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Old 08-27-2006, 04:05 PM
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Default Re: MARINE INBOARD VS. REGULAR SMALL BLOCK

One thing to remember is if it's raw water-cooled then you will need to use brass freeze plugs. Also you would really need to watch your sustained RPM's being a 383 has such a long stroke (same stroke as a SB 400). My dad put a couple of small block 400's in a 31ft Baha fishing boat and they held up pretty good but the guy seldom ran them over 3200 RPMs.
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