Re: Got me a Starchief
Nice progress! Love those emblems!
I'm with EZ on that motor, I'd either run it as is and see what happens or sell it.
It's not what you need and even if you dump all sorts of cash into it, it's still only 85hp on a boat that needs 100+.
For the amount of work and cash, you should be able to find something decent that's much newer.
That 85hp is also heavy, maybe just as heavy as a newer 100+ hp four cylinder. If you were to add power tilt and trim to that, you would be nearing the weight of a modern motor with internal TnT. I'd venture to guess that your 85hp is in the 250lb range, plus another 40-50lbs if you add TnT to it.
I bought that 115ELPTO that reelfishin had a few weeks ago, it's oil injected with TnT, ready to run and weighs in at 333lbs on the hook.
He had two more of these there, I think they were all on the same boat at one point. I think he's getting close to moving everything, he's got that shop almost down to only a few hundred motors and maybe 20 boats, which is a far cry from what was there a year ago. I did see what looked like the 110hp from your Starchief on a stand, with a brand new TnT unit ready to go on it there. He said something about putting it on a boat he had down in FL. I found it odd that he was up north in Dec. and not down south where its warm, so I sort of figured he was here picking up a load of stuff to take down with him.
Its hard to beat modern conveniences, especially as you get older. A few years ago I'd have never thought about power tilt, or cared, but once you have it, you don't want to go back. Not to mention oil injection and modern ignition systems. I'm not yet convinced about fuel injection though, at least not as long as it takes expensive equipment to diagnose and repair it.
