Savage 28 Rehab " Stole your Thunder"
 

Back in October I made an insane drive to pick up a 28 Savage that was down in Mississippi. RI to MS and back in 48 hours! Boat is a 99, has a carb'd HP500 that is blown, and has a swept back XR with Imco dual ram hydro to helm steering. Of course I picked this up right after getting my Outlaw 24 on the water as it spent all summer finishing up my 548 and getting it done. So the plan was, clean up the Thunder and put my 548 in it and sell off the rest. As of today here is where we stand. Savage has no motor in it, swim platform and the diamond plate in the bilge are off to the powder coater to get redone. Planning on purple for both. The 548 is out of the Outlaw and with my engine guy. Repainting everything on it and sending it back to the dyno to try and get a little more hp out of it. Should be somewhere between 670-690 once it is dialed in. Have been in the process of collecting gauges to replace all of the existing ones. Looking to have the Savage back with my engine guy for beginning of March and then its motor in and get it on the water and dialed in. With any luck i'll be boating in April this year instead of September like last year. Only pic so far, will get some more up very shortly. Also thanks for the Cult for coming up with the perfect name for the boat. Those of you that know the back story know how this name truly is perfect.

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Any idea's what she should run once power is in?

Good Luck and hopefully all goes as planned. Keep the pics coming.

Should run high 70s low 80s. Keep us updated with pics

Congrats on finding a 28. I just drove from Chicago to Connecticut to look at an 05. I find the boat has a soft floor, multiple gel coat cracks in the gunnels and transom, and sitting on a trailer that doesn't fit. I couldn't even make an offer because the boat was so misrepresented and the guy is asking top dollar.

Soft floor in a 05 savage? Haven't heard of that before. Must not have been taken care of or something. What was he asking? What power?

Nice boat!

What better to do in a snow storm than start cleaning up the bilge. Before starting:

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Panels pulled and hatch rams removed. Time to start cleaning.

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and here's a picture of the cockpit

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Looks good! Sounds like you have a garage to work in also! Best thin to have with this winter!

Really.I know that boat .show me a boat that does 76 and has no stress cracks....they all do...I love people who go on here a **** talk someone's boat... maybe it isn't right for you but maybe it's right for someone else..If you are lookin for a 70 mph boat with no stress cracks..buy a new one...and by the way..maybe you shouldn't buy an active thunder..The manufacturer set up the trailer so throw stones at them.

I beg to differ, I own a 97 25 AT. you won't find a stress crack anywhere on the boat. My brother bought it new, now I have it. It has had from a 502 to a blown 540 in it, slowest it has been with 502 was 77 mph when it was new. The boat has been run hard but very well taken care of, the most solid boat I have ever been on. Again No stress cracking.