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So the flywheel on my cracked 5.0 will not bolt up to this 228 motor? I'm planning on robbing just about everything off of the cracked motor. I don't know if I can take heads and pistons but they should only have one season of use on them.
I bought a 1999 Chaparral Sunesta 232 with a known cracked 5.0, along with cracked manifolds.
I have in the plans an LS swap in the future, but that is going to take some time. In the meantime, I can pick up a free Merc 228. Aside from the obvious exhaust differences, which I can deal with...
I have a 93' Johnson 140 V4 with an 80's white johnson control box. This box has the ignition and alarm, along with the usual features. I want to update to a more modern box and change it to a top mount for my center console 69 crestliner.
Any suggestions on which new box to use? And how...
