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Wow tibbs what are we looking at?
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Now that's some BLING!!!!!!!!!!!:Score-101010:
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Originally Posted by Griff
(Post 2479594)
Now that's some BLING!!!!!!!!!!!:Score-101010:
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WoOW Tibbs, Major Bling:cool:
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Thanks,
They're 540's with AFR 335 CNC heads - hydraulic roller cams, making about 700hp each. The headers are CMI 6" taller sport tubes. I needed the 6" extra because of the high exhaust exit of the AT 32's (over the swim platform) - that way I had enough down angle in the tails to prevent reversion issues due to the mufflers (CMI sound elmination). Now that I have the engines, I need to get my slippage down. I'm starting with IMCO lowers -2" to try to improve my X-dimension and drag at higher speeds. Sounds like that should work given my x-dim is conservative on this boat and I haven't used nose cones yet. Last year, I could hit 85 with Bravo I 28's and 32's and then hit a wall. With either of those props, I could run with 1-6 people on full or empty tanks and it just wouldn't matter... my slip percentage was around 18-20%.... obviously I still have some work to do :\ - but hey, at least it looks OK and sounds good :) |
Originally Posted by Tibbstoy2
(Post 2479791)
Thanks,
They're 540's with AFR 335 CNC heads - hydraulic roller cams, making about 700hp each. The headers are CMI 6" taller sport tubes. I needed the 6" extra because of the high exhaust exit of the AT 32's (over the swim platform) - that way I had enough down angle in the tails to prevent reversion issues due to the mufflers (CMI sound elmination). Now that I have the engines, I need to get my slippage down. I'm starting with IMCO lowers -2" to try to improve my X-dimension and drag at higher speeds. Sounds like that should work given my x-dim is conservative on this boat and I haven't used nose cones yet. Last year, I could hit 85 with Bravo I 28's and 32's and then hit a wall. With either of those props, I could run with 1-6 people on full or empty tanks and it just wouldn't matter... my slip percentage was around 18-20%.... obviously I still have some work to do :\ - but hey, at least it looks OK and sounds good :) Any chance we can get you to drag the boat to VA this year for the Jamm'n on the James run? AT sponsored event and there will be at least a dozen AT's there. :D |
The more I look at this boat the more I think I've seen it before. Did you buy this a few years ago from Fastboats in Pompano. The ad said it had new paint and other things that I can't remember. She's a sharp boat with some VERY nice power.
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Originally Posted by boatfreak
(Post 2479894)
The more I look at this boat the more I think I've seen it before. Did you buy this a few years ago from Fastboats in Pompano. The ad said it had new paint and other things that I can't remember. She's a sharp boat with some VERY nice power.
We actually did drive down to Pompano to pick it up... and AT repainted it and went through it in 2005. I bought it from a local in Ft. Lauderdale though - he barely used the boat. The 502's had some fuel line issues when I bought it, had to re-do part of the fuel systems, but once we did that, the motors worked great... except that they were only 415hp... We previously had a Baja 250ES (Tibbstoy2) - that boat had a similar 540 ci engine in it and it hauled... I was looking for a better boat and happened upon this AT in Florida. Going 70 all the time with the 502's the first summer got boring :) |
I forgot to mention, I posted a youtube link on one of the AT pics threads with a few videos from last summer that aren't too bad:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ActiveThunder32guy By the way, SLboatdrinks, when is the Jamm'n on the James run? That's a hike for me, but it may work out... I do have some work to get the boat "improved" for this summer... I am redoing some of the wiring in the boat among other things. |
Originally Posted by Tibbstoy2
(Post 2480480)
I forgot to mention, I posted a youtube link on one of the AT pics threads with a few videos from last summer that aren't too bad:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ActiveThunder32guy By the way, SLboatdrinks, when is the Jamm'n on the James run? That's a hike for me, but it may work out... I do have some work to get the boat "improved" for this summer... I am redoing some of the wiring in the boat among other things. Friday night is the pre-party and there is a Captain's meeting as well. There is also another Captain's meeting on Sat. morning. |
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