Fast forwarding three years in the saga of first used boat ownership, I am on my third engine. I did it all on a shoe string and craigslist. Bottom line, now I have a V8 OMC (core) 5.0 Chevy on a Merc. 1.5 ratio outdrive with a 14x19 prop. Compression is > 180 on all cylinders. I took the...
