Difference between a scarab 300 and a 30 S-Type

502ss · 09-10-2007, 08:02 AM

Anyone know what the differences are between a 300 scarab and a 30' S-type?

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502ss

phughes69 · 09-10-2007, 09:46 AM

the early (1977-early 80's) scarab 300 had a high clear glass winshield. The S-types had a lower windshield and most of the S-Types I have seen, the windshield was tinted black. The two hulls are identical and the cockpits and identical. I am not sure what kind of power options you could get in the S-Types, but I saw a S-Type that was for sale several years ago that had Gale banks twin turbos on it.

502ss · 09-10-2007, 10:26 AM

This boat has 270HP small blocks that were recently rebuilt to 330HP. It has TRS drives, Do you know if this was standard on all scarabs or was this an s-type upgrade?

phughes69 · 09-10-2007, 12:11 PM

the 30 Ft scarab goes by a couple designations, Scarab 300, Scaran II, Scarab S-type, Scarab Panther, but they are all the same hull. Most of the 30 Ft scarabs I have seen have BBC in them. Years ago I looked at a 30 Ft scarab that had SBC,s in it. I think it would be pretty cool to yank the SBC's out and put in the new lsX block. You can get 550-600 hp out of a 400cid motor pretty cheaply and save a bunchg of weight, but I am not sure how it would affec the balance of the boat.