Reed
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you can see to the left the 2 cables for the steering-- I got a used steering setup out of a bass boat since they run down the same side~winks~
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This is my competition , my buddy Jeremy workin on his boat ( yes the jet drive was replaced and outdrive added ( 450hp 355, with a 26 pitch 5-blade stainless prop ) ( he's building a 800 hp blower motor for this boat ~sheeze and they say I'm Nutz~
Gus I just had a News Flash my buddy Jeremy's dad had a Trimate II with a In-line 6 cyl Merc 150 with a 24 pitch chopper and he had it mounted to the transom and it would ride the bullet with the whole boat out of the water and the best he did on the factory speedo was 70mph, maybe the 70 / wall is in the hull design ??
Well everyone I have my beast running and tuned up.. I will be putting it on the water tomorrow. ( I'm trying a 26 pitch Cleaver and god does this power head have compression)
It doesn't want to idle under 1200 rpm lol. I'm gonna try to get some good pictures tomorrow god willing it's a good day. ( hey Shane where you gonna be?? )
the tach is reading right, it was fouling cause I had double oil in it that is the only reason I had idle set high set it down a little later in the day it should be good the next time I'll set it down more, I have enough compression that the new 675 cold cranking amp battery barley kept up. ( you could feal the slippage, the prop is a brand new cleaver that is a 26 pitch I think I need a 28 )
If your running that much compression i hope your running better than premium. Your 26 should still be pulling better numbers that what your getting even with a bad setup.
Good to see you got her wet. The cleaver is not a good prop on the back of that boat. I tried a bunch on mine, never could get it to work. Way to much slip.
Good to see you got her wet. The cleaver is not a good prop on the back of that boat. I tried a bunch on mine, never could get it to work. Way to much slip.
Guss do you do vinyl lettering?? I want to do a checkmate decal like on the side of mine except the silver and black it would be Yellow with a black and red out line ( what do you think ?? ) there is a local shop that I can get them to do it but I figured I'd ask you first.
(( I would like to find a spindle mount 4 blade , to try )) 27 28 pitch![]()