AMSOIL in 96 STS with 88K

[dkozloski]

Forty years ago I was fooling around with Mercury Mk55H Quincy loop engines. 45 cu. in and 135HP on pump gas. The German Konigs were pretty impressive also but had a real narrow power band.

[Mountie]

I'd love a boat like that........ You can do most anything with that. Fabulous engine. Reliable set-up.

I bet you have lots of cup holders!!

[submariner409]

Believe it or not, I built a wine rack next to the Miller Lite cooler in the cabin...The boat weighs 14,800# and will get up to 23 knots on a 20x16 4-blade prop. I cruise at 8.5 knots, 2.8 gph, 87 octane. Built the engine as a sort of high torque "towing-RV" unit. Mondello street heads, roller rockers, Edelbrock dual plane, Keith Black pistons w/moly rings, forged crank (worth its weight in gold, now), cooled by a closed FW system which uses 30' of 1-1/4" copper pipe at the keel as a "radiator", lotsa tricks. Another long block in the garage.......The marine exhaust manifolds are fresh water cooled and the lagged dry pipes are 2-1/4" each. Glasspacks....not too loud below 2400 rpm. Notice the marine oil filter adaptor. Easy change and the oil is drained by a 12V vane pump plumbed into the Moroso 8-quart pan. Runs Pennzoil 15W-40 Long Life truck oil. 60 psi at 2000 rpm, 220 deg. oil temp.

[JimHare]

Does a 5' rubber raft count?


Kidding aside, you guys are the kind of guys I'd hang around if I could - old farts (like me) with real-world experience (NOT like me...) who know what the hell they're talking about, and didn't just read it in a magazine

They should make a beer commericial with the three of you.