Thanks - measured up mine and got sizes off Merc and they are slightly narrower by a few cm so should fit, plus I found there are a few 260's advertised on the Internet with twin 350 Bravo's.
The package comes with steering, trim pumps etc etc so I should be right there. Also the cables to the power steer were replaced some time back with hydraulic from the steering wheel so I should be right there.
Still trying to get my head around spending some serious $ on this. It's at the age where the engines won't last much longer so best bet will be to sell them while they are still going / I can demo them while still in the boat.
I've figured that if I'm doing the engines I would do the paint job and upholstery plus some other bits and pieces which are in need of work. I'm way over capitalising on the boat but it will end up like a new boat. I've already done quite a bit to it (240v, AGM batteries, fridges, shore power, elec toilet, hot water/shower, anchor winch, bimini's/clears, etc in last few years). Structurally the shipwright who's done occasional work on it thinks it's fine. Even if I go for remanufactured engines etc it's still in a similar ballpark of spending a lot.
The other option is to sell this and use the $ plus the extra I was going to spend on new motors to buy a much newer boat but with one engine with a few hundred hrs on it. Of course the newer boats generally have more space/amenities but don't have the classic lines of the stinger
The second option is probably more viable resale-wise but really like the Stinger! Thing is I'm wondering if I'm stupid spending so much money on an older boat - if it was a classic car it wouldn't be so much of an issue since the values generally go up...
What to do???...