Project "Wasted Income"

[82Diplomat]

"I have to say a nice convincor IS in the future for me very soon. I don't want one that needs any type of work.....just fill the tank and go!!"

My dream exactly - fill the tank and go! My family had a BRAND NEW Diplomat that was our second BRAND NEW boat and we boated for 20 years and only had 1 dead battery....all the rest of the time was filled with full tanks of gas and great memories...boating at it's best.

Just be sure this Convincor is really turn key...huh?

 

[yellowfiero88]

Got the motor back in and started fiberglass work on the engine hatch this weekend. Still need to get a new alt sent to me as the boat has been out of sight, out of mind. I will be up at the shootout this weekend but aint going to be running it. Just going up to hang with friends!

 

[corey331]

Just read this entire thread and am VERY impressed!!! Gives me hope for makijng my new toy look good again. I will be at the shootout this weekend with mine. If you are ok with it, I would like to pick your brain on what to do with the finish on it?

 

[yellowfiero88]

If you are ok with it, I would like to pick your brain on what to do with the finish on it?

Always willing to share my knowledge with anyone that ask. Will see you there

 

[yellowfiero88]

Got the underside of the hatch done today. Tomorrow I am hoping to get the topside fiberglass done and get it in primer for the ceasers creek weekend. I only got a couple pics before it started raining.



I did make sure to grind the "v" off the hatch in the center. I have no ideal what the were thinking when they put it in there as it does not follow any body line, its just there! As you can see in this pic.

 

[ross]

yikes! i wana see the finished job!

 

[yellowfiero88]

yikes! i wana see the finished job!

NO!

 

[yellowfiero88]

This is where I got the design from but needed something a little more aerodynamic !! After 100 hours of wind tunnel testing I came up with my design!! I figure I will pick up 2.34 mph with this setup as well!

That is a cool boat Sally, it kind of makes up for your pink sea-doo!!

My setup looks a lot higher than it is for some reason in the pics. It only has about 1/2" clearance from the headers and 3/4" clearance from the air cleaner. This translates into about 1" taller that what was there. I will see how it looks when its all primered up but so far I like it better than the motor and headers exposed like they were!

BTW, you guys with your tall freeboard boats suck I wish I had the room to mount the motor and have a level sun pad atop it!

 

[JT Patroni]

[BTW, you guys with your tall freeboard boats suck I wish I had the room to mount the motor and have a level sun pad atop it![/QUOTE]






Just think of all the fuel you are saving , not to mention the added weight you have to tow around.

 

[ndaniels]

I think its coming along pretty good.

Should look nice when you get it all done.. much better than it was with everything sticking out.

Mine is humped up around 4 inches to clear the BB. Yeah, tall freeboard is nice for somthings- motor clearance and rough water, but I love the low pro look... espically when its got some muscle shoehorned into it.

Keep up the good work.. lookin foreward to this weekend!

You are gonna have it done in time, right???

 

[merc245]

Looks Good, Brian

 

[yellowfiero88]

lookin foreward to this weekend!

You are gonna have it done in time, right???

If not then I don't need a hatch to drink and have a hudyfull day

 

[Gimme Fuel]

It is looking great Brian! Can't wait to see it done either. That is one sweet Enchanter.

BTW, you guys with your tall freeboard boats suck I wish I had the room to mount the motor and have a level sun pad atop it!

Yea....It is rough having a tall sided boat....those drop bolster seats are really uncomfortable and driving while standing really sucks. Being able to run at WOT over 3-4 footers is also a major disadvantage and when I open my engine compartment to see that 540 MPI BBC swimming around in there, I feel it needs a Whipple on top just to help take up some room.

But for now I will settle for just having what's in there to be running! (I figured I would beat you to the comeback....haha)

 

[yellowfiero88]

Yea....It is rough having a tall sided boat....those drop bolster seats are really uncomfortable and driving while standing really sucks. Being able to run at WOT over 3-4 footers is also a major disadvantage and when I open my engine compartment to see that 540 MPI BBC swimming around in there, I feel it needs a Whipple on top just to help take up some room.

I can see that can be helpful when you got a tow rope hooked to the bow hook On the other hand when your ridding up there while being towed back in, its less of a fall to the water with a low freeboard

But for now I will settle for just having what's in there to be running! (I figured I would beat you to the comeback....haha)

Come on Ron, your trying to take the fun out of it!!!

 

[Gimme Fuel]

I can see that can be helpful when you got a tow rope hooked to the bow hook On the other hand when your ridding up there while being towed back in, its less of a fall to the water with a low freeboard

HAHA....good point! Less of a distance to fall when you have had too many beers too.....

Come on Ron, your trying to take the fun out of it!!!

I would never do that! I invest in Mutual Funs........

 

[Jetmate]

Looks and sounds great, Brian. Can't wait to see it all done. Are you going to cut any openings in the front of the new section of hatch, as in Air Scoop? Might help expel any fumes as well as help that beast of an engine breath. It sounds way more rad than mine.


396 BBC a Sweet Sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP3GfEO14HM

 

[CheckmateFever]

That engine hatch is gonna look sick man, i'm lookin' foward to seein' it finished!! Can't say it enough, you got the most bad a$$ Enchanter i've ever seen!

