I was also working on the drives and the same time.
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They dont come shiny
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Ready for trim rings

check with gardner-westcott, they have all sizes in polished stainless and chrome. https://www.gardner-westcott.com/

Moving on to the trim rings. I picked them up from stainless marine. Wasn't easy to find the size I needed with the 40°angled hole. They dug deep on the shelves to find them.. I was told they weren't making them anymore. One of the ones received wasn't quite right but they ended up finding the correct one and it was a match. Lucky for me because it was their last. The tricky part for me was to wrap the very end around the transom. This took quite a bit of time and patience. Thanks to board member icdedple for the advice on the heat resistant Silicone
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Super flexable amd very snug

I also decided to remove the grab handles and put flappers over the holes. I will end up opening the vent holes more in the future..
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Fantastic fabrication work! Very nice.

Great idea, never seen it before.

Very clean looking.

I moved on to some cosmetics with some function......
I'll post up some pics of the marine decking I used. I'm not big on a lot of graphics but the boat was seriously plain jane. Also the walk around is narrow and I'm sure it is only a mater of time before I take a swim. I decided to put down some light gray matting and help jazz it up some with a more up to date look. I had an idea to break up the deck from the hull sides with a broken line like you would see from a graphic on an old Mopar.

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With a little wax it gets sketchy
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very nice

Is that Lanier or one of the smaller lakes? What is the boat's beam? I know most Activators are pretty narrow but this one appears to have a decent width. What a sweet ride!

End of last yr on Lanier. The beam is 8 + can't recall the exact. I only put it on plane 4 times before I had to winterize. Each time out was test and tune and what not. Prepping now to get it back out and address the findings. Oil temp. water pressure and fuel pressure issues. The next few trips out should be good. I'm looking for spacers for my lowers as well. Have yet to really run it.

Looks awesome

Does this boat have a pad? What does the bottom look like?

2 steps no pad 24 deg

this was one of the cooler threads to read through and watch progress. I dont know much about activators, but this looks like it would be a hell of a good time on a poker run.

Does that seadek or whatever it is have a peal and stick backing ?

Thanks WakeBum. I am hoping so myself

Yes it does. Better have it all figured out because it is one and done when you stick it. Preclean with acetone. It was like calculating a lunar landing before I applied it.

Tomcei,

I would think it works just like applying vinyls....? Tape it in place, then peel the backing out from under it one half at a time...? Yes/No? Genuine question. We are considering applying SeaDek to our floor, and don't want to farq it up.

Awesome build, BTW. I, too, have a thing for the minimalist look, and the greys have become one of my favorite colors.

How much HP? If you stated, I missed it. Are they really 11.2" deck blocks? I didn't even realize that was a thing.

Thanks. Brad

Thanks Brad, You are correct and that is how i approached it, but the material is fairly ridged so there is no chance of manipulating it like graphics. Once you clean off the surface with Acetone it is seriously sticky. If you have a piece 4 or 5 feet long,,, being off slightly will reveal itself once you are committed. This is especially important when you try to lay two pieces together. I've laid some graphics back in the day and if you discover your off track and you weren't tacking it down too much you could lift up and make some adjustment but not with this stuff. This was my experience anyway.. I suppose you can order more if you mess it up but it isn't cheap.. 800hp / 632

whats the boat going to weigh with motors, drives, hull, sans-fuel and other fluids? what are you expecing to see for MPH?

most likely 10.2”. Especially since those intakes fit correctly.

Edit: Actually I just realized you have fabricated tunnel rams! Just painted grey. Nice! The 1x4 reducer really annoys me but I’m assuming it will be easier to make it idle and mid range tuning.

Any concern's with cylinder distribution with a single carb and those intakes ?

yes, they are 11.1 . google it up and you will find them. and you are correct we fab'd the intakes. I agree with the goofy single. I can easily change the top and run twins but this is what i landed on to start this adventure. I asked the same questions about fuel distribution and was assured it wasn't going to be a problem. Plugs and O2 senors and exh temps were good.

I have not weighed it fully rigged out but i am anticipating a little over 10k lbs. no top speed predictions.

Tomcei,

So, what are your numbers in the engines? Bore, stroke, rod length.... You can build a 632 with a 10.2" deck, so I'm curious how you made use of the extra inch of deck height.

I, too, wondered about the single carb. To this layman, it certainly seems like have a carb feeding each of the two clusters of four runners would be ideal. Can't really argue with the results, though. It seems to be working just fine.

Again.... Awesome build.

Thanks. Brad.

My original intent was to build 700 cubic inches but there were many unfortunate turns along the way, I had planed on a different crank and running 4 carbs but i had to go a different route due to some COVID forced compromises. This engine was being put together at the peak of the supply problems and my industry getting completely shut down. So...i honestly got tired of waiting for parts and saw my budget dwindling so i did a little down sizing to move the project along. I was constantly fighting scope creep.
i'll pull some paper work and see what we did.
Tom

the bore is 4.5" and the stroke is 5" netting 636ci. Still looking for some rod info.

wow cool build!

Looks good. What was the heat resistant silicone you used for the exhaust pass though?

Was turned on to this from ICDEDPPL.
Works very well.
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