Thread: Boat engine question

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I'm pretty sure the 151's and 181's were the 100 and 140 hp models.. my dad had the 181/ 140 HP in his '73 Starcraft, used to push that rickidy aluminum boat to a top speed of 53-54 MPH, and it did it quite well... we have a fiberglass hull 23' Imperial. with the 488/ 3.7L and it does lower 40's planed out, but it's a smoother riding boat and takes the waves better

No, it wasn't the chevy engine. It had more of a rounded off valve cover and wider, almost like some kind of foreign ohc but it didn't appear to have a front cover that would have a ohc drive under it. Maybe it was some kind of weird configuration like itoldyouso says but it was a pretty conventional looking out drive.

edit/update. After a futile search to satisfy my curiosity through google and yahoo, I tried jeeves and came up with one tiny blurb on a boat forum that it is a Renault engine. Le boat?