after heaps of questions and heaps of answers.i haqve discovered that to put a petrol engine in a ski boat you need to maranize it.this means your exhaust manifolds have water running thru a jacket so you can put rubber tubing on to exhaust the gases.you need a fitting to put your carberetor...
I own an i/o and would like to know more about true inboards. I know their physical differences but I've never driven or even rode in one. Do they handle differently? How about in reverse? Do inboard boats all have trim tabs or do they just naturally plane out? I know I've bumped a few sand bars...
i have a 350 chev set up for salt water but now want to return it to the original configuration without the chev water pump and heat exchanger, and just rely purely on the impeller pump picking up from under the boat, and thru the engine, back into the exhaust