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  1. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

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  2. Scott Danforth

    MERCRUISER MODEL 165 (2 BBL.) MERCURY 224 I/L4 1987

    File the points Gap the points Verify dwell with a meter
  3. Scott Danforth

    MERCRUISER MODEL 165 (2 BBL.) MERCURY 224 I/L4 1987

    Your down on power about 25hp, but the motor should run. Go back to the points. Ensure you have spark
  4. Scott Danforth

    Running 5.7 without choke on quadrajet?

    No. Pump throttle once, set to 1/4 throttle, turn key and it's running. Back RPM to 1000. Wait 2 minutes go boating. The Holley HP850 carb I am running never had a choke horn or provision for one Then again I grew up running Holley carbs without chokes in Wisconsin.
  5. Scott Danforth

    MERCRUISER MODEL 165 (2 BBL.) MERCURY 224 I/L4 1987

    No. Service the points. File them gap them Verify dwell with a meter Set timing
  6. Scott Danforth

    MERCRUISER MODEL 165 (2 BBL.) MERCURY 224 I/L4 1987

    You adjust by different pushrods or shims under the rocker studs Just like every Ford FE motor
  7. Scott Danforth

    MERCRUISER MODEL 165 (2 BBL.) MERCURY 224 I/L4 1987

    Compression? Have you serviced the points?
  8. Scott Danforth

    2.3l acts as if flywheel has missing teeth

    Clean your battery cables. Bad connections are the number one reason for improperly actuating bendix
  9. Scott Danforth

    13' Gill Getter pontoon

    Measure and get a generic Bimini that fits, or have one custom made
  10. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    Depends if you are developing gas piston conversions for the military or just tinkering with known designs Understanding motors is no harder than understanding semi-automatic gas-piston actuated firearms
  11. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    I would look for a used cast iron intake or a proper dual alloy
  12. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    You will need a long block (complete with Vortec Heads) The small chambers and small valves in the 305 heads do not work well on a 350 or larger motor. And if you put the big valve heads on a 305, you shroud the valves
  13. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    The cam gets you another 15hp over the 4 barrel If stock, a 2-barrel mercarb
  14. Scott Danforth

    Wood rot HELP

    Boats were designed with a 15 year life span. Maintenance allowed the service life to be a bit longer. Your boat is 41 years old. That is almost 3x it's design life
  15. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    Looking at it, makes more sense to put the small lip against the housing and the thicker lip against the yoke
  16. Scott Danforth

    Running 5.7 without choke on quadrajet?

    I havent had a choke on the boat for two years. then again, the temperature is between 75 and 95 all year round except for a few non-boating days.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    do a compression test. my Searay 190 (smaller boat, same motor/drive) would hit 5000 RPM with a 19P and be just shy of 50mph per the GPS (49.5ish). make sure your drive is the 1.62:1 However you are 4100# dry weight, that is a lot of boat, half a ton more than my Searay you may simply need...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Anti-Rattle solutions

    except the rattling in a durango is louder than the radio would go for what ever freak of science made the durango.
  19. Scott Danforth

    1980 Beachcraft I/O Pretty but Rotten

    Not with that bow. Removing the cap is actually about 10x less work than working around it
  20. Scott Danforth

    Volvo vs. GM Fuel Pressure Regulator

    Do a search, was covered about 2-3 weeks ago
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