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    454 in a 21' bowrider

    So I have a Mariah with a 454mpi and bravo 3. I was thinking since the 454 has 310hp and a 350mag has 300 would my boat actually perform better with the 350 mag since it is lighter? Am I actually gaining anything with the 454 and why would Maruah offer this in a 21' boat?
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    Smart tabs.

    I have a Mariah 212 with a 454mpi. It's pretty heavy in the rear. How do you think Smart Tabs would change the overall performance?
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    Would you?

    Would you tow this with this. I have heavy duty axles, big brakes and an LS3 with 6 speed auto?
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    Smart tabs.

    I have a 1999 Mariah 212 with a bravo 3 and 454mpi. This boat is heavy in the rear and the bow hammers in waves. It also won't take any trim. I added the recommended smart tabs and they lift the rear and makes hitting waves much better. One big negative I notices is the boat lays way over when...
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    03 Passat W8 towing

    I looked up the towing capacity and with a european hitch it is rated at 4800lbs. They said the european hitch replaces the rear mount and is much stronger. Anyone heard of that?
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    Sea water pump

    I have a 350 mpi and the sea water pump is different. It has a stack and has 2 air lines coming out of it. What is the purpose of all this extra junk on the water pump.
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    2 beeps per minute

    I have a Mercruiser 350 MPI. WhenIi first start the boat it runs great but once warm I get a 2 beep per minute alarm. I checked the temp sender and it never changed. What else would be triggered after the boat is warmed up?
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    Warning when pulling multiple tubes.

    Heads up guys. If pulling 2 or more tubes always attach all of them in a center location. I had a friend pull 2 tubes, each on an outside cleat. He went into a sharp turn which basically shortened the outside rope and instead of the tubes hitting each other, the tubes were at different distances...
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    For the guys who think you need a truck.

    This guy has a great discussion about tow vehicles on the Airstream forum. He is one of the only guys to actually test vehicles towing instead of assuming. He also says truck and fullsize suvs really handle bad even when not towing. Check out the videos. http://www.canamrv.ca/towing/...
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    Mercruiser 350 MPI dies at quick throttle down.

    I have a 350 MPI and if i am running on plane and pull the throttle back to idle fast the engine dies. It will then not turn over. It acts like the timing is off. After about a minute it will start and run fine. The engine idles fine and doesn't stumble on takeoff. It just dies at fast...
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    Took on water and don't know why.

    I was pulling the kids on tubes yesterday and noticed the speedometer stopped working. After a while we stopped to swim and I noticed the bilge pump running. Looked in the engine compartment and there was about 5 inches of water. It pulled down to about 2 inches. I thought maybe a bellow. I kept...
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    Tried out a Jetboat

    We fell in love with a jetboat at the boatshoe in the spring. The layout and rear was incredible. My wife and kids spent about 2 hours in the boat and almost pulled the trigger. The only thing that held us back was the fact we own a nice sterndrive bowrider. All summer we talked about the...
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    Never saw this before

    We were at the lake last week and saw 2 boats coming down the lake. The second boat was very close to the first boat. As they went by we realized the first boat was towing the second boat. Both boats were planed out. Both boats were around 21' bowriders. Have any of you guys ever saw someone tow...
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    Why a basement garage is best

    Our first house had a basement. Half was finished and half was used as a garage. I had kept my boat in the garage and it stayed around 50 degrees all winter. We sold the house and bought a new one. The new house had a nice garage on the side of the house but if it was 20 degrees outside it was...
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    Anti freeze vs draining

    I keep my boat in our basement garage. I have not seen it below 52 degrees before except once when the garage door hit something and went back up. It was 28 that morning and scared me a little so I started running antifreeze through it. I have a tub I put under the drive. I also have a 110...
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    does low pitch prop on sterndrive = skiboat

    OK here is a complicated question I keep going round and round with. A friend has a wakeboard boat. It has a 400hp v drive. It pulls hard but pushes alot of water and tops out at around 40. It takes 400hp to push his boat to 40mph. I have a 23' Caravelle interceptor with a 300hp 350mag that tops...
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    Overloaded

    I see in the trailer towing section people speak of the dangers of overloading a tow vehicle. I never see people complain about overloading the boat. I saw a Yamaha 240 at the lake this weekend that looked like it would sink. He had several thousand pounds of ballast added to surf. This seems to...
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    Fog in gauge

    My depth gauge has fog on the inside glass. After a full day in the sun it is still there. Any way to remove it?
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    Low Pitch prop vs direct drive.

    My boat is a Caravelle Interceptor with a 350 mpi. A friend has a wakeboard boat with a 400hp vdrive. His boat will pull strong but is slow. My boat will hit 60 but won't stay on plane below 20. My prop is a 21p but I had an old 13p 4 blade laying around from a previous boat. I decided to try it...
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    Constant alarm at 5000rpm.

    I have an 08 Caravelle Interceptor 232 with a 350 mag. When I run down the river I get a constant alarm when I hit 5000rpm. I thought it may be the drive fluid level since I was trimming up at this speed. That is not it. I thought maybe the rev limiter but I have to slow all the way down to idle...
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