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#1276440 08/15/2018 10:27 PM
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has any body swaped a inline mercruser in a truck
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The Mercruiser 230 or 250 engines should be a drop-in fit in 63-up trucks. Just use the truck type intake and exhaust manifolds instead of the water cooled one. 62 and earlier trucks would need approximately the same motor mount and bellhousing conversion required for installing a small block V8.
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shade tree #1276494 08/16/2018 2:45 AM
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I put a Chevy II 4 banger(same as Merc) in my Jeep, had to move up a class at Pismo and Glamis, same bellhousing pattern as 194, etc,. V8.


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