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Originally Posted by chasinthesun
That same generation of motor was put in the river boats in Vietnam ,twin motors ran those Aluminium bodied boats during the war.An american boat builder ,Hatteras I believe ,got the contract after another builder couldnt make the commitment on the performance end .This version was 380 hp tuned performance x2 .
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I had a 4-53 in a shrimp boat. You'd be lucky to see 120hp out of one on a good day. What a dismal POS engine..smoke, scream, and fog. But, you could fix it with a hammer and some wire.
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