean, fired right up with fresh gas.
The engine/boat has been out-of-the-water for 5-6 seasons. The boat was a saltwater Maine boat.
Engine was stored winterized etc.

If I purchase the boat, I'll "freshen up" this 5.8 to spec, but if the engine starts giving me "hiccups", I'll replace it with either a gas replacement or a 4 cyl. diesel (Yanmar/Volvo).

My question is, what is an "exact drop in replacement" for this 1999 Sea Maxx 5.8 Ford block engine.

I mean "plug and play". Old motor out, new motor in.

I don't want to have to mess around with motor mounts (different wiring harness,new engine panel is OK etc).

I have experience in repowering. Back in 2001 I repowered my 28 Bertram from 351 raw water cooled Fords to new Crusader FWC 5.7s.

I now have a Blackfin that I just repowered with new Cummins RECON 6BTA 370s.

Any suggestions for a replacement motor for the Sea Maxx 5.8s "just in case" ????

Thanks, Bill D
 
I think that the Ford Purists refer to these as the 335 series Ford... aka Windsor engine.
For some reason, they don't care to call these SBF!
(the big blocks are apparently called the 385 series)
Good engines....., and if it's a Windsor, it's a Windsor..... so you should have no troubles when fitting another Windsor.
 
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