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    Tarpon, anyone?

    Headed to the keys in week and half. Having a hard time deciding between chasing Tarpon, Blackfined Tuna, or doing a shark trip. I guess you'd call this a first world problem, lol. Gotta call a couple guide service today.
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    Hotrod tires

    I know see your dilemma. I would a say a low compression coyote 5.0 with a blower would be in order..... get out the Check Book, lol! - - - Updated - - - This awhta de the trick http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/mc/crate-engines/ford-coyote.shtml
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    Hotrod tires

    Can't help on the tire situation but why in the world would you wreck that car with an LS engine? Yeh, they make cheap power and they're readily available but there's plenty of ways to keep that car as it should be with a Ford powerplant and make as much power as it can handle. a 347 or 408...
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    Opti Overhaul

    I'm impressed and applaud your willingness to take on a project like this. I'm pretty mechanically inclined and have tore in to stuff my buddies shake their head at but I cann't say I'd be willing to tackle rebuilding a late model marine engine. Nice work! The best part of seeing this is I've...
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    Another New John's Giant

    Hold on here, it's said to have a 27" girth in the article. An 8" diameter hole will have a circumference of 25.13". I'm just doing the math, not sure how that works. hoping he had a 10" auger, lol!
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    Want to be first to the spot?

    The answer is absolutely yes when it comes to being faster than driving. It is with a 60+ mph boat also! Cost wise, being roughly 66 miles by water, and assuming each of those are a burning around 30 gallons per hour and assuming you can maintain 90 mph the entire route, I'd say about 44 gallons...
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    New boat

    To me these are different tools for different jobs. Trim Tabs to level uneven loaded boats and provided bow control at slow to medium speeds. Jack-plate to increase top end performance, provide engine setback, help dial in those last few hundred rpm, have adjustability for water conditions, and...
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    New boat

    Quality absolutely plays a role but don't forget about contingency money. I don't watch tournaments and count the number of a certain brand to determine which boat is the best because these guys are professional and this is how they make there money, which comes down to which boat they either...
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    New boat

    and so says guy with a Lund, the guy with a Ranger, and the one with the Skeeter, the one with the Nitro, the one with the Yar-Craft,.........................................
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    All New Mercury 4-Strokes - Just released

    Just watched the press release, looks like the 4 cyl verados and 2.5L optis are be shelved for the new platform. Looks like the 3.0 liter opti will live on another year. This kind of suprises me as it hasn’t been updated in like 8 years. Apparently the bass boats are still giving the big block...
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    All New Mercury 4-Strokes - Just released

    Didn’t see the press release or Confrence, just a brief post on walleye central in which I checked out the mercury web site. So are both the Opti and 4 cyl verado going away?
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    All New Mercury 4-Strokes - Just released

    bfishn, since you have nothing to add to this topic I can run on your level; you can keep your grey motor. I've been there done that, bought the tee shirt and paid the repair bills............never, ever again will I own one. If you'd like to reimburse my receipts I have about $6k worth and this...
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    All New Mercury 4-Strokes - Just released

    Not sure I like the exterior styling. kind of a cross between the Etec and their 150 four strokes. 3.4L is gigantic in displacement in the 200 hp class. I'll be interesting to see performance numbers in comparison to the big block Verados of the same hp...
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    Synthetic Motor Oils

    One of the guys that rides sled out west with us uses kllotz in his Turbo sleds. Apparently that's what BDX uses in there mod sleds and I know he's a firm believer in it. That's not to say he hasn't had some engine melt downs and so forth but pretty sure that has more to do with air fuel ratios...
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    Synthetic Motor Oils

    Yeh, about 50 years ago this was the case with wax/paraphin/sludge build up, but times have changed. Hate to burst your bubble but penzoil platinum to considered one of the better synthetics on the market. My go to oils are penzoil platinum in the wife’s enclave. Merc synth. DFI in the opti...
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    Six hundo

    Very few outboards have much in common with there car engine counter parts, there are a few exceptions but not many. The reason why is simply due to duty cycle. Outboards see what would be considered extreme duty in the automotive world. Mercury's durability testing use to require a 500 hour run...
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    Six hundo

    First I've seen or heard of a 6 hundo and I keep pretty close eye on stuff likes this, always intriguing how and what their doing to squeeze more out of these. Scoured the web and couldn't find a picture or anything on a 600? where this come from short? it's not April fools day yet, lol.
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    Lockers

    I feel like your other Dakota must've had something else going for it other than a rear locker that made it a better off-roader. Tires, wheel base, weight, or something else. I have a E-locker in my current truck and to be honest, I have yet, in 75k miles, to find a time where locking up the...
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    Freezing sewer vent pipes

    I might have to try a longer T. The one I made should extend below the Attic and about 2’ into the main section of the house however it is on an external wall. The only thing different than previous years, my daughter moved down to the basement so that bathroom is getting used a lot more...
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    Freezing sewer vent pipes

    My house is on a septic system and I’ve been up on the roof three days in a row! First day I just cleared the snow/ice off of it. Woke up the next morning to sewer smell. Went to menards for some copper parts. Dumped hot water in and put the copper T in. Woke up this morning to the same thing...

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