brewster16
Well-Known Member
Totally agree with this! And another thing....weather the boat is bottom painted or not should have no influence on your buy/no buy decision. Simply have it bottom painted yourself. No big deal.the closed cooling systems run about $1400 for all parts.
I would not do it. For one, i have always had salt water cooled boats, i dont get the "oh it so scary to own raw water cooled" concept.
right now on amazon you can get a set of manifolds and risers for $724. and they are good for at least 5 - 7 years depending on hours used. so even on the short side, you would have to replace 2 sets over 10 years to just break even. And you are NOT going to keep that boat 10 years no matter what you may think now.