 

[yellowfiero88]

So I went out with ndaniels on 10/29/10. As were are running up river, I felt a little boggle out of her so I stopped and left her idle. As I opened the hatch all I saw was oil spraying all over everything. I jumped up and shut her down. Nick and I went back and looked over the engine and could not see much other than we knew it was coming from the back of the engine. We grabbed the oar and started rowing. But what any self respecting couple of men would do, it was away from the ramp. You see on the KY side of the river was a bar! We went over and grabbed a few beers and a 6 pack to go before facing the rowing back to the OH side! We got about 2/3 way there and a couple in a old restored boat stopped and threw us a line. They got us to the public landing where we tied up and waited for a ride to the truck and trailer. 20 minutes later, she was back on the trailer and heading home!

3 washes simple green, purple power and dawn later she was clean. After careful inspection, I found the 1/8"NPT pipe that the oil pressure sender hooks to sheared off and that was the source of the oil. $.95 later she was fixed and $30 worth of oil she was running. I am so glad she had a little boggle in her and I stopped before it ran out of oil!

This makes the second time Nick was less than 30' from the boat when it broke down so he is no longer allowed to even look at it!!!

Well took it out Tuesday for the last time. I switched props from a 26p bravo 4 blade to the 26p turbo 3 blade. I went from turning 5k with good handling to 6k with amazing handling!!! The acceleration is awesome! 4k to 6k, boat rocks to port about 4* then back straight as it pops onto its pad and slams you back into the seat. She pulls hard all the way to 6K with no hesitations. Speed on speedo was 75-76 before blowout happened causing me to slow down. The speedo is almost dead on what GPS is from past measurements. I would say with a nose cone, it has the ability to run into the upper 70's now. I would like to install the nose cone, run it and see what it does then rework the 26p turbo to a 27p. However the boat gets winterized sunday so I just don't see this happening. Go figure, I get the bugs worked out and its the end of the season!!!

The best part is where I was boating at it Aurora, IN where my neighbor owns Tradewinds marina. When I got it loaded and back up to the service area, Him and his 2 mechanics were there. They all were talking about how bad ass this thing sounds. You can not see the river from the shop, there is a creek that connects the harbor to the river and there is a thick woods area, train tracks, and walking path that blocks it! The one thought it was a modded BBC in there! When he asked, it was "how you running an alpha with that BBC?" I had to pop the hatch and show off the old 305 Somehow he knew it wasn't a 305

 

[mkhammer]

Aluminum heads,custom cam grind, distributor and Lighting headers from Mkhammer.
Thought I would throw a plug in there Brian.

 

[lcboater]

So I went out with ndaniels on 10/29/10. As were are running up river, I felt a little boggle out of her so I stopped and left her idle. As I opened the hatch all I saw was oil spraying all over everything. I jumped up and shut her down. Nick and I went back and looked over the engine and could not see much other than we knew it was coming from the back of the engine. We grabbed the oar and started rowing. But what any self respecting couple of men would do, it was away from the ramp. You see on the KY side of the river was a bar! We went over and grabbed a few beers and a 6 pack to go before facing the rowing back to the OH side! We got about 2/3 way there and a couple in a old restored boat stopped and threw us a line. They got us to the public landing where we tied up and waited for a ride to the truck and trailer. 20 minutes later, she was back on the trailer and heading home!

3 washes simple green, purple power and dawn later she was clean. After careful inspection, I found the 1/8"NPT pipe that the oil pressure sender hooks to sheared off and that was the source of the oil. $.95 later she was fixed and $30 worth of oil she was running. I am so glad she had a little boggle in her and I stopped before it ran out of oil!

This makes the second time Nick was less than 30' from the boat when it broke down so he is no longer allowed to even look at it!!!

Well took it out Tuesday for the last time. I switched props from a 26p bravo 4 blade to the 26p turbo 3 blade. I went from turning 5k with good handling to 6k with amazing handling!!! The acceleration is awesome! 4k to 6k, boat rocks to port about 4* then back straight as it pops onto its pad and slams you back into the seat. She pulls hard all the way to 6K with no hesitations. Speed on speedo was 75-76 before blowout happened causing me to slow down. The speedo is almost dead on what GPS is from past measurements. I would say with a nose cone, it has the ability to run into the upper 70's now. I would like to install the nose cone, run it and see what it does then rework the 26p turbo to a 27p. However the boat gets winterized sunday so I just don't see this happening. Go figure, I get the bugs worked out and its the end of the season!!!

The best part is where I was boating at it Aurora, IN where my neighbor owns Tradewinds marina. When I got it loaded and back up to the service area, Him and his 2 mechanics were there. They all were talking about how bad ass this thing sounds. You can not see the river from the shop, there is a creek that connects the harbor to the river and there is a thick woods area, train tracks, and walking path that blocks it! The one thought it was a modded BBC in there! When he asked, it was "how you running an alpha with that BBC?" I had to pop the hatch and show off the old 305 Somehow he knew it wasn't a 305

Amazing how that thing runs when Sally ain't around! I don't know if i would let him back in your boat.