898 or 989 Mercruiser?

[Sugar Bear]

I'm trying to remember if it was a 898 or a 989 mercruiser small block
V8 in my uncle's Peterbourough grand prix 20. Do both exist? Is it a
small block chevy or Ford? 350 or 302? Any help appreciated...How old
might this boat be???

Best Regards... ... Sugar

[STGAZER]

I had a 888 which was a 188 HP Ford 302 2 bbl.

[Roland R Painter]

I have the 898 and it's the 305 Chev V8, it's a 1978, don't know how
long they used this model.

- roland

[Joseph J. O'Toole]

I had an Mercruiser 898 (198 hp/305 cid Chevy) in a 1980 Wellcraft. Was a
good engine but I believe it was just has heavy as the 228 (228 hp/305 cid)
and 260 (260hp/350 cid) with less HP.

Sugar Bear wrote in message <35E2788B...@hotmail.com>...

[Capt. Bob]

Sugar Bear wrote:
>
> I'm trying to remember if it was a 898 or a 989 mercruiser small block
> V8 in my uncle's Peterbourough grand prix 20. Do both exist? Is it a
> small block chevy or Ford? 350 or 302? Any help appreciated...How old
> might this boat be???
>
> Best Regards... ... Sugar

My 1981 898 mercruiser is a 305 chevy 2 bbl. Hope this helps!

[Bigd...@aol.com]

I think the 898 stood for "8" cylinder and "198" HP. And was usually a 305 GM
motor. Some where around mid 1980's mercruiser went to the "alpha" drive but
still used the same engines.

In article <35E975...@ford.com>,

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David

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