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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Anyone finished their winter engine builds and ready to test |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: April 10th, 2024, 10:56 pm
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| What Don said about the inconsistency between the bridgeport sleeve openings is 100% true. Not only is the visual size different but the machined openings are so rough that its surprising they run as good as they do! There is a lot to be said about just cleaning up the port openings so each cylinder... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Anyone finished their winter engine builds and ready to test |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: April 8th, 2024, 7:47 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Thanks Paul, i will post results down the road. I’m curious to record the outcome and compare with what i have built in the past! |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Anyone finished their winter engine builds and ready to test |
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Posted: April 7th, 2024, 3:26 pm
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| The parts used to assemble the motor i built over the winter was from many conversations with different builders! I ended up with a sand cast block and i installed oval port sleeves. I did grind/remove the aluminum bridge that was exposed with the oval port sleeves. Also the oval sleeves were opened... |
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: Small T Boat... Big Heavy Outboard...Boat Balance |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: April 5th, 2024, 9:36 pm
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| Looks like a good ride! Might have been cool if it was a 15” motor! |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Anyone finished their winter engine builds and ready to test |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: April 5th, 2024, 9:23 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I managed to do some 56 sleeve swaps to what we think is the most efficient block and the most efficient sleeve. To my knowledge this combo never came as a production option but with the talented boaters out there trying different things this seemed like an interesting combo to put together to at le... |
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Forum: GENERAL FORUM Topic: Six Mile Lake Saturday Nights T Boat Competitions |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: January 31st, 2024, 10:26 am
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| Well said Don! My dad got me into it as did a lot of other fathers did for their sons and daughters! A lot of other people got into it from watching the Saturday night crew out ripping around. Just to give you an idea the age range out there on Saturday nights is 20-60 years of age. The group also a... |
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Forum: PERFORMANCE BOAT HISTORY Topic: 1997 Canadian Nationals Dunnville....beginning of change |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: January 6th, 2024, 11:58 pm
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| That ModVP hull really seemed to have an advantage over the rest of the field. He even backed off to keep it interesting. I have seen one of those boats advertised for sale here in Ontario years ago with a 650xs. Not sure if anyone ever put a 56 OMC on one of those hulls or not? Unfortunately the ot... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: What is your guess? What boat is it? |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: December 25th, 2023, 11:08 am
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Replies: 3
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Forum: PARTS FOR SALE Topic: Yamaha Parts Motors Wanted |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: December 16th, 2023, 9:44 pm
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Replies: 0
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Looking for 90hp Yamaha 2 stroke parts motors, let me know if you have anything!
Thanks
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Forum: PARTS FOR SALE Topic: Looking for OMC, Yamaha & Nissan outboard parts |
| mercrazy |
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Posted: December 16th, 2023, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Very good to see you back at Kevi |
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