FreeBeeTony
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I was reading my manual and was wondering what the difference was between my 165 Mercruiser IL6 which uses a 250cui GM block and a 200 Mercruiser IL6 which uses a 292 GM block.<br />The bore is the same but the stroke is ~0.5" larger.<br />Does the 292 use the same block as the 250 but different crank and connecting rods?<br />If so, I wish I knew that when I did the rebuild! Might have been an easy way to add the extra HP.<br />Is this right? Or is there more to it?<br />Would I just have to find a 292 crank and rods to convert this 165 into a 200?