how they shoulda been done
 

well i was never very happy with the way this thing was rigged so while the engines were getting all the work done i ground the bilge smooth, re-geled, re-rigged and made a new boat out of this '04 ao. cant wait to hit the water n see what the new numbers are.
here's where the pix are..
http://riverdavesplace.com/forums/sh...d=1#post292489

Its alot of work but the finished product is well worth it . I did the same on my old AO and would not do it again. Looks good.

Very nice work. Super clean. Nice attention to detail. Question: Hatch doors on the backside of the interior/engine compartment bulkhead, what are they for? Access to the fuel tank equipment?

Yep. Mine has the doors as well. You can see the entire top of the tanks, sending units and shut off valves to the tanks.

Was capacity is each tank?

52 gallons per side. I talked to somone a couple weekends ago that said their awesome's were 55 gallons per side.

sean it's beautful!! Got any numbers yet? I know you'll have a great time over the 4th.

thank you guys!
well takin it easy for a bit to get re-aquainted with the boat. i did run it up to 43-4500rpms and was at 107mph i was able to hold that speed with 39-4000r's i still have 2000r's left:eek:
if i ever have the engines out im redoing it again. it looks good but still not good enough. because i did it i see every mistake and its driving me baty. i still cant get over the fact that i set the trim out a smidge and leave it alone. she gets on plane very easy (never exceed 3000rpm including blowout) and at speed travels flat and fast. my com unit goofed so im getting another and i have to figure the scoops out. seems during the re-rig and such we measured wrong and the scoops hit the arrestors. today i did some more ziptie and insu-holder installs to clean up some loose stuff. if i get some energy maybe attack the cracks and imperfections all over the hull ugh..
dont know why i cant post a pic here but i'll work on it.
more to come

You are the #1 anal AO owner. :D Wiring looks great much cleaner. :) I'm surprised you don't move the engines forward. I understand the boat handles much better doing that. Love those red motors we would love to see pics of the whole boat.

As to posting pics I think you have to be a paying member...

60 for my 98. The rear portion of each tank enters into the engine compartment by about 8-10" under the bulkhead. The tank components are accessible from the engine compartment area. I like the AO set-up. Having the tanks slightly forward may give the boat a better balance. When they have fuel in them of course.

Sean, On post #95, the port motor has a different looking bracket on it for the sea pump. Who is the manufacturer or supplier of that bracket?

sorry it took me so long to reply rotax.
all brackets on the engine are merc brackets. some have had unused bosses and such removed and then smoothed to clean up the assembly. it's the lil extra stuff my builder does.

update.. we werent happy with the idle and my builder is now working some of his magic to get them juuust right:drink: more to come

Ahhhhhhhhhh. Thanks Sean for the info. When you have a finished product, send along lot's of pics.
Two words: Looking gooooooooood.

looks nice

thanks guys for the compliments.

still tweeking and cleaning up some things on this boat. numbers so far are 125.3 @5100rpms. now that is still without going to full throttle so im very confident im in the 30's with this. when i get the scoops fixed on tuesday i will post more pix and or the link to them since i cant post here.

what props are you running,also what gear ratio on the drives.your engine room looks great.

It does look nice. Lots of man hours in there!

Sean,looks like you are almost "DONE". That thing looks great, can't wait to hear the final #'s:evilb:. My Chris is getting intercoolers and a pulley change to your old Merc Blowers...Here we go!!!MORE pics please!!!!

Greencard, Burn it down. I think someone told me that once when I talked about turning up the boost.

no final numbers as of yet... always run out of open water or on one run the damn wind flaps fell and lost my glasses grrr.
had it out in parker az on the river 59deg water made the thing run like a champ once some head temp was in. i did 120+ passes but still didnt get to full throttle.
running 34p bravo 4blades and 1:26 gears.

i hope desert storm will be my chance to see all she has.

again thanks for the kind words guys
cliff, if you pm me i will email you pix to post for everyone!