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Get Free Mercury Gen II Shift Cables
I don’t normally throw out a lot of advertisements on our blog page but this is a pretty good deal. Mercury is currently giving away free Throttle/Shift Cables with the purchase of a 4000 or 4500 Remote Control. http://tinyurl.com/25e6tjr

How to Select a Better Propeller
Topic: Gear Ratio and Propeller Pitch Selection Guide.   Question #1: How do I select the correct gear ratio and propeller combination when upgrading my current product? Response: There is no basic answer to this question while the reality is that nothing replaces having good data to review when making selections. No matter how much estimating and calculating [...]

Used Boat Sales
The latest report released by Soundings Trade shows that used boat “Brokerage” boat sales were down a little for July 2010 as compared with July 2009. Speaking for those of us here in the Mid-West, I suspect this is due to the lack of good, high quality used boats. With the new boat sales market still [...]

Installing Closed Cooling On An Old Engine
I’ve had at least 10 people ask me about this subject again this week. I’m not sure what’s triggered the rush on this subject again this week but thought I would go ahead and provide the link to where we addressed it again for those interested. The link on the website goes into detail regarding this topic [...]

When Will The New Boat Sales Market Recover?
The latest new boat sales data seems to indicate the same thing the new housing sales market did last week; people are still not willing to spend the extra money to purchase new versus used. Everything we can see points to the fact that investing into repairs of existing boats is very worthwhile since dealers are making [...]

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Base Long block Engines Table  (Select Price Link to View Pricing)
ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION RETAIL NEW
ENGINE
REMAN'D
ENGINE
1 2.5L Inline 4 Cylinder (1962 - 1986) $2,999 N/A Price
2 **SALE: 3.0L Inline 4 Cylinder New Long Block (1991 - Current) 130 & 140 hp $2,895 Price N/A
3 3.0L Inline 4 Cylinder New Long Block - Mercruiser (1968 - 1990) Replacement $3,495 Price N/A
4 3.0L Inline 4 Cylinder New Long Block Volvo/OMC (1986 - 1990) Replacement $3,295 Price N/A
5 4.3L New Long Block (Vortec) $3,240 Price Price
6 5.0L New Long Block (Vortec) 1998 - 2002 $3,895 Price Price
7 5.0L New Long Block (Vortec) 1998 - 2002 (Reverse Rotation) $4,695 Price Price
8 5.7L New Long Block (1967-1985) 260 hp $3,295 Price Price
10 5.7L New Long Block (1986- 1995) 12 bolt Intake $3,765 Price Price
11 **SALE: 5. 7L New Long Block  (Vortec) 1996 - Current $3,695 Price Price
12 5.7L Small V8 Power Package $4,400 Price N/A
13 **SALE: 7.4L (L29) Long block (330 hp) $5,655 Price Price
14

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$6,200 Price Price
15 **JUST RELEASED**  7.4L Big V8 Carb 330HP Power Package $8,295 Price N/A
16 **JUST RELEASED**  NEW 454 MAG Carb 392 HP Power Package $7,995 Price N/A
17 **JUST RELEASED**  NEW 502 MAG Carb 415 HP Power Package $8,495 Price N/A
16 **SALE: 454 MAG New Longblock  (392 hp) $6,794 Price Price
17 454 MAG New Longblock  (425 hp) $7,995 Price  N/A
18 **SALE: 8.2L Base New Longblock  (415 hp) $7,495 Price Price
19 502/502 (ZZ502) New Longblock Engine (502HP) $8,500 Price N/A


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