Just waiting for the crane to come set the vortec in the boat hopefully in the next few days. Ran it in the garage today and it sounds really good. I am told that the main advantage of the dry stacks is that if there is a water leak it will leak to the outside of the manifold/riser joints and not to the exhaust like the old style do. Meaning water wont leak back into your cylinders and major or catastrophic damage. The best i can explain it and it makes sense to me and worth the extra money. So i dont have any numbers yet but the 260 hp previous motor i had i was cruise @20-22 knots @3200 rpm and 9.5 to 11 gph. Running a 16X14 wheel. Hoping i can achieve 25 knots at about the same rpms and fuel burn with the extra 60 hp but we will see lol.
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