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September 25, 2007, 01:31:08 PM
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FORDAYSOUT

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WHICH POWERTRAIN 290TM
« on: September 25, 2007, 01:31:08 PM »
I'M LOOKING TO REPOWER MY 290TM.  HAS ANYBODY DONE DIESEL AND OR 330MPI'S ????  I'M INTERESTED IN THE PREFORMANCE RESULTS OF BOTH.  GAS MILEAGE....SPEED....HANDLING ABILITY....RELIABILITY.AND ALSO THE EASE OF INSTALLATION.

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ERIK

September 25, 2007, 03:48:04 PM
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LilRichard

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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 03:48:04 PM »
I do not own one, nor do I have experience on one, but I would go diesel if you have the available funds.  The list of benefits vs gas are huge...  :afro:

September 25, 2007, 07:39:47 PM
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 07:39:47 PM »
I went through this process a few years ago with my 32 foot Chris-Craft.  When I ran the numbers, I found I needed to use the boat about 1000 hours per year for 5 years for the cost of fuel to offset the cost of the diesel engines.  I had twin 210HP Chris-Craft inboards that were built on Chevy blocks.  The problem with the cost analysis was that I only averaged using the boat 200-300 hours per year.  At that rate I would probably never recover the costs of the diesels.  

In addition, the diesels were considerably heavier than the gas engines for comparable power output, and Chevy-based parts are sooooo cheap!  I looked at Cat, Cummins, DDA, Volvo, and Yanmar.  I really liked the Cummins B series, but just couldn't make the numbers make sense...  Sometimes it's not really about what makes sense though, it's what you want!

Hope this helps!
Cap'n John
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