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I have some play in the wheel (~1.5" to 2"?) and the shop is telling me that something associated with the upper steering swivel shaft pin on my 2007 Alpha Gen2 sterndrive is showing signs of wear. They said that in order to repair it they would need to either pull the engine or cut some holes...
I had the data dumped from the ECM on my new to me 2007 Chaparral 204 SSi with a 5.0L MPI engine. The data confirms what I saw on the analog tach; I ran the engine at 5400 rpm for a few minutes. Since then, I discovered that the engine spec is 4600 to 5000 rpm WOT. Shouldn't the rev limiter have...