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  1. matt167

    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    DIY. Professional would be that plus a crap ton of labor at $100 plus per hour. It would be probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 hours, so $10k in labor give or take on the low end
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    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    Nowadays $4-6k
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    1984 Bayliner Ski with 94 Merc Black Max 150HP 2.5 V6 Outboard

    2003 may be a project, it may not. A safe bet is to avoid a glass boat and get a nice tin boat. Even a later fish and ski from sylvan or StarCraft/smokercraft or even an older Bluefin. You will find one in your price range. Tin boats eliminate 90% of the structural wood. The only remaining wood...
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    Top speed?

    Smokercraft rated it for 90Hp so yes it’s under powered by nearly 50%. You may see 30mph. That 4 stroke will be smooth though
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    Mercruiser 215E

    I doubt you will find parts, if ever. It was only used by very few manufacturers in a very short time frame. You can convert the boat to R/MR/ Alpha pretty easily.
  6. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I’ve actually thought about using the cam sensor for an older 2.3L Ford. The earlier ones basically had it as a drop In distributor but it was only a sensor. Sniper could operate off such signal. I’m not sure how much it would take to make it work though
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    True. I knew that an MSD box will trigger on points. Using the white wire if I recall correctly. I’ve only ever set them up with Duraspark distributors. A 6-BTM and an automotive distributor of some sort is probably what I should do.
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I want electronic or at least solid state ignition. I know the points are perfectly fine in general, but i don’t want point bounce/ inaccuracy under boost. So a pertronix kit is something I would install in a points dizzy. The other crazy thought is, the Delco Voyager limits the advance to 23*...
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I emailed him but haven’t heard anything
  10. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    So the 6cyl ones are available everywhere for not a lot of money. I wonder if there is a benefit to getting a rebuilt vs used distributor
  11. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I’ll have to check it out. I forgot to mention that nobody local except one place can get the cardone distributor. Cardone lists it as available to order but it comes up as rebuild only at the parts stores. There is one part store that is quite a bit more expensive but has a lot of odd parts...
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    The 4cyl cap would fit the 6cyl body if I swapped the shaft? I was thinking along the lines of swapping the vac advance stuff. If I convert to an MSD 6 BTM, than I can run the Sniper for just fuel and it’ll work.
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    Unfortunately the engines still stuck in the boat, which is wrapped for storage
  14. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    That’s an interesting thought. It is a Delco distributor after all
  15. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I remember hearing about Tom’s years ago. That may be the way to go if nothing pans out.. I do have the original points marine distributor to build a new one from. If that’s the way to go. Edit. I meant to say Dave’s Small body HEI
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I saw that distributor. Sent him an offer he declined. There’s actually one listed on Car-part for $50 but no mention of condition
  17. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    Thanks. It’s the only part that’s a real hiccup.
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    Ideally I want the sniper to control the advance. The sniper can operate a magnetic pickup on its own I’m pretty sure . think that is what they’re ready to run distributors do. Just pass the signal directly to the ECU but ones not available for the 153 If I leave the sniper out of the equation...
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    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    I emailed Tom to see what he can do… Looks like the EST could work, but it would need to be run with an external module, removing the internal and 3D printing a grommet insert vs the original module. I’m not 100% sure if the Sniper can control a distributor directly
  20. matt167

    3.0 MPI distributor? Specs needed

    So they don’t use a mechanical advance? The chip does it all?
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