Here is a bit of interesting info about a boat engine that has a popularity with engine builders for just about anything motorsports and not just boats like cars, 4x4 crawlers, dune buggies, dragsters etc...
Here is a quick read overview
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A little explanation as to why this little beast is worth mentioning here. Its a boat engine made by Mercruiser that is a 3.7l 4 cylinder push rod engine that uses a Ford 429/460 big block cylinder head along with the same rods, and pistons and has a small block chevrolet bellhousing......its an aluminum block!!......which in my mind equals a recipe for fun times!
Here is a rabbit hole of information about the 470
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Here is a quick read overview
Homegrown Horsepower: Four-cylinder Mercruiser In A Dragster!
The newest installment of Homegrown Horsepower features this bracket-race Mercruiser inboard engine built by Chris Nichols and his father in their one-bay garage in Fort Smith, Arkansas. You gotta see this!
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A little explanation as to why this little beast is worth mentioning here. Its a boat engine made by Mercruiser that is a 3.7l 4 cylinder push rod engine that uses a Ford 429/460 big block cylinder head along with the same rods, and pistons and has a small block chevrolet bellhousing......its an aluminum block!!......which in my mind equals a recipe for fun times!
Here is a rabbit hole of information about the 470
The elusive 224/3.7 MerCruiser banger
MerCruiser 224 cid/3.7L I4 Bore: 4.36 Stroke: 3.75 Aluminum block Big block Ford head SB Chevy transmission compatible bellhousing pattern...
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