Probably doing this the wrong way round as I've already bought the parts - currently they are in UK customs somewhere...
Anyhow, I recently bought a 1989 Four Winns Liberator 201 with 350 OMC King Cobra stern drive. On my second occasion out the engine stopped leaving me a drift at sea, albeit for 5 minutes. It had been running fine for the last hour. My friend poked the HT leads and we restarted without issue, but it left a worry in my mind I didn't like.
Not many after market parts available here in the UK for these boats but found a reference to electronic ignition from Doug at aaamarine.com via ebay. Doug kindly identified the engine after I sent him some photos and recommended their replacement distributor with built in coil, new ht leads, esa module for electronic ignition and the high volume flame arrester.
I'm hoping this will resolve my ignition problems and maybe give me better performance and fuel economy. I'm just wondering if anybody here has tried the same and if the results were as good as they were expecting. To be honest this is my first boat and I've only spent 3 hours in her in a choppy sea so will have nothing to compare it against.
Foolishly I didn't realise just how much fuel a 350 with 4 barrel rochester carb could drink. Not as bad as some engines you folks have but here in the UK fuel prices are currently ?1.40 / litre, so providing my maths is right that's about $8.59 / gallon (US). To get it into perspective how many miles to the gallon would this engine do if it were in a car?
Anyhow, I recently bought a 1989 Four Winns Liberator 201 with 350 OMC King Cobra stern drive. On my second occasion out the engine stopped leaving me a drift at sea, albeit for 5 minutes. It had been running fine for the last hour. My friend poked the HT leads and we restarted without issue, but it left a worry in my mind I didn't like.
Not many after market parts available here in the UK for these boats but found a reference to electronic ignition from Doug at aaamarine.com via ebay. Doug kindly identified the engine after I sent him some photos and recommended their replacement distributor with built in coil, new ht leads, esa module for electronic ignition and the high volume flame arrester.
I'm hoping this will resolve my ignition problems and maybe give me better performance and fuel economy. I'm just wondering if anybody here has tried the same and if the results were as good as they were expecting. To be honest this is my first boat and I've only spent 3 hours in her in a choppy sea so will have nothing to compare it against.
Foolishly I didn't realise just how much fuel a 350 with 4 barrel rochester carb could drink. Not as bad as some engines you folks have but here in the UK fuel prices are currently ?1.40 / litre, so providing my maths is right that's about $8.59 / gallon (US). To get it into perspective how many miles to the gallon would this engine do if it were in a car?
