Full Force

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thats why XT is great for interiors, guys come from states away to use Dave and the crew... the best around here....and the hitch thing, thats my point lol aluminum isnt steel...... it snaps!! fuk that with my boat behind me....

MILD THUNDER

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My truck might not be a 2014, but it has a Curt Class V 16k lb hitch, a solid steel drawbar, with a 25k lb forged ball. The stock chevy hitch went in the scrap bin.

315duramax

full force.. i dont have dyno sheets but i do have the mod list... and i do know i can roast my 37's at 40

block is magnafluxed
hamilton billet push rods
H 110 springs
H valves
H 181/210 can
II 120% CP3
AD 150 fuel system
flux 3.3 injectors
Fully ARP studded
BW 66mm turbo
custom intake/ horn
stainless mani
5" exhaust
fully built tranny
smarty ssr tuned
supporting mods

thats not even all of it.

I know what your saying, though with my lift, (yes you can argue about not pulling with a lifted truck) but any hitch i have found thats solid steel that had a big enough drop only rated to 7000lbs. but i agree, i would feel alot safer with a solid steel hitch..

endeavor- appreciate your input alot! all i heard was good about him so at least i have now a general sense of what could come up.

phragle- appreciate the nice words sir!

update: pulled the interior, pulled the floor, found no rot and no signs of any tank leakage or gas smell. going to put the floor back in and start working on the motors. i cant keep any heat in this shop so im waiting for warm weather for glass and paint. the steering is very stiff but seems to be loosing up. but will read up on that and keep my eye open for external steering kit. so im going to check the cables, gimbals etc and my throttles dont want to go past half throttle and harden up so i need to follow those cables as well and see what the issue is. lots of pictures on IG if anyone wants to follow on pics.

Yamaha24

How is this project coming along? Any more pics?

315duramax

shes coming. motors are out. bilge is getting painted. motors getting comp test, and leak down to check internally if shes good. then stripped and painted then back installed... drives are off and getting painted. had a ton of issues with getting 3phase into my shop so im changing the motor on my compressor to run off 220. so im finally getting my compressor hooked up so i can sand the boat down and do some of the glass work. Interior is out getting redone by At The Lake upholstry. Ralph has been great with me trying to get everything done over the phone. stood by his price for the most part as well. here is the paint im doing. Will have more accents when i start taping.



heres a set of pics until shes in the paint booth. this shop im renting isnt working very well so thats why its bare. im going to build a building next year so I'm just using it for the time being







havent found any rot other than in the cabin door, and engine hatch.

Yamaha24

Thanks for the update,
Looks like you have your hands full with this one,it will look good when done that's for sure takes a lot of work to get them there! I am in wayyyy more than I anticipated.....

315duramax

Thanks! Ya honestly I'm into it exactly where I thought. The only problem where I'm going to have issues is the dash. Way too many wires for my liking. How is it over your head? Your having someone else do everything pretty much? lol

Yamaha24

If I had to pay somebody to do all this work I would have just spent another 35,000 and bought a different boat LOL...

As far as the wires in the dash, I hear you there man that's a lot of wires...

I do all the work myself that I can,basically all labor on me, pulled out interior sent to upholstery shop, although he does want to put back in himself he wants to make sure everything lines up right as far as the side panel interior lining up with the back set ect..... Boat is sitting in my toasty warm shop and has been I am able to work on when I have slow days.

My costs overages came in when the loser I bought boat from claimed he had winterized and I was all set to go, well guess what he did not do it properly and I had two frozen fuel pumps. Those fuel pumps are not cheap!

Also I did not plan on rebuilding a 496 with 83 hours on engine because of a stuck valve. Good news is engine goes back in in two weeks.

Another thing is I am so damn anal I had pretty much every chip and scratch in the fiberglass repaired and I also updated the vents on engine hatch, and repainted the back top deck of boat,I do not know how to do fiberglass work and spent a few more $$ then I thought on that.

That's great you are able to stay exactly where you thought it seems there is always some sort of surprise when redoing a boat.

Cannot wait to see yours done!

Sick Stinger

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Been here done this on a Cafe all labor on me stripped it to bare hull repainted it and reassembled. Fresh motors drives engine hatch ect. It always goes above planned budget that is with out question. I had 540 tall decks full steering updated dash ect. It's a lot if work and money. If you have access to a machine shop some parts are non existent so that is you only option. The cabin door latch is one thing that comes to mind.

Sydwayz

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I love how young enthusiasm = expertise in this new era of keyboard commandoism.
Back in my day, one had to actually back BS up in person.

As I've advised Phil/315duramax before: (paraphrasing)
"it would be great if you came here to OSO to learn; instead of teach...
...there's a lot you could gain from this community and your past and current approach is a turn-off to those who could help you."



I wouldn't tow my lawmower with one of those aluminum drawbars.

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Do it right, or don't do it all. It's not worth the risk.

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