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Originally Posted by spareparts

thanks for the clarification on the year models Ferm, I was wondering which models it would interchange with

ALso keep in mind that 92-93 could be either or in some cases as OMC was just sort of throwing em together in those years with whatever came down the line. Sort of like finger port blocks with non finger port sleeves so you had icle reliefs, no finger ports, and small exhaust ports. Over on screamand fly it is ridiculous some of teh stuff they have found from 92-93 in production engines. IMHO 88-91(88-89 being the supreme ones) was the BEST of the 200/225 engines to be built for most any manufacturer. Not horrible on fuel, idled decent, and were RELIABLE like no other. The 86-87's were best on fuel, but the small bore aggressive ports caused many to burn up if teh airbox bolts came loose or ANY piece of trash went in the carbs. And the 93+ engines are as reliable as any, but the closed deck finger port blocks sufferred from corrosion at teh head gasket surface and the smaler exhaust ports choked em down up top even with the finger ports.