Due to a series of "evolving" plans, I have a reman 351W with E7TE heads on the way. The original 2 engines had E8JL heads. I previously had one of the heads on the dead engine rebuilt, and I ordered an E8 core with the intention of having that rebuilt too. Giving me two E8 heads. Plus the E7s...
Thinking about putting a battery-powered Blink outdoor camera in my engine room, for monitoring things when I'm not around. This is a gas-powered boat, and the conventional wisdom says to avoid adding non-marine electronics to such a space because of the risk of detonation.
That rule was...
I've been refining my Google searches and finding that the condition I describe is somewhat common for 351W/Holley owners. Many of them seem to end up with a mixture under 1 turn and wonder why that is.
I dunno. Maybe it's the incline of the boat raising the effective fuel level in the bowls...
Engines are 351 Fords with Holley 4160s. Previous owner had the idle mix screws set around 3/4 turns, and the idle was also a little lower than I like. I've since adjusted idle up to about 600 RPM and the mix screws out to 1 1/2 turns.
But that 1 1/2 turns is a typical car setting. Wondering if...
Hey, first post here. Last year I bought a used cabin cruiser, a Bayliner 2855 to be exact. It came with an aluminum floor raft and 6 hp Mercury as a tender, but I decided very quickly that wasn't going to work for us. They both weighed a ton, and were cumbersome as hell to move around. The...
