Since you are Rene, just out of curiosity, who is Hudson?

Well installed the DUI and new QuickFuel Carburator and the engine just sounds fantastic. The only issue I had was that the cooling hose from the thermostat housing was too close to the new DUI distributor as the hose had swollen at the ends over time and it was also wire enforced therefore I couldn't get the proper timing. So as a solution I installed a high temp hi pressure silicon hose.

Can't believe the difference when starting and all. Thank you for all of your input which made the install easy.

Thanks,

Hudson

JQ

Received Fuel line

DUI from SKIDIM should arrive mid July

QuickFuel Carburator B.O. until August 4th

So waiting on parts , not anyone's fault just need to wait.

 

Or, if your mechanic is comfortable with a gear swap and getting the gear placement correct for the Ford distributor you could order a 351W cast iron gear and he could install it. 

Or reuse your present gear which should be the right shaft size and material, but it'll probably need to have the hole for the pin redrilled to fit correctly at the right height.

But............if the gear is not at the right height, you could turn your camshaft and distributor gear into junk with a lot of metal shavings in the oil of your engine

The best solution is finding one with a normal rotation gear already on it, for warranty purposes if you were to have an issue with the new distributor.

And it's quite a bit cheaper to buy one with the normal rotation gear on it 

If you decide to go the new gear route, do plenty of research about proper installation, it's easy to screw things up.

They for some strange reason only list a reverse rotation DUI distributor for a 351w on their website

Well I decided to go for it and will order the parts needed. This will of course take some time. I will most probably need support from the nice people on this forum and I'm sure when everything is done I will be very happy with my Nautique.

Keep you posted as time moves on.

"MSD

Thank you all for your insight and knowledge. So I brought my Nautique to my dealer (has done my servicing for the last 17 years) and to be frank , the dealer is not too keen to diagnose the old 92. Basically gave me the speech, "Well you know it's an old boat and could be this, could be that ......" So I have decided to do it myself with a very good friend of mine who has a lot of knowledge who is a retired Auto Mechanic who worked on Camaro's with Holley Carbs etc.

So I want to make sure I order the right parts and if someone could just respond if what I am purchasing would work.

I would puchase the Quick Fuel M-Series 600CFM Marine Carburator -4160

I also am going to get rid of the Pro-Tec and purchase the DUI Marine Distributor Red for Ford 351 Windsor 

William:  Interesting question.  Here is my "take" on the situation...

QuickFuel Technologies (QFT) was started by ex-Holley engineer, Marvin Benoit, who wanted to build a better carburetor.  It is my understanding that Marvin went to Holley management about upgrading certain Holley products with the many useful upgrades now found on the QFT line.  It appears that Holley management said "NO", so Marvin left Holley in 1997 and started QFT.  The QFT designs are based on tried-and-true Holley models but with some nice improvements, enhancements and innovations.  Because QFT didn't have the same corporate structure as Holley, they were able to offer a better product at equal-to or better-than pricing.  Holley eventually realized their mistake and High Performance Industries (Holley) purchased QFT in 2012.

Now that Holley owns the QFT brand it would make for some awkward questions and answers for customers who have purchased either brand to see Holley start moving prices around.  I believe that, eventually, QFT prices will start to climb and eventually equal or exceed the Holley equivalent.  That's just my 2 cents...

JQ