Re: 99' ficht converted to carburated
Just got it back home now, and it's just the powerhead stripped, in case you thought it came with midsection and lower unit and all. it's been modified a bit. I can tell it was originally a ficht block. i'll get pics posted later, but it was rebuilt recently, and during the rebuild many mods were done. the flywheel part of the block seems to have been cut off and then polished flat and holes drilled in to accept the flywheel of a normal looper. the cylinder heads have also been changed to looper heads. then many places where bolts would go on the powerhead for different accessories seem to have been also cut, polished and drilled for different sizes and places. the manifold seems to still be the original ficht manifold. guy that sold it to me said it was running perfect, only had to cover up the little inlets for oil on the manifold with a rubber thing to keep air from going in through there. has less than 60 hours on rebuild, compression high and even. came off a boat that was totaled. and i got it all for $264.00, so I can't really complain. seems the guy forgot to put a reserve on ebay. he seemed kinda pissed to let it go...but his fault. i'll get pics up later
