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    My turn for a transom

    I have a 95 Regal 176Valente and have a leak around the outdrive. I pulled the out drive off and found a rotten transom. Following the advice on here I cut the fiberglass skin off the inside and removed all the transom wood. A coarse diamond blade cut very well. The transom board was pretty...
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    1995 3.0 VP riser restricter plate

    Just ordered a new riser gasket and was told I needed 2 of them, one for either side of the restrictor plate. I don't have a restrictor plate installed and wondered if I needed to put it in. I did a search and found info on exh flappers and mercs. but no one specified if the restrictor is...
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    Stains on hull

    Could someone recommend a good product to remove stains from the hull of a fiberglass boat? I had the boat in the river here and when I took it out I never washed it completely and now I have patchy brown stains that seem to be under the gel coat. They are not surface and will not remove with...
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    still high rpms

    I took a 21 pitch prop for a run this weekend and my rpm's are still too high for my liking. I have a 17.5 foot bowrider with the 3.0 volvo penta. It came with a 15X17 and I went to a 14.25X21. The strange thing is it seems to plane faster. When I hit it off the line the rpm goes to 4000 and...
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    Need more prop?

    I have a 3.0 Volvo Penta SX on a 17.5ft Regal bowrider. Just had the engine done and went on the first trip today. It planes pretty good, not as quick as my 16ft Starcraft aluminum, but this is the first stern drive I have had. I got 38mph on the speedo but it was screaming. The tach is...
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    How fast will she go??

    I recently bought a 1995 Regal 176 valente se. First time in the water the engine packed it in so I'm in the process of rebuilding it. Its a 3.0L Volvo Penta and if required now would be the time to try to get a bit more power out of her. Problem is the engine failed before I could get to top...
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