That's why I stuck out my timetable so far; I figure I will have this
and a lot of other things figured out by then and will know what I
should have done.

I am hoping for 2000 hours though. I change every 100 hours and run the
boat at hull speed, about 1800 rpm, which I believe to be a lot kinder
to it than up on plane at 36-3900 as it was designed for.

What does your buddy say about synthetics?

Jeff