tango13
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Mar 10, 2015
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Hi all,
I was installing new decals on my mercruiser outdrive this spring and noticed a few things that are not adding up:
My outdrive has 1.32 stamped as the ratio, has a "250" hp decal, as serial number reads 4734559 (the 3 might be an 8, not 100% sure).
From what I was reading up online (on SEI's website), the 1.32 ratio only came on 454 applications, and the 250hp merc was only made in 1977 and was a 1.47 ratio.
I'm starting to guess that this outdrive is not the original, as I previously assumed. Im guessing its a donor outdrive that someone slapped a 250hp decal on? The boat is a 1978 so it is possible that it orignally had a 250 setup, but now I'm not even sure whether the engine is a 350 or 305, as it no longer has the decals on the valve covers. Who knows if the engine is even original at this point :wacko:
Is this less common gear ratio going to haunt me down the road?
I was installing new decals on my mercruiser outdrive this spring and noticed a few things that are not adding up:
My outdrive has 1.32 stamped as the ratio, has a "250" hp decal, as serial number reads 4734559 (the 3 might be an 8, not 100% sure).
From what I was reading up online (on SEI's website), the 1.32 ratio only came on 454 applications, and the 250hp merc was only made in 1977 and was a 1.47 ratio.
I'm starting to guess that this outdrive is not the original, as I previously assumed. Im guessing its a donor outdrive that someone slapped a 250hp decal on? The boat is a 1978 so it is possible that it orignally had a 250 setup, but now I'm not even sure whether the engine is a 350 or 305, as it no longer has the decals on the valve covers. Who knows if the engine is even original at this point :wacko:
Is this less common gear ratio going to haunt me down the road?
