Replaced the Pro-Tec system

horkn wrote: I don't know.

now you know.

Nice comparison KENO. The marine throttle shaft also looks like it could be made of a different material, however it could just be newer and cleaner. I don't recall if it is a different material or not, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is. The splines are definitely marine specific.

backfoot100 wrote: horkn wrote: For the carburetor, the marine version is really only differentiated by the tubes, which can be bought at DIM for 8 bucks. Why Holley charges over a hundred dollars more for a marinized carb compared to the same street carb, I don't know. Price gouging I guess is the only answer. WRONG!!!!! The throttle plate shafts are splined and sealed to prevent fuel leakage through them and out of the body of the carb. Auto versions don't have this feature. You really think that changing a vent tube automatically makes a carb a marine version?

Bringin' the RAAAARRRR, huh? Simmer down skippy.

Good thing my throttle plate is from the marine carb then.

In my case, yes, that was enough to make it marinized.

LOL


It STILL is price gouging. I looked last night in Summit's catalog, and the marine 4160 in the same cfm range was 200 dollars more than the automotive one.


Thanks for the comparison shot KENO, posting a pic does a lot more than shouting out that someone is wrong. That really does make sense.

Now I wonder why the marinized versions of the edelbrock carbs are not much more than the auto ones. Maybe Edlebrock isn't into gouging as bad? I actually understand Holley carbs though, unlike edelbrock carbs.

horkn wrote: It STILL is price gouging. I looked last night in Summit's catalog, and the marine 4160 in the same cfm range was 200 dollars more than the automotive one. Now I wonder why the marinized versions of the edelbrock carbs are not much more than the auto ones. Maybe Edlebrock isn't into gouging as bad? I actually understand Holley carbs though, unlike edelbrock carbs.

Could be because they probably build and sell a ratio of 100:1 auto versus marine carbs. Maybe you're right and they're gouging but the choice is yours to buy either brand so why complain about something you can't change?

And just my opinion but I think your signature bash on Correct Craft is in poor taste. If the newbie with the picture of the hot babe had to change his then yours should surely go too.

horkn wrote: 81nautique wrote: And just my opinion but I think your signature bash on Correct Craft is in poor taste. If anything you drew attention to it so that I realized I had a fat finger typo. It is fixed now.

I'm not gonna argue with you but when I read your signature I read "No Class". You could change that in a second but that's up to you. Goodbye.

lewy2001 wrote: Hey 81 Congrats on your boat being selected as the feature boat. Very nice job. Especially like the silver screen surround is it just polished aluminium or anodised.

Thanks Lewy2001, That was a nice surprise, The windshield frame is polished aluminum.