Always Something
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I just bought my boat at the beginning of the season and it has ran fine the few times I've been lucky enough to have it out, until last week. The motor filled with water and started pushing the oil/water mix out of the breather hose up to the carburetor spark arrestor. I'm figuring a blown head gasket, so far.
Here's where I have to make a decision: 1) Fix what the motor I have. 2) Improve and muscle-up the motor I have... OR 3) Upgrade to a bigger motor.
Even though the old motor ran fine while it was running, I felt like it was terribly underpowered. It didn't take off quick out of the hole and it didn't go over 35mph at 5500 rpm.
My first choice is to swap out the 205hp 4.3L Chevy V6 with a 400+hp Chevy V8 stroker.
I know there is a lot of extra stuff to deal with if I do the swap, like new exhaust manifolds, intake manifold, motor mounts, oil pan, valve covers, etc... not to mention the physical space difference of the two motors.
Before I make any kind of decision, I'd like to know as much about what I'd be getting into as possible.
I've done some searches on this forum, looking for anyone else who has done a swap like this and I can't find it. I know there has to be someone else out there who has been in this same predicament. I can't be the only one who has tried to tackle something like this.
Maybe I've just missed the posts dealing with this, but if not, I'd like as much input on the matter as you can give before I order a new motor.
~George~
Here's where I have to make a decision: 1) Fix what the motor I have. 2) Improve and muscle-up the motor I have... OR 3) Upgrade to a bigger motor.
Even though the old motor ran fine while it was running, I felt like it was terribly underpowered. It didn't take off quick out of the hole and it didn't go over 35mph at 5500 rpm.
My first choice is to swap out the 205hp 4.3L Chevy V6 with a 400+hp Chevy V8 stroker.
I know there is a lot of extra stuff to deal with if I do the swap, like new exhaust manifolds, intake manifold, motor mounts, oil pan, valve covers, etc... not to mention the physical space difference of the two motors.
Before I make any kind of decision, I'd like to know as much about what I'd be getting into as possible.
I've done some searches on this forum, looking for anyone else who has done a swap like this and I can't find it. I know there has to be someone else out there who has been in this same predicament. I can't be the only one who has tried to tackle something like this.
Maybe I've just missed the posts dealing with this, but if not, I'd like as much input on the matter as you can give before I order a new motor.
~George~