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Not sure if this is the right forum but I got my liberator running, the boat is running great it just has way to much rpm with the 21 pitch on it right now. So if anyone has a 23P mirage or mirage plus to get rid of let me know, thanks
So I got my 383 in the mail and it is being installed as I speak. The engine puts out approx. 360 horse which is about 100 over my stock 350/260HP. My boat is a 211 liberator. My current prop is a mercury mirage 21P which would spin the old engine at about 4600 rpm at about 48-50mph. I know my...
So I got my 383 in the mail and it is being installed as I speak. The engine puts out approx. 360 horse which is about 100 over my stock 350/260HP. My boat is a 211 liberator. My current prop is a mercury mirage 21P which would spin the old engine at about 4600 rpm at about 48-50mph. I know...
So I am going to pick up my 383 long block tomorrow. It has a roller cam of course and I was told I needed a bronze distributor gear, question is what size? I have seen them .491 inches .5, just not sure. I was also told to get a bronze tipped fuel pump pushrod. Anything else I need to...
So I have a nice set of headers that I want to use on my 383 that I am having built. The 383 has vortec heads. These headers were designed for the pre-vortec heads. Someone told me the exhaust ports and the bolt pattern is different on the vortec heads? Anybody know for sure. If the bolt...
So I just picked up a set of stelling marine headers for my 383 engine project in my 86 liberator. Hopefully they fit under the hatch, the guy I bought them from was using them in an enclosed hatch. Anybody have any expirience with marine headers, anything I need to watch out for? thanks...
Hello everyone, first post here but have been reading a lot of the older posts. Here is my situation, I have an 86 211 liberator with a 350 alpha with a cracked block. I think I am going to go with a remanufactured 350 vortec longblock. I was talking to a guy in Oregon who will custom build...
