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Old 02-09-2011, 01:14 PM
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Stick with the SB and look for a good block and buy a 383 stroker kit and then get a set of aluminum heads (if your not running in salt water). Talk with Bob Madera about the cam and get a Performer intake. You should easily be able to get 380hp out of it and save a bunch of weight by not putting the BB in. Also if you switch drives, the bravo is about 2" lower in the water which will add more drag.
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Or you can bolt on a super charger and a good exhaust system and go play!
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:29 PM
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running in fresh water only...kind of a newbe but you can use a 350 truck block right? what is the difference between marine 350 and a truck 350? never relay knew if there was a difference or not? what marine parts do you have to use or can you use all truck parts?
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Old 02-10-2011, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by tdpb2008
running in fresh water only...kind of a newbe but you can use a 350 truck block right? what is the difference between marine 350 and a truck 350? never relay knew if there was a difference or not? what marine parts do you have to use or can you use all truck parts?
2 bolt vs 4 bolt mains...i believe the 260 has the 2 bolt...Al
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Old 02-18-2011, 01:22 PM
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Man , my first checkmate was an 88 enforcer but mine was the 330hp 454 and bravo1 , ran real good but was still just a 65 mile per hour boat , and you have to throttle past the chine walk to get that , i agree with building the small block you got , a few more ponies and loose some pounds and you'll see 70 alot cheaper then a BBC / bravo

as for the 2 bolt vs 4 bolt , if your not adding boost (blower or turbo) and your not spinning past 5k rpms i think 2 bolt main caps are fine

as for the alpha drive , SEI sells complete drives for 1400 bucks with a 3 year no fault warrenty , that means as long as you dont modify the drive they will replace it no matter whats in front of it

just my .02 , hope this helps
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Old 02-27-2011, 09:41 AM
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what kind of supercharger would you guys go with on a sbc? and what exhaust is recomended?
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Originally Posted by tdpb2008
i have a 1985 checkmate enforcer 24' it curently has a 350 with an alpha one and it runs about 60mph now id like to get it up around 70. so i was wondering if droping in a BBC would be the answer?
and if i did drop in a BBC i would think id have to swap out the alpha with a bravo one

any input would be a great help
thanks in advance
First off, is that 60 mph on a gps or 60mph on your speedo? Secondly the rest of these guys are right, build the small block. Had a buddy that went thru the hassle of switching from an alpha to a bravo and putting in a big block. He spent a solid week switching crap over and only gained 4mph. I'm currently building a small block for my boat and if you give me another week I will post some before and after results on how it runs. If you want pm and I can give you all the info I have on how mine should run.
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60 on gps in the chop
yeah before and after results would be great
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