DAMN Skools... You never said you had some available... :( I'd have made arraingements with you in a New York minute. I was looking for the 225 carbs, but the only set I was able to find on eBay ...the guy doesn't answer his phone, emails etc.. so I finally got disgusted and bought the 200's. I'm truly sorry.

what are you going to do with the burned 225 carbs? i might could use them for a couple parts.

My hopes are that some time in the future I can find 2 good carb bodies and upgrade the motor back to a 225. So I plan on keeping the unburned units. The two burned units I was going to probably just throw out. If you want them they are yours for the postage...Just let me make sure I have a functioning engine before I ship them out.

ok thanks. let me know

Update:
Installed the carbs, still getting (as expected) spitting from the numbers 1 and 6 carbs.
Ordered new reeds from Chris Carson Marine Services.... www.chriscarsonmarine.com
Price is $130 for a set, including postage. Gonna try them out and see how they fly. Not your average set of Boysen reeds. Should be here and installed by Wed of next week. :sun:

Dont fret , if you dont get that baby runnin soon you are formally invited for a fall striper trip on my boat.

Rob, even if I do get it running that sounds like a lot of fun...I'll even bring the beer or whatever you drink, along with splitting the cost for gas. Thanks for the offer :)

These reeds are supposedly better than Boysens.. They are on commercial boats with over 1000 hr's on them and no leaks.. Special glass fiber and resins..super fine weave...5 layers.

CCMS reeds are simliar to the TDR reeds that I run. He hasn't been making them for that long yet, so his prices are still low compared to the rest. The only advantage to BOYESENS are that they are fiber nd won't blow your engine when one breaks.

Ya Ferm.. when I spoke to him on the phone he was upright and said as much about the length of time he's been making them. Actually gave me a brief history of his company, etc. Good ol boy, nice to talk to. These reeds are a new material he's using, not the standard 3 or 4 layer printed circuit board stuff that Boysen is using. It's designed at it's manufacture to flex, and it's a super fine 5 layer weave, so there's a lot less fatigue. I called TDR and couldn't get through, so after almost an entire day of getting the answering maching I said f this and called CCMS. It's gonna be interesting to see how these things work. Maybe I'll have to do the job again with TDR's, or maybe we'll have a new source to reeds.. I'll keep everyone updated as time passes. His prices are certainly better.. almost half of Boysens price and more than half of TRD's. I figure it's worth the gamble. If I can get the preformance on these that you get on your TDR's I figure I'm ahead of the game. If not I can always switch them out and chalk it up to experience. :head:

You will love Chris Carson's Reeds. They are top shelf and their reeds are too.