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| RE: How do you convert hours into miles? |
| By John - 06/15/2006 9:44:46 PM; IP 142.177.82.222 |
| Raycfe is correct......many boat engnes do not use a heat exchanger. Lake water might be tolerable....for a while, but salt water can make a block worthless in only a few seasons. Although it does cost $, I always strip down any used engine I would buy and rebuild it. The good news is that a boat engine might get you the crank and rods you want....maybe even the pistons if you wind up re-boring a 360 or 390 block to fit. Alternate blocks aren't too hard to find, and heads are even eaiser. A boat engine might be a good parts source to start with. Watch out for those reverse rotation engines though. Many have a "reverse rotation" sticker on the valve cover. To answer your original question, trying to convert hours to miles is useless. The amount of hours per year varies greatly depending on the owner, the use, and the length of good boating season. So an engine may have few hours on it, but could be 15 years old. And in a marine environment, that means corrosion. Other uses, such as industrial pumps or farm machinery, may use an hour meter, and should be safer. But wether Grandpa used one to bale hay for a few days every fall, or it was used every day all summer to pump water.....how can you really tell? Again, these engeines are great parts sources, and it's a gamble wehter they can be used in their entirety for an automobile. |
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