AOK fellas, just got back last night from a great weekend on the big lake! Some good and a bit of not so good with the V8. First a few boat on the water shots...
Here's the rig hooked up to my mooring anchor. No docks here, the lake would eat it up in a heartbeat.
Beyond that horizon there are weird Canadians.
When the light hit the water just right it would glitter on the hull like diamonds, it was pretty cool...
The sunrises on this side never disappoint...
Saturday was rainy and windy making for 4' rollers, no boating for that day.
Sunday ended up being pretty nice, still 2' - 3' waves. I did make a run to a bay south of us to find some quiet water. I throttled up to 3800 RPM's which put me at 42 mph. This V8 is awesome, smooth, and plenty of power. I am really glad I swapped out the V6, no regrets at all!
Now, I do believe that I still have starting issues with this engine though...
#1 Now I know it took me a heckava long time to decide on batt placement back in the day. Well, where they are now I believe is too far away for this V8. I can tell they are having a hard time starting it. So, I'll be moving them back to the stern next to the engine.
#2 On Friday at the dock and then again Sunday morning the engine would turn, turn, turn, turn....but no fire. It eventually fired on Friday without me doing anything. On Sunday I pulled the air cleaner off and just touched the choke and it fired right up. So I think I might have a cold start choke adjustment that needs to happen here. Warm start is just a bump of the key, super easy. I'll have to see if I can play that out a bit to see if that is the actual legitimate issue.
