I have dual crusader 454's in my 36 SS.  HE are mounted on the front,
but only barely fit into the engine compartment.  I am contemplating
on locating threm off of the engines.

Those sound like crusaders.  It also sounds like the motors were
converted from raw water cooled to fresh water cooled with the
exchanges mounted on the side.  Although I have seen remotely mounted
exchangers on new engines due to engine room space.  As far as the
reverse rotation.  I recently did some research into that.  As of the
mid 1990's GM did away with reverse rotating engines and relied on the
transmission manufacturer to do the reversing.

The best easiest way to figure it out is to look at the shift levers
on the trannys.  Using the helm controls, shift both trannys into
foreward.  Now look at the shift levers.  If they are both moving the
same way, then one engine is reverse rotation.  If they move in
opposite directions the reversing is done in the tranny.

Good luck,

Victor

On Feb 2, 8:28 pm, Chris D <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, I just purchased a 1980 320 Sport Sedan. I was
> wondering if someone knew what type of engines I have. What I know...
> They used to be blue, were poorly painted black. Firing order matches
> a 350 Chevy and GM is cast into the intake The boat was bought from a
> guy that bought it and didnt know anything about it. The heat
> exchangers are on the side facing hull. The guy said they were 350s
> but he didnt know. My neighbor has a 1988 ChrisCraft Amerosport 320
> with 270 Crusaders(i.e. GM 350 chevys). His exchangers are in the
> front. I was also wondering as the boat does not run now, does the
> starboard motor actually spin backwards? Or is the transmission just
> reversed? I dont know which manual to buy for them as I am geussing
> they are crusaders or possibly OMC 260s. I cannot find a special tag
> but the boat model is 32S682. The transmissions are Velvet Drive v
> drives. Did these boats originally come with crusaders? I am new to
> uniflites and any help would be great.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"UnifliteWorld" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.

Reply via email to