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Trying to find my next boat...love the Stingray sport boats (18-22’) and desire a V8.
Is anyone Stingray savvy?? I desire a red stripe and white (not cream) gel. Model comments??
mark (Austin, Texas)
If you've read my posts in the past, I bought a boat from a deceased friend's brother who misrepresented the boat & has vanished. Life lesson: always insist on a test ride.
In the past year I've performed a full top end rebuild, new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, shutters, oil (4x), water impeller...
I’ve lost my second summer now due to this bargain boat buy.
I have a low hour VIP runabout with a 4.3 Mercruiser with a Gen2 Alpha.
Due to mis-tune last year and a dishonest past owner, I ended up with a warped head, mixed fluids, and roasted water shutters, so I just performed a valve job...
After a year of chasing issues, I finally found my FINAL problem: a warped head. It started with:
1. new-to-me boat purchase, ran rough & rich, thought it was tuning.
2. ran well at my house with fresh gas, but not on the water. Had to be towed in...wouldn't idle or plane.
3. rebuilt the carb...
Hi guys,
This is my first boat. I've built Porsche motors & race on occasion so I know EFI components & such but this old TBI is foreign to me.
I just bought a low-hour VIP Runabout with about 40-50hrs on it (per the prior owner), and for the most part the boat appears to be a time capsule. It...
