Want To Buy: Perkins 4-108

[sww914]

I bought the engine from Rob (Beetle). Pretty typical of my dealings with people that I've met through internet forums.
Rob is a great guy, dead honest, and the engine was just a bit better than he described. It was a pleasure to meet him and I hope he's as happy as I am.
THANKS ROB!

[sww914]

Originally Posted by DeepFrz

If you care to search around the forum you will find that a 4-108 is probably never going to produce 50 hp, unless you want to run it at 4000 rpm. Why not a replacement motor, like Betamarine.

I guess that would be the $11,200 dollar difference in price.

If I had the money for that I probably would have had the money for a boat that didn't need an engine right away.

[thesparrow]

Hi Sww,

Sounds like a happy ending. If something changes I have a low hour Nineteen Ninety Five Volvo MD22 that runs and looks great. It is a 59 hp motor on a Perkins base engine and is a drop in replacement for the 4-one08...On the hard since 2004 and removed from a cold molded Alden design with structural failure. Located in the Bay area of California...complete with tranny...PM me if anything changes for you...

[beetle]

Originally Posted by sww914

I bought the engine from Rob (Beetle). Pretty typical of my dealings with people that I've met through internet forums.
Rob is a great guy, dead honest, and the engine was just a bit better than he described. It was a pleasure to meet him and I hope he's as happy as I am.
THANKS ROB!

Hi SWW -

that's super the motor works for you and the boat - glad to hear it! I hope it provides good service for you into your cruising plans. And yes, I'm happy to see the motor go to a good home, and glad to have it out of the small shop.

I'm putting the final touches on the wiring that runs through the engine box (AC power, DC power, lighting) and that will wrap up my repower. Life is pretty good all round.

Keep me posted on your travels!

- rob/beetle

[DeepFrz]

I guess that would be the $11,200 dollar difference in price.

If I had the money for that I probably would have had the money for a boat that didn't need an engine right away.

Ah yes, there are always trade offs. Money vs. HP. is one of them.

[billwa]

Volvo MD-22, when you say "drop in replacement", how close a match are you talking?

Is it just a similar size, or are all the bolt patterns on the flywheel the same, same mounting footprint, with exhaust on the same side?