AdmiralGiblets
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Ok totally newb question, please be gentle.
With that out of the way, last summer i purchased a 1988 bayliner ciera 2855 for 2k. I already own a ciera 2450 and needed a new trailer so this seemed like a good buy since it came with a tandem axel trailer. Well to my surprise the boat was in fantastic condition and (mostly?) worked. The goofball i bought this off of, decided he was gonna slap a edelbrock 750 on it for the big hp gains, lol. Well here is my conundrum. He gave me the original holley 600 that came stock, the boat had some issues with getting above 1500 rpm when i got it but after some tracing i came to conclusion the fuel pressure was starving the carb (2psi at idle). After pricing a new mechanical fuel pump i happened across a holley marine electric blue pump with regulator combo on the clearance shelf at my local autozone for 80 bucks (a real steal right?!) Since the electric was cheaper than the mech pump (which i would have had to wait 3-4 days to come via usps)i bought it and plumbed it in, problem solved-ish. Dialed fuel psi to 6psi and bingo now i can get up to 3k rpm but alas the engine bogs down and i can get enough vaccum to open the secondarys. Well i went the route of full tune up (plugs, wires, coil and distributor) to no avail. Well after calling this fine gentleman back to get a little more history i found out the 750 carb had sat for 2 years dry. Sure as sh*t upon further inspection all gaskets have significant dry rot. Guess it needs a rebuild, well now im at a cross roads, price wise its almost exactly the same for a rebuild on either of the carbs, which direction should i go? Is there anything i matbe forgetting in my diagnosis that may be of help?
With that out of the way, last summer i purchased a 1988 bayliner ciera 2855 for 2k. I already own a ciera 2450 and needed a new trailer so this seemed like a good buy since it came with a tandem axel trailer. Well to my surprise the boat was in fantastic condition and (mostly?) worked. The goofball i bought this off of, decided he was gonna slap a edelbrock 750 on it for the big hp gains, lol. Well here is my conundrum. He gave me the original holley 600 that came stock, the boat had some issues with getting above 1500 rpm when i got it but after some tracing i came to conclusion the fuel pressure was starving the carb (2psi at idle). After pricing a new mechanical fuel pump i happened across a holley marine electric blue pump with regulator combo on the clearance shelf at my local autozone for 80 bucks (a real steal right?!) Since the electric was cheaper than the mech pump (which i would have had to wait 3-4 days to come via usps)i bought it and plumbed it in, problem solved-ish. Dialed fuel psi to 6psi and bingo now i can get up to 3k rpm but alas the engine bogs down and i can get enough vaccum to open the secondarys. Well i went the route of full tune up (plugs, wires, coil and distributor) to no avail. Well after calling this fine gentleman back to get a little more history i found out the 750 carb had sat for 2 years dry. Sure as sh*t upon further inspection all gaskets have significant dry rot. Guess it needs a rebuild, well now im at a cross roads, price wise its almost exactly the same for a rebuild on either of the carbs, which direction should i go? Is there anything i matbe forgetting in my diagnosis that may be of help?
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