raw deal?

[boilerman123]

i dont know if i made out or not? i did a bunch of work for this guy and he couldnt pay me!we made a deal on his boat.its a 27ft chris craft with a omc 454 motor and a king cobra out drive.i thought i made out great! utill i found out the motor is busted wide open! (frozen) the out drive scag is busted off.prop is chewed up.454 long block is about 3,500.00.dont know about the out drive? i hear parts are no longer available for the king cobra? if its o k whats the max horse power a 94 king will take?the guy at the engine shop said to go to the 400 hp motor. any help would be great! also hear i can change to a volvo duo prop?the boat is in great shape and i do want to get running.to many conflicting opinions in the forums i looked at.dont have a ton of cash.any help would be great! thanks for reading!

 

[boilerman123]

Re: raw deal?

i dont know if i made out or not? i did a bunch of work for this guy and he couldnt pay me!we made a deal on his boat.its a 27ft chris craft with a omc 454 motor and a king cobra out drive.i thought i made out great! utill i found out the motor is busted wide open! (frozen) the out drive scag is busted off.prop is chewed up.454 long block is about 3,500.00.dont know about the out drive? i hear parts are no longer available for the king cobra? if its o k whats the max horse power a 94 king will take?the guy at the engine shop said to go to the 400 hp motor. any help would be great! also hear i can change to a volvo duo prop?the boat is in great shape and i do want to get running.to many conflicting opinions in the forums i looked at.dont have a ton of cash.any help would be great! thanks for reading!

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: raw deal?

Welcome Aboard...

I really REALLY hope it wasn't a big $$$ amount of work you did...

It's gonna take a garbage truck full of Jacksons to get that boat wet..

Sorry...Others with a lot more OMC knowledge will pull in and give you a much better break down of your situation..

 

[Bondo]

Re: raw deal?

Ayuh,.... Other than the Fact that OMC is out of business,+ parts are NLA,...
You did just Fine....

I don't do OMCs, so I'll defer any absolutes in my post,...
But,...
I believe the King Cobra is the least liked drive,+ the Volvo swap isn't going to work for you...

You'll probably do Better by scrapping out the Whole OMC driveline,+ go back together with a Complete Volvo, or Mercruiser driveline...

 

[danond]

Re: raw deal?

As far as value, regardless of the drive, old fiberglass boats are valued at 80% engine & drive, 20% hull (or less).

I agree with Bond-o. Sell the OMC/King Cobra stuff and go Merc or Volvo. There's no sense resurrecting busted OMC, and I bet you'll get top dollar for the parts seeing as they're pretty tough to come by.

 

[Maclin]

Re: raw deal?

I bet HTB will stop by soon, he has done a 460 King Cobra to Merc swap, has the T-shirt and everything.....

 

[ShaneCarroll]

Re: raw deal?

I don't know what year the Chris Craft is, but those boats seem to hold value pretty well. Also, that situation with the engine is unfortunate, however, I would not be too down and out about it. If anything, sell the hull and recoup some of the losses.
I would personally keep the hull and throw a Merc in there.