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Mercruiser Carb Conversion
On Apr 23, 2:13*pm, "Jim" wrote:
wrote in message ... I've been following this thread from the start but, even though I've owned several sterndrives over the years, I'm a bit lost with the mounting probs and brackets etc. The engines in mine were just converted auto engines with a belt driven water pump already bolted onto the front of the block as per usual. On Tue, 22 Apr 08, "jamesgangnc" wrote: the original merc outdrive really is the bottom half of an outboard and that's where they all are on outboards. But also keep in mind that the upper half is the bit that needs the cooling and it's an "Inboard". None of which (straight inboards) need an outboard type impeller. *I've always wondered why the designers didn't just get the cooling water through the bottom of the boat like any normal straight inboard setup. One of the reasons I don't care for sterndrives is it seems like they all have so many unnecessary complexities designed into them. And cooling water intake is just one of them. Maybe I'm missing something but what's the point in sucking up water with the outdrive with all its additional parts and probs when sucking it through a thru hull (like a zillion straight inboards) would be so simple? Rick The Merc. small outdrive or any outboard *water pump is immersed in water. |
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