Back in the day I was quoted $10K for the new style hatch

Get the new style Hatch!!

Guys the question wasn't whether or not to get a new hatch

Believe me, if I had the money I would be getting the new style hatch, I love that look!

As a suggestion...

Does it make sense to mock up the mounts in the boat...take a measurement to your perceived location of the closed hatch....transfer those numbers to the engines on the stand and compare? Is there some point that you can lay a straight edge across the bilge where the hatch will reach it's lowest point?

Seems do-able...but your the one with eyes on it.

John I can do that, sort of. I have the blowers off the motors again to deal with the Whipple fitment issue and won't have them back on til the end of the week at best.

I'll be down at the boat tomorrow and will take a measurement with a straight edge across the engine bay from where I assume the hatch sits and then down to the top bolt hole of the motor mounts. Then when I get the blowers back on I can measure from the top bolt hole in the mounts on the engine to the top of the blower and hope for the best!

Mine were a very tight fit. I took all the measurements from the engine in profile, and made a big cardboard template that went from transmission output flange to blower pulley to oil pan to throttle body. With the hatch off the boat, I used the hatch hinges as a reference point, positioned the template in the boat, and then took it to the hatch on sawhorses.

I went as far as shooting in my new angles mounts before taking delivery of the engines.

Cost: $0, knowing they will fit, priceless...

You are going to need this. I still have it, make me an offer.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d-blowers.html

Just take your hatch, add this pad and scoops if you want. Brand new Carbon Fiber Vinyl. Fits on straight flat hatch. Was on a Transmission Boat. Let me know. Scoops and just bolt on to exisiting fiberglass hatch, cut openings and ad this top

I added scoops on mine for the blowers, cost was not bad, labor sanding and filling the inside of the scoops was the worst. Scoops were 350, paint, glass, resin, etc, was 125. New mirrorplex was 260. Can be done in a few days.

tcelano what engines are you running? Are you running Whipple's or other blowers?

cigrocket thanks for the offer and I'll keep it in mind. I'm hoping that I won't need to add scoops though...

Jim thanks for the info, I'll keep this in mind too...

I am still hoping, and have been told by a couple reputable sources, that they will fit under the stock hatch. It seems like it will be close but I think it might fit. I hope so because I really don't want to add scoops, I want to keep the OEM look and retain the full sunpad for the girls

Jason I'm putting the same motors with stage 2 intercoolers, mine are bravo set ups in my Mystique, i had 500 efis and that whipple set up isnt much taller than that, i should have 1" or 2" of room...