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Old 02-06-2007, 02:06 PM
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Soon we are going to Denmark after the boat, how do we find out if the boat is a Fiberglass/Kevlar/Carbon TG?
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Originally Posted by Luuk
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Soon we are going to Denmark after the boat, how do we find out if the boat is a Fiberglass/Kevlar/Carbon TG?
You want to look at the hull from the inside. If you can see the "fiberglass" and it is gold in colour it is kevlar. I donīt think it is a Carbon version your friend bought. I saw the old buildsheets on a few boats and spoke to a few people and many of the #3 drive boats also was Kevlar but not all it has to do with HP as well. My old 1989 with #3īs and 2x750HP was a kevlar boat. It would run 80 mph on a good day.

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It looked like the "fiberglass" was gold-colored, but I will take some pictures tomorrow and post them and hopefully some expert will comment them.

And now another problem, do anyone know how long the k-plane indicator cables are for a Top Gun -87? I tried to look at the ends of them, but i couldnt see the mark that indicated on their length?
In wich end of the cable are they marked?

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How do you know its 575's? boat looks good though! gotta love those old tie bars!
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By looking at them.
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i just ask because ive seen "575" that were nowhere near 575's but ok. get rid of the flame arestor and show me how you know its a 575... because it has big drives? because of the headers....

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Originally Posted by STRAIGHTPRIORITY
i just ask because ive seen "575" that were nowhere near 575's but ok. get rid of the flame arestor and show me how you know its a 575... because it has big drives? because of the headers....
Nope, I do trust the seller big time.
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understandable... i was just curious. dont like to see people get burned.
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The boat came to St.Tropez new, and was there to 06. 350hours since new I thougt was a utophia when I saw the ad, but after I saw it IRL i belive it.

We will rebuild the cylinderheads this year and for the season 08 we will look at the bottoms of the motors.

If the motors are OK, do you folks think that 70-73mph is possible?
Now 350 is normal for a powerboat from 1987 in Europe.
Our own boat is from 1981 with 390hrs and has closed cooling engines.
And then thereīs a 1987 Scarab 38KV MV edition that has only 128hrs quite close to both of us. In fact itīs seldom any boat has 1000hrs on the hull, come to think of it I have prolly never seen(=not paid attention to) one either
Are you running the TG already and what did the engines turn out to be, to me they look like 420īs?
Tomorrow Iīll check a Kevlar Scarab that is already in the drink.

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Originally Posted by STRAIGHTPRIORITY
i just ask because ive seen "575" that were nowhere near 575's but ok. get rid of the flame arestor and show me how you know its a 575... because it has big drives? because of the headers....
They look just like the merc 575's in the merc catalog from back then.
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