boating maniac
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Hey guys. I have a 1989 abermarle 24 with a volvo penta aq271c which is a 275hp 350 chevy and a dp-a volvo penta outdrive. I bought the boat last year and the second trip out I noticed the ujoint bellows slipped off. Anyways, something in the outdrive is binding up now stalling the engine and I just want to totally redo the outdrive and engine since i'm sure the u joints/pds bearings are probably shot now and the outdrive/engine needs to come out anyways to replace those.
I bought a rebuilt volvo penta dp-a outdrive that has been gone thru, repainted and resealed for $2900.00
Now for the 383 stroker I got a quote of $12,000 for a brand new 383 stroker complete drop in engine fresh water cooled with the old style manfolds/risers, so I just use the existing y pipe that works for the older volvo outdrive. Now I got to thinking, how about I have the existing engine rebuilt vs buying a brand new engine?
My reasons for going with a brand new drop in engine are:
-Comes with a 2 year warranty
- I don't have to worry about marginal parts being reused
- I don't know of any good machine shop/engine builders
- My old original engine doesn't have vortec heads it has 12 bolts not 8
- Its due for new manifolds/risers (7 years old)
- I get all new power steering pump, alternator, raw water pump. etc
- The fresh water cooling tank is corroded from bilge water hitting it at the bottom, so I want a new one of those also, preferably position horizontally in front of the engine so this doesn't happen again.
Opinions?
I don't know a whole lot about how the machine shop engine building thing works and what all can be done. $12,000 sounds pretty steep though vs just rebuilding what I have and turning it into a 383 stroker. The goal is to make it so I have confidence in the engine/outdrive so I can feel like I can go anywhere with it and not break down. With everything being 30 years old now I think it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong with it even thought the current engine is relatively simple with no electronics on it hardly.
I bought a rebuilt volvo penta dp-a outdrive that has been gone thru, repainted and resealed for $2900.00
Now for the 383 stroker I got a quote of $12,000 for a brand new 383 stroker complete drop in engine fresh water cooled with the old style manfolds/risers, so I just use the existing y pipe that works for the older volvo outdrive. Now I got to thinking, how about I have the existing engine rebuilt vs buying a brand new engine?
My reasons for going with a brand new drop in engine are:
-Comes with a 2 year warranty
- I don't have to worry about marginal parts being reused
- I don't know of any good machine shop/engine builders
- My old original engine doesn't have vortec heads it has 12 bolts not 8
- Its due for new manifolds/risers (7 years old)
- I get all new power steering pump, alternator, raw water pump. etc
- The fresh water cooling tank is corroded from bilge water hitting it at the bottom, so I want a new one of those also, preferably position horizontally in front of the engine so this doesn't happen again.
Opinions?
I don't know a whole lot about how the machine shop engine building thing works and what all can be done. $12,000 sounds pretty steep though vs just rebuilding what I have and turning it into a 383 stroker. The goal is to make it so I have confidence in the engine/outdrive so I can feel like I can go anywhere with it and not break down. With everything being 30 years old now I think it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong with it even thought the current engine is relatively simple with no electronics on it hardly.
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