geo737
Member
- Jun 5, 2012
- 150
- Boat Info
- 1979 sea ray 195 I/O, White over blue. no electronics as of yet. Pulled behind 2004 Ford Expedition
- Engines
- 228 Mercruiser - 5.0 Chevrolet engine w/Alpha Outdrive
Hi gang. thanks for all the suggestions regarding my fuel issue. I am happy to report that today was a good day for the boat. I had purchased a reman carb from a company called Jet Performance. They have a line of re-manufactured marine carburetors. I'm sure there are others that have quality products as well, I just just happen to know of them from the automotive performance aftermarket. The outright purchase was less than the quote from the local marine shop for them to send out and have rebuilt. I thiught of doing it myself, but I have not always been successful with quadrajets- 2bbls ok, 4bbls have been hit or miss. This way I have a nice warranty to go with it. I installed the carburetor as well as a GM factory style heat shield that was used on the late 60's, early 70's muscle cars. After a few hours of running and sitting, then running, I am happy to say, I believe my heat soak,fuel boiling issues appear to have have been cured. The boat ran well the entire time we were out on the lake. I would run at various throttle settings then stop for a while, let it sit, trying to heat soak everything. It was nice, when it fired right up and never stalled when throttling down or going thru a wake as it had previously. It was also nice that it would not stall when coming in and out of gear after running hard and going back to idle. It appears I managed to cross another item off my list-next project; new manifolds. The current ones are original 30+ yr old. Time for a change. Looking at the center rise conversion from the log style currently installed. I have seen several companies advertising kits. Is the quality about the same for the all the kits? Thanks again for all the input and suggestions.