Unknown year v20 re rebuild with 120hp 1.7dti

[chart]

Nice to see a v20 outside the box, at one time i was looking at doing a diesel conversion on a center engine Four Winns Quest 26' it would have been sweet i think. I also thought of swapping one of my 6 cyl Mercedes diesels into a v20 that had a straight 6 Volvo duo-prop setup in it. that is the only v20 i have seen with Volvo power.

[Daniel]

Thanks, i don't forsee any problems with cavitation due to it being mounted too high, i think it is a couple inches too low actually. Hopefully i can search out a proper wheel in the next few days and give her a proper run. I hope for a 35kt top end and a 20 to 25 kt cruise at 2 to 2.2k rpm, which should keep fuel burn to a gal an hour...as advertised, so we will see how that goes. Hopefully i can post some pics of the removable steps i am redoing that will give easy access to the bow. They came from an old 23 sportsman, and were located as the steps down into the cuddy cabin. Perfect fit.

I love the old mercedes diesels, i daily an 85 300dt. I have been looking at building a small (25) single inboard with a 4 or 5 cyl Mercedes diesel. I think bowman may make marine conversions. There was a steel craft in pencacola that i barely missed, that is one i am really searching for. They are really neat looking boats.

[Daniel]

Some pics of the steps.

[bradford]

Cool Daniel, look forward to hearing your results on the trial run.

Welcome!

[randlemanboater]

Welcome to the site and nice work!

As to the year, mine has the year model as part of the hull ID number, but not sure when that started.

[Daniel]

Unfortunately, it was not routed into the stern or anywhere else during the first rebuild. I went to my local park and had a ranger inspect it and issue a new hull number. It was really easy. Here's a few more pics.