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Crc used to have corrosion guard that sounds very similar to what you're talking about. Looked like spray on cosmoline, very sticky. I had a customer spray his entire engine down with it( I/O) I told him to find someone else to work on it. Each annual.aervice I performed got crc656 sprayed all...

I lost a lot of personal issues with my ex over 25 years, I got most of it back after the divorce,

gear ratios varym quick google search says 2/1 or 2.4 to 1. Your old school 150 would have been 1.87 or 2.00. Its goinf to take a little higher pitch than your old engine. merc has a prop speed calculator online to figure it out

get the prop size, if its close, go for a ride with him and make sure he understands trim. Does it have bottom paint? Any growth on the bottom?

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spray it down with degreaser, you dont need a lot, no need to saturate it, also, cut your degreaser with water 50%, it works better that way. Just hit the areas that need cleaning. On two strokes I make sure to get the pan area below the powerhead. Hose it off, but dont go crazy, keep the water...

hit it degreaser, spray it off with water, after drying, spray CRC 656 over everything. I do this to every outboard I service, have been doing it this way for 38 years, over 100 motors a season

spray it down with degreaser, just don't spray water in the carbs. All the electronics are sealed. Leave it in the sun with the cowl off and it will dry pretty quick. I do it all the time

Also,Che k you're tachometer with a shop tachometer or another known good tachometer. You should turn that engine close to 5000 rpm trimmed out wide open throttle

What rpm are you turning at wide open throttle?

Generally you step down one pitch going to a 4 blade,unfortunately most aftermarket 4 blades are way underrated trying to make their props seem.more efficient. Powertech is notorious for this, I've had to step down 4 inches to get close to what I started with on a 3 blade. The reason I recommend...

previous owner had a hopped up(260-275 hp) 2.5 200 merc on it, would run mid 80s. With the stock 2.4 200, should put me around 68-70

Btw, that leaves me at the 17 sea hunt, 21 sea ray,17 formula,17 diamond, sea doo ski,two isotope sailing cats,and 5 kayaks,plus the girlfriends 40 ft houseboat

Gave a verbal.commitment to buy this boat,owned by a buddy of mine. 1971 17 ft Formula. Going to throw my 2.4 200 on it.

Get all that squared away,throw amercury Mirage prop on it,grab a 17 or 19 pitch and see what it does,report back