Recent content by Rixram

I ended up with the same issue, Bub. That, and that the Mrs. needed to have more boat around her to feel safer on the water. Sold mine in August, and picked up a '93 Monterey 286.

Have any of you tried 3-blade stainless versus 4-blade aluminum? It looks like most of the SS folks here swapped 3-blade aluminums with 3-blade stainless. I'm curious about how the 4-blade "Alpha-4" aluminum prop compares. I know it made a tremendous difference on my current boat going from...

I have a 1987 SR Seville II MC, and yup, same issue. I was considering putting in a thru-hull, but more forward, near the other 2 thru-hulls already there for the sink & bilge pump outlets. Should be enough roon to route the hose forward some.

Ruled out the SRV270 yesterday. Finally got a pro out to assess the engines/drives. His concernes were all about the drives, and equated to his recommendation being that I should run away, while screaming like a little girl. Now interested in a backup listing for an 88' 300 Weekender. A few of...

I've had my brain jammed on galvanic corrosion for so long I forgot about regular corrosion. Please pardon me while I clean up my brain-fart.

I think I am tempted to get an old set of manifolds and have a machine shop cut them open longitudinally so I can see how it looks inside for clearances. Unless any of you have tried this already...

I didn't mean *that* zinc exactly, but a sort of pencil-type zinc that would fit. I'm not sure on the dimension/clearances, and am speaking in generalities. Specifics can follow after generalities are established. I am looking at this picture, and I see that the 2 side ports would extend into...

Okay, something I have been wondering about with exhaust manifolds regarding corrosion: On every exhaust manifold, there are large hex bolts/screws/nuts on the top and/or sides of them of them. Presumably, these lead to the cooling jacket of the exhaust, and are available for use as ports to...

Did yours have the 3" or 4" diameter heat exchanger? The 3" ones were notorious for overheating under more exhuberant use of the throttle. Isn't there a mod to fix the voltage regulators? Edit: There is: replace the stator and water-cooled voltage regulator with a standard alternator (with...

The owner is stating the engines are the 190 version of the 470s, so it could be extra power there. But until I put eyes on it, I'm presuming he could be mistaken and have twin 170 HP. Good call on the survey/

Gents, I appreciate the honest feedback. I do understand that "inexpensive" and "340" don't belong i the same sentence. In the meantime, I have pursued alternate possibilities. I spent part of this afternoon running a compression test on a SR DA 300. It was going well, until I got to the #2...

Okay, that is kinda funny. I had a long talk with the missus last night. She is not objecting to the notion of a larger Boat. I showed her pix of what I had in mind, and she was not disgusted. Keep in mind that although those sound like negative words, this represents a sizeable improvement...

Okay, thanks for the reality check. I think I need to take this all slowly, and be damn sure before I pull the trigger on anything. Thanks again!

Sd 30' Okay, I have made headway with the boat for sale. The owner seems to be a good man, and is upfront with information and willing to help me out on the price. My intent is to have it stored at my home until the water heats up (oh, and until I'm off of crutches from my recent surgery)...

Scorpio, I am warming up to the notion of trying a 'Dancer 300. I particularly like the idea of having the sterndrives versus the hull-exhaust: it'll be much quieter. Okay, so once on plane, what RPMs are you turning to stay on plane (min plane speed), as you post alludes to 3000 rpm being...