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    V Drive?

    What is a V drive? Are they godd or bad? Cost to repair if(when)something goes wrong? Thanks in advance, this is the greatest site known to man.
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    merc vs omc outdrives

    I'm getting ready to upgrade from my 24' to a 29-32' and i'm really starting to wonder about outdrives. Does anybody have any fact based opinions on which is better? Cause now there are going to be 2 of them down there to worry about. my 5.3l 188hp mercruiser has performed well for my with...
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    70 HP Chrysler lack of hole shot

    I recently aquired a 70 HP chrysler Mod 707BF Ser. 1017 which at for a long time. After a pretty thorough clean-up I ran it this week-end on my 16 foot crestliner. Top speed is acceptable at 29 mph(by gps), but I dont have the hole shot to pull me up skiing, I weigh about 175 lbs. When the...
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    Chrysler 70 HP idles fine, dies at high revs

    Mid 70's Chrysler, I bought from someone that indicated it worked fine, big surprise huh? Engine starts ok idles smooth, moves boat at low speed but as rev increase, probably around 1500-2000 the engine stalls completely but will restart right away when returned to neutral. Any ideas.
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    Engine chokes at high rpm's

    I have a 1978 mercruiser alpha 1 305 chev v-8, last week it started to run really rough, I changed points, condenser, rotor arm, cap, plugs, fuel filter, engine still runs same OK at low speed but as I hit 2000 rpm it starts to "gasp" for air and run very rough. Checked dwell, its at 30, In line...
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