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    Mercruiser alpha one stern drive gear ratio loading issue

    What a week! Getting my fishing boat started and my liveaboard 42foot Owens sinks. My gear: alpha one stern drive gear at about 1.5:1 had a inline six gm250 160hp that I replaced with a gm 181 140hp. Changed the prop pitch from a 14x19 to a 16x11. Had loading issues. This is a heavy 24'...
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    Engine cooling gurus weigh in pls

    I'm completely shutting my cooling system off from raw/fresh water in the system. I have a log type manifold intake/exhaust. I have plumbed the cooling system through a aluminum keel cooler, this is the only point at which btus will be extracted from the coolant. I haven't put it in the water...
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    Mercruiser throttle cable linkage to carb

    I have a Frankenstein boat on my hands I adapted a omc 140 (gm181) to a Mercruiser stern drive. And removed the raw water and added a keel cooler. The final thing I have to do is hook up the carb. It had a merc 165 manifold with 250 inline six. Everything is there. My carb is oriented with the...
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