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Hi Ken - I think you are on the right track with the hydraulic effect, that piston / gasket failure has all the signs of a previous hydraulic issue The ring land crack looks mostly old with just a few spots keeping it in place until the last workout. Could be a cracked cylinder wall was the initial ...

Hi Bob
Thanks for the info will work with that re engine location and the exhaust -wasnt really thinking about quieting it was more about cooling it but on this type of boat probably irrelevant.
Will try your suggestions re prop
thanks again
Will

Thanks for info Phil I will check out Lundberg Maybe I should attack the engine location from 1st principles - 1) is there a such a thing as the 'optimal location' for the engine in a Skiff? I have some room to move - the prop shaft is located but length could be easily altered - engine is dry sumpe...

Hi Phil /Bob Yes sorry about the lack of response - been very slack plus a couple months R&R in WA Not much progress with Buster I have accumulated most of the parts I need plus machined offset adapters for the SUs A couple of questions you guys may be able to help with?, - as per previous post ...

Yes Bob the high point bleed seems the obvious reason but the lack of a thread is odd - will fix that
Re SUs - yes I think I had a bit of a mental block about the triple SUs - canting each carb is the most sensible solution and relatively easy with an adapter and remote throttle actuation

I will be going with a system similar to DaveD am accumulating the parts. Have a 'vintage' ( old) dry sum tank scavenge pump heat exchanger and pipework with a bypass system of sorts similar to one suggested by Bob a couple of questions for the more learned ! 1- The holden head has a 7/16 hole drill...

A lot of helpful info from you guys - thanks for input. DaveD guess you mean use an oil cooler as a raw water preheater? , at one stage while racing cars I used one of these as a water cooler - it this similar to what you refer to? https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p/laminova-oil-water-cooler-245mm...

Hmmm not only do your SUs work well they really look the part! My problem is that I have the weber (s) left over from race car days and also a Lynx manifold. It seems I should try to make the weber work because the plan is to only have the holden in there for a few months (maybe!) I see you are usin...

Guess I should be here rather than the 'do you need this' page Have checked over the Pug engines and done a bit of research - lots of helpful info from the WA connection however lot of work to build the peugeot 403 engine the way I want it - that will be the eventual outcome In the meantime the 149 ...

Thanks Bob will do
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Kevin