20' seacraft project

[dirty_snipe74]

Recently came across a 1971 seacraft center concole t-top that I've been working on. I have a 25" 200 rude to hang on the back with a jack plate. It has a 40 gal aluminmum gas tank under the concole. Has anyone fabaciated a larger tank I a older 20' seacraft? Also, has anyone had luck with such engine? thanks [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Mark]

I had a new 75 gallon tank put in a '71 20'CC under the floor.

How much does that engine weigh???

[laser]

I've got 50 gals in mine. With that live well removed then 70 is the way to go like Mark. Ithink he removed his during rehab. I run a early 90's 150 Johnson and it seems to go thru the fifty pretty quick.
Bill

if one is good then 2 is better [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Mark]

Considering that I'm going with a new 4-stroke engine, the 75 gallon tank was probably overkill, but I had the space and felt that I could always turn the pump off at 40 gallons if I didn't want to carry that much fuel around on any given day. Post-rehab, I don't have a livewell in the floor, so the tank is quite long to distribute the weight evenly - it goes from about 24" forward of the transom all the way to where the casting deck begins.

If I recall correctly, the new 20's come with a 70 gallon tank.