Use one or two of the marine 327's. Wayne ps. Forgot to remind you about page 59 from the Renix manual. On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:20:39 -0500 farna@xxxxxxx writes: > I thought the same thing. One of my "retirement projects" is to build > a fair sized (22-28 feet) Sharpie style power cruiser. AMC powered, > of course! This won't be a real fast boat, but I'd like to be able > to pull a skier. I've got a 199 that needs rebuilding, though I have > thought this might be the ideal application of a long stroke > flat-head six... maybe even the turbo model I keep fantasizing > about! Boats need lots of low end torque. > > On December 5, 2005 andrew hay wrote: > > > yow! > > > > a few years ago, i got to see inside a fairly big engine shop here > in > > haverhill. the owner had one of those ex-pt-boat packard engines > and > > wanted to build a criuser around it much like this one. i wonder > if > > it's his? > > > > btw the block for that v12 stood on end nearly as tall as i am. > the > > cylinders had individual water jackets that looked like giant > > stainless-steel juice cans. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Andrew Hay the genius nature > > internet rambler is to see what all > have seen > > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none > thought > > > ============================================================= > Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist > > > > > > > >