Saw these in the Summit store online

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Originally Posted by spareparts

Aussie, you're doing what i always wanted to do with my old room mates Stingray 176(had the 3.7L 165 hp), more power to you for doing it, but just don't over complicate it

What he said. Nothing against the 3.7L, and I think MERCRUISER screwed up by ditching it for the 4.3L V6. But I agree that your over complicating it many ways. Build the bottem end up, put a good head on it, call a good cam company and have them see if they can do a regrind to peak the engine for your application, and call it a day. Electric water pumps and other extravagant things on a boat are just head aches waiting to happen. Build the engine up, but keep it simple.