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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147373

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Looking for a complete Volvo Penta Aquamatic 270 outdrive and intermediate unit. Anybody have one collecting dust?

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147384

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Cancel rerquest. Found one.

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147388

Any chance you could share a picture of the Volvo Penta 270 outdrive?

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147389

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147392

Thanks for the photo.
What is propelling the drive?

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147393

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Volvo Penta AQ 170

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147396

WOW...that is sweet!! Is the raw water pump driven off the cam shaft??

The air cleaner is massive......what is the induction system? Tripple carb?

Will it use any of the trick exhaust systems you mentioned previously?

Fantastic restoration!

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147397

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Yes, the raw water pump is camshaft driven. An AQ170 has three carburetors which I had to rebuild. The air cleaner/flame arrestor covers all three. The entire engine is bone stock except for the color. Volvo Penta engines are red. My client wanted blue...so blue!





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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147399

Thanks for the pics.

The triple carb setup looks the performance part. The rail that holds it all together looks robust.

What did you use to finish the carburetors, pulleys, air cleaners/spark arrestor, valve cover? Perhaps cerakote?

Looks great! I continue to be amazed by your attention to detail.

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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147401

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The devil is in the details. Ugly engines are an abomination!

The carburetors were disassembled completely and bead-blasted before installing rebuild kits. Each part was then fine wire-wheeled with a Dremel tool. The intake log was painted with Eastwood high temperature silver. The other silver parts, including the oil pan, were bead-blasted, primed and painted with dull aluminum. The Nicson exhaust logs were just bead-blasted and wire-wheeled. The block was painted Chris Craft post-war blue.

Here's another engine I finished recently: GM 350, same everything.

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"Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley
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WANTED: Volvo Penta 270 outdrive 1 year 4 months ago #147406

Surpised that is paint. Looks very nice!

Love the Nicson exhaust manifolds!

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