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my boat has a 4.3 v6 mercruiser engine im having to take out this engine and either repair it ,or replace it.

could i ,if replacing the engine fit a smaller mercruiser in it would i have to change the engine mounts etc and the stern drive any advice would be cool cheers

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I also have a 2355 but we have a 5.7L V-8 with "VORTEC heads" ( '98 & newer engines). Imo, you should be looking bigger not smaller. You've got to have the horses to get up on plane.

DonM

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"gazman4545" post=807720 wrote:
my boat has a 4.3 v6 mercruiser engine im having to take out this engine and either repair it ,or replace it.

could i ,if replacing the engine fit a smaller mercruiser in it would i have to change the engine mounts etc and the stern drive any advice would be cool cheers

You are already borderline too-small with the 4.3. I would go the other way and put a 5.7 in it.

Anything else but a 4.3 also means re-gearing the outdrive.