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  1. jimmbo

    Holley 4160 set up questions.....

    If the primary throttle plates have to be open so much that too much of the off idle slot is exposed(often occurs when a street/emissions carb is paired with a high lift long duration cam, or the timing is so far retarded the carb has to oppened up far greater than normal, the off idle response...
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    Dilemma: Waterskiing - Sea Doo vs small outboard boat (15 ft Glastron)

    There many factors as to what makes a good small tow boat. A boat with a wide transom will pull a skier up easier than a narrower transom. A hull with some deadrise will track straighter than a flat bottom once the skiers starts cutting back and forth. If weight is an issue(towing vehicle...
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    New V8 And V6 Outboards From Mercury.

    I saw the V6 a couple of months ago at Edmonton Boat Show
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    1977 1150 lose power when at load

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    What year is this 140?

    Looking in the the brochures from 1985(first year for the looper) til it was replaced/relabeled as a 130, I could not find any 140 that had a wedge shape(anode?)[red arrow] in front of the lower engine mounts. It was common on some of the off shoreV6s, but not on V4s. I will go back and look at...
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    Enertia Prop Review

    My Enertia is 1" less than the AL Volvo prop that came on my boat. Being that the Enertia has lots of Rake and the blades slant back and reduce dia. the blades do have a lot of area
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    Chrysler 65hp model: 659H8B Propeller needs repair

    2 pic, taken from almost the same spot(within 50 ft). First was in 97, the second was 4 or 5 yrs ago, it is worse now Will shorty return to the original topic
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    Swing away tongues?

    I had one installed when I bought the unit, the setup worked out real nice as the hinge spot was directly under front of the winch stand
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    omc V6 prop choices

    Kind of like my Deeper Vee I/O in my avatar... It is not over trimmed very much, you can see the bearing cap on the top of the I/O. but it is moving. and not much is in the water My 18 ft runabout with a 150 running a 21 in prop with 25:14 gears, your 135 has what 26:13?
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    omc V6 prop choices

    Our Evinrude Sweet 16(16ft) weighed in at 800lbs for the hull my Crestliner Crusader 550(15 ft) weighed 950 for the hull
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    1991 Johnson 150 Question regarding tuning and no exhaust housing

    So which parts are missing?
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    Servers must be getting overloaded

    Lately I seen the people accessing the board is getting close to 100,000. that's a lot
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    size help... switching from aluminum to stainless

    Stainless Steel props weigh a lot more than Aluminum so they do take more power to spin up. The weight increase varies depending on how close the SS prop copies the AL, or being much stronger , are the blades thinner? Thinner blades are more efficient so that will work in SS favor. Being...
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    OEM Prop

    The engine was rated 40hp @4500 rpm. WOT range is 4000 - 5000 rpm. We used a 12 or 11 1/2 on a 14 ft Skagit with a 1963 40hp Electramatic. A 13 1/4 did give an extra 1/2 mph but it took a bit longer to plane.
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    1985 "tower of power" question

    A 1985 motor would have most likely came with a 'push the square button' on the pivot point of the throttle lever for fast idle in neutral, type of control
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    HEATHKITs

    I found an old transparency(1976) of my Heathkit AD-27a
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    How many leave hitch on all time ? It it legal in Illinois?

    I got rear ended about 15 yrs ago, the cops never said boo about the ball and bar being there, it did bend the hitch, Class II at the time. In the 40 yrs I have been towing, not once have I ever been jacked up for having the drawbar and ball installed. Hitch Balls on the Bumper, if they are...
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    My '60s, '70s, '80s-something Crestliner Muskie RestoMod Project

    My earliest Crestliner catalog is 1978, I think your hull, based on what it looks like, evolved into the Muskie 440. so here is a bit of info
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    90HP Inline 6 (tower of power) carb rebuild - what size jet?

    From an 1985 Merc Service Manual
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    HEATHKITs

    This may have been discussed before, but with trying to restart an old thread... How many here were avid Heathkit builders? I was 12 yrs old in 1972 when I discovered Heathkits. I was in total awe of building a Stereo, as my dad was tone deaf and hated good music, there was no reason in his...
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