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If I could talk my wife into me bringing home another project I'd be all over it but I've got a feeling that if I did I'd be sleeping in the cuddy...

Thanks for the offer. Yeah they're not very expensive so I'll probably just buy a set. Thanks again man I appreciate the generousity

Thanks man

I was cleaning my boat today and found one of my windshield supports broken where it attaches to the helm. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement?

If that was a cuddy I would have to seriously consider it. The keys are only about 4hrs away. I kind of figured that they were mostly custom made. Just didn't know what to expect on price. I guess I need to keep searching craigslist and find one. I don't think I could make one that would look...

I'm looking for a hard top for my v does anyone know where to find one or are most of them custom built? What price range do they run normally? Been looking at several boats on here with them and would love to have one... Thanks

No prob man after busting knuckles for years on my old bass boat I got awful friendly with the merc terminology

Do a compression test first but if ign and compression are good and your sure your fuel system is good it could also be a broken reed valve or reed valves not sealing properly. They will cause more of a issue at idle speed than full throttle. And they can make a odd noise if not sealing right...

Check to see which cylinders are misfiring if your sure its not fuel related then check plugs or replace if needed if you still have the issue then if it's only one cylinder it's probably a coil if its one full bank it's probably the switch box for that bank (the two boxes mounted on the right...

Well just as an update I finally had some time to get some work done on the boat. Put fresh fuel in, the 17p aluminum was pretty beat up so I installed a 19p mirage, I'm now getting 41-42mph at 4200 rpm which was with 4 people and a dog in the boat no issue getting on plane. I'm pretty happy...

Ok one last question regarding the performance of my v. I just ran the numbers on my prop and it is a Michigan wheel aluminium 17p. I'm getting 40mph at 43-4400 rpm doe that sound right? I know when I first made this post a few of you guys said it should be turning a 19-21 pitch. If I want to go...

So you keep the thunderbolt module with the new dizzy? Is the patronix unit a marine unit? Or is it just a self contained 1 wire distributor style?

Well I think I have it dialed in better now. I found that part of the old pointer was broken so I was using the wrong notch as a reference it looked to be a aftermarket deal. I used some msd timing tape and centered it to tdc. Runs like a champ now still getting right at 40mph which is fine...

Yeah the timing has me baffled. My bet would be I'm giving up a few ponies just by the timing being off. I have some timing tape and have thought about making sure it was at tdc compression and making my own mark to go by. I don't know how the balancer would be that far off either though...

Wdlyle I agree it gets there pretty quick acceleration is great I guess I just expected more top speed. I don't run wide open very often but it's fun to get on it now and then. Pushing 40 isn't bad but 10mph faster would be nice. Either way I'm really happy with my v20!

Well from the few that have this set up sounds like I'm pretty close to where I should be. I think the engine that was swapped in was quite possibly a automotive engine. The reason I'm thinking of chain stretch is that I can't seem to get the timing right. It won't run right without the timing...

Yeah I was going to do some more checking on things when I get off work today. I really thought it would run close to 50 wot but Garagenc is saying his runs low to mid 40s with the duo prop set up. I looked at volvo's site and they claim 5% more top speed with the duo prop set up, that puts my...

Well sounds like I might be close to where I should be I suppose. Mine has a mercruiser drive and a aluminium prop. Do the duo prop drives have a higher top speed than the old mercruisers? Not sure what my speed is at 3000 but at 3500 I was in the low 30s. I'm sure I could possibly get a little...

Id like to start off by saying im new to the forum and new to the v20. Seems to be quite a wealth of knowledge around here! I recently purchased a 1983 v20 with a 260hp I/o 350ci engine I've had quite a time getting all the bugs worked out of it. I finally had a chance to run it this evening and...