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Old 04-15-2010 | 08:04 PM
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bravos with cones for shore... good deal.
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Old 04-18-2010 | 08:17 PM
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Got the boat out of the ghetto and into the marina. washed and covered. tomorrow the fun begins...
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Old 04-19-2010 | 07:50 AM
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Sure looks sweet.
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Old 04-19-2010 | 10:37 AM
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Yeah, I like the way that boat looks too. If mine looked like that originally, I might not have painted it.
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Old 04-19-2010 | 10:40 PM
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502's just finishing build and paint. also, the engines that came with the cig, hunk of junk
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Old 04-28-2010 | 11:40 PM
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I think I messed up.. finished building the engines, turns out the compression is 12:1, very high, no dyno in panama so compresion is all i gots to go by. the engine started up nice and quickly in a sec, on aviation gas. pump gas here is 95 but still a bit heavy for 12:1.. any suggestions (besides opening the engine again)?
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Old 05-01-2010 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by STRAIGHTPRIORITY
bravos with cones for shore... good deal.
yep but keep in mind if those are the original drives they are first generation Bravos and do not have the provisions for the internal drive reservoir bottle, they only made them for a few years. If they need a bunch of work it may be better to get a set of later ones.

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Old 05-01-2010 | 06:38 PM
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i wish i could find a deal like that!
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Old 05-01-2010 | 08:31 PM
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Nice finf ! keep us posted
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Old 05-04-2010 | 08:50 AM
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You can mix the gas to get a good running fuel-Vern
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