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Your boat had a "deck over". Basically a crappy patch job to sell it The deck usually rots a decade after the transom and stringers. Boats rot from bottom up. To do it right, you are going to have to pull the interior, pull the motor/drive, pull the cap and cut out the rotten floor, stringers...

if your motor is an I/O, those numbers are low if your motor is an outboard they are not bad....except the one bad cylinder

not all motors came with thermostats lack of flow is from your impeller being smoked.

they do

yes, the block must be clearanced along the pan rail. you can buy the blocks pre-clearanced for an extra $100 or you can take 20 minutes with a die grinder and clearance the pan rail. unless its a dart block or world product block, all production GM blocks must be clearanced for a stroker crank.

Measure stroke. Stock 350 is 3.48" stroke. 377 or 383 is 3.75" of stroke. 396 is 3.875" of stroke

The drive is stronger than a merc Bravo. You can even add a blower and the drive won't care

We used to just cruise the river for floaters and deadheads before going skiing. The only instruments in the boat was a speedo

Use a Brummel Lock on braided

You burnt your motor up by taking it out without doing all the maintenance you do with new to you used boat. You now get to pull the drive and pull the motor. Get the motor on a stand and pull it appart For reference. Cranking compression should be 145-150 in all 4 cylinders.

Start with a new impeller

This would indicate a prop issue or a prop shaft issue. Easy to diagnose and fix

That boat is a $6000/2 year project before it's safe and useable. And that is with you doing 100% of the work Remember the stringers are equivalent to your spine. Rotten stringers are like a broken back. A bondo buggy car may run and leave you stranded. A rotten hull will sink and may leave...

Exactly

Unless you pull the drains, the whole water jacket is full. If your motor froze, the manifolds did too as they are also full of water

Do you not understand the OPs issue with aa broken corner cap, or do you have aa similar issue and you are hijacking a thread?

So here is what we can tell. Harper prances on a leash. Very well trained and will stand like a statue on command. Tam thinks she may have been a show dog when she was young.

doesnt touch the foam, however will sit in low areas creating a fire hazard.

looks like the end cap is a cover. could be a cigarette lighter socket.

thanks for the correct.... would like to say its fat fingers..... however thinking its old age LOL