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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.0 TKS vs 4.3 MPI

    buy the 5 liter, upgrade it to a 4 barrel for about 240hp at the prop (270 at the crank) however the boat will be a 48-50mph boat
  2. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 470 end of life. Need advice.

    drop in the 488, upgrade the 470 to 488 go boating. longblock is identical. ford 460 pistons, head and rods on a custom mercruiser crank in a mercruiser block with a GM flywheel and GM damper
  3. Scott Danforth

    Hours? How?!

    and most of those boats get 30 hours the first year, 25 hours the second year, then 15 hours the third year....... then sit for years.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 470 end of life. Need advice.

    keep in mind with the 470, if a fish swims past the intake or you run past seaweed, or anything to raise the temperature as much as 10 degrees (yes, 10 degrees), it was over heated and the motor will spit the head gasket. the problem is the open deck aluminum block and the iron head. absolute...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Center Console for Pontoon -- Controls -- what is a binnacle?

    the binnacle is a top mounted throttle control, normally for I/O or inboards, especially if you want the push to choke feature. not sure what you are looking for is going to be "off the shelf" best bet, buy the binnacle controls you want, use your existing key switch with push to choke and...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 470 end of life. Need advice.

    the 488 is a 470 with a different intake and carb. if the motor spacing is 35" or greater you can put in a few V6's if you dont want to do a head job on your current head, buy a set of edelbrock aluminum FE heads (427, 460) and drill the hole that Mercruiser drilled for the elbow. this will...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Forum update

    hey @colonel_sanders the watch / unwatch feature is FUBAR. on threads I dont care about I am automatically watching them when I reply. on threads that I am following, the button at the top says watch, however if I click it , the not comes up do you really want to unwatch it.
  8. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    new to me carb coming....going from 715 cfm to 850
  9. Scott Danforth

    Forum update

    got a screen shot? I just spent 20 minutes looking for where I can change the font in the preferences. the only thing I can change is what I get notices for and my time zone.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Forum update

    just a heads up. none of the threads that we were following and getting notices for still have you "watching" them. you have to manually find that list of threads and then "watch" them.
  11. Scott Danforth

    What happened?

    other than having to reset the password and a few other glitches, this is a serious improvement over VB5
  12. Scott Danforth

    AQ125 Oil pan

    you have to pull the engine. it literally is only a 30 minute job once the drive is off.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Replacing Porch Post

    how maintenance free do you want to go? a galvanized 4x4x1/8" wall steel tube with paint over it will last about 100 years. treated pine with paint over it will last about 50 years
  14. Scott Danforth

    Replace head and gaskets

    if you are just pulling the heads and intake, no. if you have to touch the cam and timing, yes. your 8.1 (gen VII BBC) does not have a traditional distributor, its coil on wire spark technology. the cam sensor and crank sensor are not touched by you pulling the heads.
  15. Scott Danforth

    anyone got the over/under?

    I had to reset my password to log in..... is Rod Sterling gone?
  16. Scott Danforth

    anyone got the over/under?

    because Rod Sterling opened a door?
  17. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    adding the vent to the Magma grill
  18. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    little update on the cushion. laying out the screw strip screwing the vinyl down pulling it tight, still got some "character lines" final mounting of the strip
  19. Scott Danforth

    physics and science version of a social media riddle

    You walk into a room in a house built to the minimum residential housing code wiht 2x10 joists and 3/4" OSB covered in carpet and see an IKEA twin bed. On the bed there are 2 adult Mastiffs, 4 main coon cats, an adult giraffe, 5 beef cattle (2 males and 3 females) and a north american wood...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    yet you take all our advice here as your own and use it on another forum. I dont understand https://www.thehulltruth.com/14087201-post14.html
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