Inboard Experts

[bdolnik]

Seem to be a lot of issues involving inboards so thought I would start a thread and kick it off with a couple questions

Question #1
My 77 Savage has a counter-rotating engine in it. From what I understand this was common back in the day for single screw inboards, and actually made for a better handling boat. However over time in the interest of standardization and cost savings they were used less frequently. Now to purchase a counter rotating engine costs about $1000 more than a conventional one.

I want to replace mine with a conventional motor but the question is, did Seacraft build in an offset to these boats to account for torque? If so my replacement plan may not work. I tried measuring from the center of the prop shaft to either side of the hull and came up with about a 1/4 inch difference, but this may have been due to the fact there isn't really any good points to measure from on the hull.

Question #2
The motor I'm looking at is a Crusader Fresh Water Cooled. The cooling tanks are at the rear of the motor and don't quite fit under the console/back deck. Has anyone else ever run into this problem? Is it possible to remotely locate the heat exchange tank?

Thanks!