Ignoramus32337 fired this volley in
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Plus a lot of power for weight and generally reliable if not
pushed too hard.

There's nothing you can do to hurt them except not keep them full of
clean oil and filters, and never, ever, ever over-tach them. Other than
that, they're bullet-proof. You _cannot_ 'overtorque' them unless you
LUG them -- so long as they maintain their set speed, they are working in
their 'reliable' realm.


I think that at this point in time, the market for them is entirely
driven by nostalgia, not by money making or convenience
considerations. Whoever specifies one for their boat do it for
nostalgic reasons.

Custom coach builders are still using them as if new engines! There's no
'nostalgia factor' in picking a solid, bullet-proof motor that will go
300K-500K miles!

Lloyd