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[sastanley]

yeahmag..lots of good advice. let us know how things go. I found 89 octane E-zero locally and ran that in my A-4 with great success, and added a bit of 2-stroke oil in the fuel since these motors expected lead in the fuel, so the 2-stroke oil helped lube up the valves. Joe is spot on that high octane...

[sastanley]

yeahmag, you may just need some tuning. I was able to get up to 2,300 with my Cat30 and an Indigo prop with #4 cyl weaker than the others. But, it took some tuning besides just the 'power tuning'. Since I did not have access to the flywheel, I set up a timing pointer on the accessory drive, but you...

[sastanley]

Hi, Dave. I was wondering the same thing?!!? Glad to see the forum still up and running.

Side note - I just sent an email a couple days ago to the new owner of my old boat..he will need the help available here. He blew out the hot stack winterizing in Dec and I said I'd be happy...

[sastanley]

Indy, I did the same several years ago and also eliminated the ammeter and wired the alternator output as Dave recommended. It is just an additional larger cable (I used 4 gauge to match what the other large cables were)
I think my original ammeter was wired with 8 gauge.

I occasionally...