[polarbill1999]

Hi, my father is looking at a 2000 3500 with what is listed as 350hp Crusader 7.4L.  It looks like they say MPI.  

• I couldn't find any information online about 2000ish Crusader 7.4L MPIs at 350hp.  
  
  
• Are these common motors in Tiara? 
  
  
• Overall thoughts/reliability of these motors?
  
  
• Does anybody have an idea of how to find info on these 350hp MPIs?  Best I could tell is that most 7.4L were 320hp but couldn't find much of anything on 350hp or more out of the 454.
  
  
• It sounds like 8.1s or diesels (they came from 3208 375hp cats) are more desirable for the 3500 but does anybody have direct experience with a 3500 with these (looking at some others online it kind of seems like this was a standard motor).  My father doesn't care about cruising at 20+ knots really and actually prefers something more like 12-14.  
  
  
• Can Tiara 3500s with gassers cruise even somewhat efficiently if not on full plane?
  

Here is a pic of the motors on the boat in question.