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Old 06-23-2011, 09:06 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff View Post
Only if you're afraid to work on it yourself. In 22 years of boating, the only "big" money I've spent was on the speed parts I put on the jet boat. That was $700 that was worth it and enhanced the value when I sold it. A boat is just like a car, if you mess it up it will cost you to fix it.

Guys are putting the LSX motors into a lot of the flat bottom and jet boats now and the weight savings over a big block is a huge difference with minimal power difference. Trying to run an efi setup is a little tough in an open cockpit boat though.
I don't know about him but I was talking in terms of fuel usage for a larger boat/larger engine
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