samscrappyboat
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"Considering parting boat out
"Considering parting boat out if any one needs part. I bought the boat from a friend, nice shape about 150$ not too bad with trailer. 1st trial and still the same problem to this day, it started up idled fine but has no power what so ever, i mean i am literally doing ten Mph tops! something is wrong, also engine takes in water, So i took the time to replace just about everything, thought there might be a crack in the block, so bought a B18 block from some old 50's or 60's volvo, had it checked,but forget to have the head checked, had engine bored as close to as the B20 ,everything has been replaced , solex carbs are rebuilt , had them proffessionally tuned, Dad is a mechanic for years and he has timed it. He also said that he thinks the engine isn't advancing. the one thing that i believe could be the problem is the cam, used the same one from the original engine , but there is a possibilty it could have been replaced incorrectly, or the distributor is f'd up, but i had that checked and they said it was , fine, it is the bosch distributor, , So can some one please tell me what the hell is wrong. Problems Water in oil, and no speed fine from 1000 to 2500 to 3000rpms but bogs out hard from 3000 to 5000,also starter gets to moist and has to be manually started with a screwdriver sometimes but no biggie. Boat from hell , someone please help me , not sure what cam is in there now but will check , also should i be using the petronix kit or the 123ingnition on this , do you think that will sove the dogging out problem"
"Considering parting boat out if any one needs part. I bought the boat from a friend, nice shape about 150$ not too bad with trailer. 1st trial and still the same problem to this day, it started up idled fine but has no power what so ever, i mean i am literally doing ten Mph tops! something is wrong, also engine takes in water, So i took the time to replace just about everything, thought there might be a crack in the block, so bought a B18 block from some old 50's or 60's volvo, had it checked,but forget to have the head checked, had engine bored as close to as the B20 ,everything has been replaced , solex carbs are rebuilt , had them proffessionally tuned, Dad is a mechanic for years and he has timed it. He also said that he thinks the engine isn't advancing. the one thing that i believe could be the problem is the cam, used the same one from the original engine , but there is a possibilty it could have been replaced incorrectly, or the distributor is f'd up, but i had that checked and they said it was , fine, it is the bosch distributor, , So can some one please tell me what the hell is wrong. Problems Water in oil, and no speed fine from 1000 to 2500 to 3000rpms but bogs out hard from 3000 to 5000,also starter gets to moist and has to be manually started with a screwdriver sometimes but no biggie. Boat from hell , someone please help me , not sure what cam is in there now but will check , also should i be using the petronix kit or the 123ingnition on this , do you think that will sove the dogging out problem"