1995 mercruiser 5.7l Roller or not????

hey guys hope this is the right place to post this, i am new and thankful i found the site.. I am the one guy in area u hear about every year that put his boat away in August and was going to use one more time and then it was feb with two feet of Snow. so yes complete engine block cracks.. anyway need to know if my 95 merc 350 is a roller motor or not. thinking about finding a doaner block and putting all my parts it..

Re: 1995 mercruiser 5.7l Roller or not????

What is the SN of the engine?

Re: 1995 mercruiser 5.7l Roller or not????

If I remember correctly from my "hot rod years" GM started the roller V-8's in 1990. I am fairly certain all v-8's from then on had the roller blocks. This, however did not mean it had the roller valve train though. For instance, I had gotten a 350 from a wrecked Caprice. It had the 350 with roller block, but it was a standard valve train in it. However, since it was a roller block, all I had to do was put the extra stuff in there.

I would assume the same is true of the marine / heavy duty blocks as well.

However, just cause the boat was new in 1995 doesn't mean the engine block was made that same year.

The S/N as Don mentioned is the key. Either that or pull off the front cover or the intake manifold and check the machine work done on the block.