im located in long island, ny. willing to make a day trip anywhere in the north-east to get a motor if need be and load it into my van, if the right one were to come along some where.

spareparts....you say the compression isnt that bad. could there be a reason you could think of the cyls are so off in numbers?? if i can get away with rebuilding her for a few years, it would be better for me, until i can afford to blow 10-15k on a crate motor and drive. im budgeting about 5k right now, but thats also in hopes of finding a decent 470.

Here's one for $2000...
http://burlington.craigslist.org/boa/973407555.html

Welcome to the site! I've got the same motor as you. If its never been bored, Id consider a complete rebuild. I rebuilt mine for around a thousand but I did all the work myself. A friend just did a complete rebuild for around 2 thousand and we pulled it out and tore it down ourselves. after it was bored .030 over and refitted with new pistons and rings we assembled it and installed it ourselves. It really was'nt that bad. If you decide to junk it let me know, I'd like to have one for spare parts.

10% is the rule of thumb, you are just outside of that on cylinder # 3. Anything is rebuildable, just how much are you willing to spend on it. And I remind you, parts are getting harder adn harder for those motors each day. Knowing the outdrive needs work, I'd have to evauluate the cost of repairing the engine adn drive, make sure you look at the transom plate as well. On the motor, you need to check the charging system real close, you can easily drop $600 in parts alone on the charging system.

I was talking to a freind of mine, and he was telling me about a freind of his in NC near Kerr Lake( Va. NC border), that has a Dixie 198 super skier that the floor is gone, and the interior is trashed. The motor/drive/transom plate is supposably good(fresh water use only). He's asking $2500 for the boat motor and trailer. I guessing it to be a late 80's either 5.0 or 5.7 Alpha 1 setup(power steering also). Other than building up motor mounts, it could be a drop in to your V. I'll talk to him this weekend and get more details

[email protected] This guy is in Cape May NJ

need to copy the address to the site to read the add, this is just the email address.

Opps....my bad lemme try again......:http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/1002561297.html:beer:

may want to check with this guy

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/boa/1015106906.html

id like to help you out ,i have a 470 /190 hp with power steering ,transom plates an out drivers from a 470 an 130 i live in islip long island,