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My Merc guy(good friend) who built it says turn it , turn it, turn it! I always come back to him with "of course YOU are telling me to turn it, you want to build it again!" HAHA!!
He is a racer and has a shop FULL of boats that he races every Saturday. He has a sweet 2.5 race motor sitting on a stand I would love to hang on the v! He built mine 5 years ago, she turns like that every summer weekend and loves it! I wanted to put some cup in the prop, maybe grab a little more top end, but I haven't messed with it
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'78 V20 Center console "Sea Deez Nuts" 200 Merc Gloucester Pt, Va 
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05-22-2015, 12:12 PM
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1981 V200 will be a vertical reed non fingerported 2.4L
It's a decent engine . . . performance is similar to the mid 80's 175. The mid 80's vertical reed 2.4L fingerport 175 will turn about 200 - 300rpm faster than the non fingerported v200. I ran both setups on the same boat and that was my experience. You can gain power from swapping the front 1/2 to a horizontal 2.4L reed, but you'll lose some of the kickass fuel economy. I run a 1987 2.4L vertical reed 175 powerhead (on top of a 2001 200 midsection) pushing my 23 seacraft (which is a much heavier hull). Get the boat setup right (engine height . . . cavitation plate about 1.5" above the bottom of the boat . . . then play with different props). Setup right . . . you should see some improvement in fuel economy and speed from where you are now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg7cd  w1vE
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1971 222 Hiliner 1973 23 Seacraft Center Console 1973 23 Seacraft Sceptre 1971 25 Seacraft Seafari 1972 28 Cary Last edited by bigshrimpin; 05-22-2015 at 12:26 PM.
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