On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:03:33 -0400, "Jim" wrote:


"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:01:10 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

You pretty much want to start with truck short block and move everything
from your old engine to it. Change out the casting plugs and use new
marine
gaskets. Any block up to 1986 should work.

Don't you need a different cam? Or is the one for trucks close enough.

Casady

I'm pretty sure it's what's in the marinized block.

So the old one had a truck cam as well?

Casady