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Barnacle Bill Joseph 1989 23 Gulf Stream 2014 300 E-TEC Gen 1 soon to be 300 Gen 2 E-TEC in spring of 2015

Here are the engines serial #'s. 05219825 05223885

Someone last night made a visit to our local Hydra Sport Dealer down the down from us and removed a pair of new 200hp ETEC's. These are the standard 200's and not the HO's. They are 25" shafts and one is counter rotation.. If you see or hear anything about a 200 ETEC that sounds to good to be...

REBEL props in my eyes are only good on the 3.3 liter ETEC's. I have also found you can raise the engine higher with the REBEL and still hold water in a rough sea. The REBEL loves the mid range RPM's and is where it performs the best. Your rig should perform the best with the REBEL wheels. As...

Which ever prop gives you 5500 rpm. Im guesing the 17"

I would go with the HPDI as I am not a 4 stroke fan at all.

I will start by saying that we would never overpower a boat during a repower. That is a big no, no for a repower center. Infact anyone that service for the overpowered boat becomes at fault if anything happens. That said you may have a problem getting service. As stated above you may want to...

Good luck with your repower. Im sure you will be happy with your choice. While Johnson only went up to 140hp they were the same as suzuki and they should provide the same great service that we see from them.

You will find like stated above all the outboards OEM's going to a system like DTS. It is cheaper for them to produce these systems then the cable versions. I have run a few boats with the DTS and I love it. Like stated above there is no real neutral detent. But boy it is smooth. I have not...

No way does black look better then white on a Grady. How can you beat this look.

Many problem's with repowers is in the installation of them. No matter what brand you choose make sure your dealer knows what he is doing. Its sad to say but in the marine industry outboard OEM's will sign up anyone that will sign on the bottom line. Sales always wins over service. With that...

Updates this winter were the following. Flush mount electronics, change thru hull fittings, relocated batterys from the stern courners to the area behind the rear fuel tank, installed new wash down hose from thru hull to pump, removed the old gauges and installed the ICommand System, and gave...

Don does all our top work. Always puts out a very nice product.

Nice ride. I like he clean look of the dash with the flush mount electronics.

Brett, glad to hear you made it down ok. This boat was ran from NJ to Maryland on a Sat. that had a hard blow and snow. Pics look good. Good luck with her I know she will treat you well.