glboatdriver

pgolder,

I thought I recognized that break-wall at TC. Hopefully next year will yield many good boat weekends between there and Elk Rapids. This year was a boating wash-out. Between selling our 236 Baja and buying the Formula 330SS we ended up getting very few hours on the water.

Your boat looks great. Especially for a 1986. It's great to see how well a good boat holds up with some TLC

Cheers

EMSDiver

glboatdriver do you have some pics of your boat and the storage area you are talking about? Also is your engines stock in your 330SS? Do you trailer your boat at all?

pgolder great looking boat. Did you originally have 454s that you stroked out to 496s?

pgolder

Yes they were the 420hp 454s.

glboatdriver

Hi EMSDiver

Here's ours tied up to the same break-wall that 'Tramp' was tied up to...




...and one of the stern with Kai peering out at me...




...and the whole enchilada; boat, trailer and borrowed truck to tow it all with...




I don't have any pics of the scuba storage but in the 2002 SunSport brochure, there is a smallish photo at the top of page 6. You can download the brochure from the Formula Boats website.

Engines are stock 496 Mags, not the HOs, either.

We have trailered it, using the borrowed F-350 diesel in the picture, single rear axle. No problems at all.

Pawdog75

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/boa/3196317587.html

EMSDiver

I tried to find that brochure on Formula website and could not find it. I will google it and see what comes up.

I was wondering if the 496s have a lot of performance mods available for them?

glboatdriver

The brochures are buried in the Vintage Formula section of the Owner's Resources link, right here... http://www.formulaboats.com/vintage-brochures

As far as mods for the 496s I'll have to let others pipe up on that topic, I'm good with stock right now. Anyway, 60-65 is about where I think this hull should top out. If I wanted/needed mrore apeed I think I would go for a straight Fastech.

EMSDiver

Thank you for the link to the brochures link.

I was wondering incase I find a boat and need to rebuild the motors. 60-65 mph in a 330 or a 350 is fast enough for me as well. Now I just need to take care of some bills and save a lot of money and start looking. If you dont mind I will pick your brain more. Also are you on the Formula forums as well?

EMSDiver

Also looking at the 400 SS as well since most of my boating will be on the ST Lawrence River and lake Ontario and the inter coastal ways in North Carolina.

EMSDiver

After talking to the wife she really likes the 330 over the 370. So I think that is what we are going to go with.

The biggest things I would like to know is how well does the 330 handle 2-4 foot chop and is there any years I need to stay away from and anything else you guys can tell me about the 330?

Also I was researching more on the 330SS and found that 1997-1999 they has a two lever throttle controls and from 2000-2007 it was a two lever for the transmission and 2 levers for the throttle. Is there any real advantages and disadvantages between the two types?