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  1. LAWRENCE Owen

    Installing skeg on Aquasport Inboard

    My 1977 Aquasport CC 22-2 Inboard — 350ci/370HP Chevy— has lost it's large keel/skeg. As you can imagine, with this boat the big skeg protects the prop and prevents sliding when turning. She steers straight but slides/drifts. The skeg was damaged banging repeatedly on a hard sandbar in a raging...
  2. LAWRENCE Owen

    Dummy Left Seacock Closed

    1977 Aquasport 222 INBOARD. New 350 SBC/ 375 HP long block. Marina put boat in water with intake sea **** closed (flush position) and upon leaving marina and running at low RPMs for about 10 minutes, I noticed temp was at 230-degrees F from lack of seawater. Temp did not peg at 240, but stayed...
  3. LAWRENCE Owen

    Desperate: Early sbc crank pulley

    Attached photos show a 3-groove crank pulley from my 1977 5.7 sbc in my 222 AQUASPORT straight inboard. The pulley is cracked significantly around the outside v-groove that drives the water pump. The inside groove drives the alternator. Center groove is not used. Opinions from some trusted...
  4. LAWRENCE Owen

    Aquasport 22-2 INBOARD needs crate engine

    Now I've gone and done it to my sweet 1977 Aquasport (Inboard). Bent a few valves in the early Chevy 350 (compression check with the distributor out?!) and think it's best to get a crate engine. Want more power anyway. I'm looking at Chevy marine 350 and 383 strokers ... but there are so many to...
  5. LAWRENCE Owen

    Lightened boat, same speed?

    So glad to be a new member of this forum. My recently purchased 1977 Aquasport 222 has a "marineized" 350 sbc and I was told is a 300 hp. Good luck! With a dual-control full tower it would run 18 mph @ 3,800 rpms. To gain more speed I removed the tower to get the weight down. Now it runs the...
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