Fishhead-1
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Vp weighs in at
Merc is
In process of adding merc manifolds and going to a full fwc system. Was previously a half system that needs 18 year old heat exchanger replaced. 5.7 Gsi will show pics as progress goes alongIs someone thinking of changing a Volvo to Merc exhaust, or? I could see if someone wanted to adapt the Merc dry joint system to a Volvo engine. But that's not what's here.
In process of adding merc manifolds and going to a full fwc system. Was previously a half system that needs 18 year old heat exchanger replaced. 5.7 Gsi will show pics as progress goes along
Thanks Scott,check the elbow angles. they are a bit different between Merc and VP
If your going to a full system, save yourself a pile of weight and go with aluminum manifolds from either Stainless Marine, EMI, Kodiak or others.
its a pacific nw boat, they would close cool all boats from factory being a saltwater boat. You may have issues switching from raw to a closed system in yours due to scale rust in block plugging exchanger. If you started off with fresh block it would be fineMy 01 5.7 GSI's are RWC thinking of doing a half cooled system. Yours was half cooled from the factory? I am interested in your pics and progress.
My 01 5.7 GSI's are RWC thinking of doing a half cooled system. Yours was half cooled from the factory? I am interested in your pics and progress.
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