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    Opinions on Valve Covers?

    We have a 88 Baja Force with a stock crate 502 motor; Gen VI to be exact with the stock blue Chevy roller rocker arm, what valve covers will work with my stock exhaust elbows? Anyone have any input?
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    Looking for opinions on Valve Covers

    We have a 88 Baja Force with a stock crate 502 motor; Gen VI to be exact with the stock blue Chevy roller rocker arm, what valve covers will work with my stock exhaust elbows? Anyone have any input?
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    Prop Pitch?

    we have a 1988 Baja 265 Force with a 30 over 502 Mercruiser motor with 9.1 compression. Should be putting out about 500 hp. We currently have a 23 pitch Mirage Prop on it; top speed is 50mph and that is at 5100 rpms. How do you determine which pitch is the best performance, was thinking on...
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    1988 Baja 265 - what should the alternator be charging at?

    HI, we have a 88 Baja 265 with a Mercruiser 454. Our gauge is pegged on the dash that tells us the amp's. We are afraid it might be charging our batteries too much, does anyone know what they should be charging at? We checked it with a voltmeter and it looks like 15dc and we checked our...
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    We still have a miss...anyone have any suggestions?

    We bought a 1988 Baja 265 Force with a 454 motor. We sold the 454 and bought a 502. We had the 502 rebuilt and it was bored to a 509; we have a 9..1 compression ratio. The motor has been timed and double checked on the timing. The motor starts good and will idle fine. We have been running...
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    Opinions on spark plugs / spark plug wires

    We have an 96 & up Gen VI Chevy Big Block 502. What recommendations are out there for spark plugs / spark plug wires? And what gap on the plugs?
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    Engine has a miss, any suggestions?

    We have a 88 265 Force w/ 502 Mercruiser motor. When boat RPM reaches apprx 2500 it starts to miss throughout the rest of the RPMs, it acts up especially bad after the motor has ran for apprx 20 minutes. Does any one know if this could be caused by the distributor pick up? Does anyone know if...
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    Mercruiser Trim goes down, but won't go up!!! Please help

    Re: Mercruiser Trim goes down, but won't go up!!! Please help Here is our switch and a picture of the switch turned directly over. So when you are looking at the pic of the wires, the trim is still on the left and the trailer is on the right. any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.
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    Mercruiser Trim goes down, but won't go up!!! Please help

    The wires coming from the trim switch; the purple one is plugged in; we have a left over blue wire that we are not sure where it goes. the trim switch runs it down fine, but it will not run it up. with trailer switch and without. when you push the trailer switch it just clicks to raise it. if i...
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    Cooling your Cuddy Cabin

    We were bouncing around some ideas to cool down our cuddy cabin on hot nights. We were wondering if anyone out there uses some type of battery operated cooling system. We thought with all the boating and camping that takes place, that someone would sell a battery operated A/C unit to cool down...
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    454 - How many oil pressure / water temp sensors?

    Hi again, we are wrapping up our 1988 Baja Project...and it has been a big project. We have the Mercruiser 454 mag 4 bolt main and have a water temp sensor in the water thermostat housing and an oil pressure sensor on the back of the motor by the oil filter. We have left over wires that our...
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    Looking for a replacement part; for Alternator

    We have a 88 Baja w/ a 454. On the back of the Alternator, there is a condenser or capacitor that is 150v and the size of a AA battery. Does anyone know where we can get this part? Or what the exact name would be? I am attaching what our part looks like and a diagram I found, it is #23...
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    Mercruiser Motor Timing

    We have a 1988 Baja 265 w/ a 502 Motor that was completely redone and bored to a 509, boat has all stock ignition from 88 with distributor. When dropping the motor into the boat, does anyone know if the motor is self-timing or if it needs timed just as you do a car motor?
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    Exhaust Manifold Height

    We have Mercruiser 502 in our 1988 Baja 265. We are getting different answers regarding the Exhaust Manifold height. We bought the boat with the motor out of it and we are not sure whether we should purchase a manifold spacer or not. From the end of the elbow to the end of the exhaust pipe...
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