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10-21-2012 | 09:14 PM
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Man I sure had a different experience today.. oil pressure gauge going to 0,(thank God it turned out to be electrical) murder scene in the bilge with oil, (leak not sure where its coming from) couldn`t go over 4K cause the water pressure was at 25psi and climbing, takes a year to get on plane..(that may be just me not being used to a surface drive thou)
Man I really should have insisted on sea trial, what the heck was I thinkin!?
She does look awesome thou lol
Man I really should have insisted on sea trial, what the heck was I thinkin!?
She does look awesome thou lol
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10-22-2012 | 06:55 AM
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Awesome day on the water to end the year...and congrats on the new ride again. That thing looks and sounds absolutely awesome! Michelle got a bunch of good pictures. Too bad the water was so flat running south!
10-22-2012 | 07:34 AM
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Man I sure had a different experience today.. oil pressure gauge going to 0,(thank God it turned out to be electrical) murder scene in the bilge with oil, (leak not sure where its coming from) couldn`t go over 4K cause the water pressure was at 25psi and climbing, takes a year to get on plane..(that may be just me not being used to a surface drive thou)
Man I really should have insisted on sea trial, what the heck was I thinkin!?
She does look awesome thou lol
Man I really should have insisted on sea trial, what the heck was I thinkin!?
She does look awesome thou lol
well it will give you something to do over winter and in the spring you will feel better knowing you fixed it your self...
been there done that ,,more than once..
10-22-2012 | 01:03 PM
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Im sure its a dramatic difference from the 33 baja with EFI and bravos. This thing is setup to run. X dimension very agressive. Its got a few bugs to work out, but thats the nature of the beast. Motors are new, don't have but a few hours on them. In about a 30 mile run the leaker lost about maybe 1/2 quart of oil. Of course 1/2 qt looks like a bomb when it mixes in with a little water and sloshes around . Looks to be a timing cover leak or pan gasket.
I felt very good about the engines having zero blowby or steam/smoke from breathers. Once we put my mech oil psi gauge on to verify, dash gauge showed 25lbs at idle, mech 80psi. Phew. I feel real good about the engines in the boat. Properly maintained, they should easily go a couple hundred hours without needing anything. They're not radical.
In the end I think it will need 2" spacers possibly to help make it more user friendly. We did have 1000+ lbs of men in the boat and a hefty load of fuel. So we probably witnessed the worst possible planing scenerio the boat should encounter.
On a positive note, the engines start, run, and idle without a hiccup. No stalling, loading up, hesitating, or anything. Drivetrain is smooth and solid. No vibrations. Up on plane, she carrys well, and runs true, with none of the typical flatdeck listing to one side. Water psi is high, and that will be taken care of.
From my perspective, it was a positive first run. However, I have had "new to me" boats in the past, smoke a tranny on the first run, and find out I truly had no oil psi on a freshly built 540 and in need of full overhaul, new engines splitting a cylinder wall in the first mile, and so on. So in my eyes, not putting a rod thru the side of the block or filling the crankcase with water is a sunny day!!! But of course my view probably isnt normal, and I've really never owned a true turn key stock family boat.
Sorry about the video angle, and the ship captain behind me.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufSPTFBj90&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
I felt very good about the engines having zero blowby or steam/smoke from breathers. Once we put my mech oil psi gauge on to verify, dash gauge showed 25lbs at idle, mech 80psi. Phew. I feel real good about the engines in the boat. Properly maintained, they should easily go a couple hundred hours without needing anything. They're not radical.
In the end I think it will need 2" spacers possibly to help make it more user friendly. We did have 1000+ lbs of men in the boat and a hefty load of fuel. So we probably witnessed the worst possible planing scenerio the boat should encounter.
On a positive note, the engines start, run, and idle without a hiccup. No stalling, loading up, hesitating, or anything. Drivetrain is smooth and solid. No vibrations. Up on plane, she carrys well, and runs true, with none of the typical flatdeck listing to one side. Water psi is high, and that will be taken care of.
From my perspective, it was a positive first run. However, I have had "new to me" boats in the past, smoke a tranny on the first run, and find out I truly had no oil psi on a freshly built 540 and in need of full overhaul, new engines splitting a cylinder wall in the first mile, and so on. So in my eyes, not putting a rod thru the side of the block or filling the crankcase with water is a sunny day!!! But of course my view probably isnt normal, and I've really never owned a true turn key stock family boat.
Sorry about the video angle, and the ship captain behind me.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufSPTFBj90&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
10-22-2012 | 02:46 PM
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Im sure its a dramatic difference from the 33 baja with EFI and bravos. This thing is setup to run. X dimension very agressive. Its got a few bugs to work out, but thats the nature of the beast. Motors are new, don't have but a few hours on them. In about a 30 mile run the leaker lost about maybe 1/2 quart of oil. Of course 1/2 qt looks like a bomb when it mixes in with a little water and sloshes around . Looks to be a timing cover leak or pan gasket.
I felt very good about the engines having zero blowby or steam/smoke from breathers. Once we put my mech oil psi gauge on to verify, dash gauge showed 25lbs at idle, mech 80psi. Phew. I feel real good about the engines in the boat. Properly maintained, they should easily go a couple hundred hours without needing anything. They're not radical.
In the end I think it will need 2" spacers possibly to help make it more user friendly. We did have 1000+ lbs of men in the boat and a hefty load of fuel. So we probably witnessed the worst possible planing scenerio the boat should encounter.
On a positive note, the engines start, run, and idle without a hiccup. No stalling, loading up, hesitating, or anything. Drivetrain is smooth and solid. No vibrations. Up on plane, she carrys well, and runs true, with none of the typical flatdeck listing to one side. Water psi is high, and that will be taken care of.
From my perspective, it was a positive first run. However, I have had "new to me" boats in the past, smoke a tranny on the first run, and find out I truly had no oil psi on a freshly built 540 and in need of full overhaul, new engines splitting a cylinder wall in the first mile, and so on. So in my eyes, not putting a rod thru the side of the block or filling the crankcase with water is a sunny day!!! But of course my view probably isnt normal, and I've really never owned a true turn key stock family boat.
Sorry about the video angle, and the ship captain behind me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufSP...ature=youtu.be
I felt very good about the engines having zero blowby or steam/smoke from breathers. Once we put my mech oil psi gauge on to verify, dash gauge showed 25lbs at idle, mech 80psi. Phew. I feel real good about the engines in the boat. Properly maintained, they should easily go a couple hundred hours without needing anything. They're not radical.
In the end I think it will need 2" spacers possibly to help make it more user friendly. We did have 1000+ lbs of men in the boat and a hefty load of fuel. So we probably witnessed the worst possible planing scenerio the boat should encounter.
On a positive note, the engines start, run, and idle without a hiccup. No stalling, loading up, hesitating, or anything. Drivetrain is smooth and solid. No vibrations. Up on plane, she carrys well, and runs true, with none of the typical flatdeck listing to one side. Water psi is high, and that will be taken care of.
From my perspective, it was a positive first run. However, I have had "new to me" boats in the past, smoke a tranny on the first run, and find out I truly had no oil psi on a freshly built 540 and in need of full overhaul, new engines splitting a cylinder wall in the first mile, and so on. So in my eyes, not putting a rod thru the side of the block or filling the crankcase with water is a sunny day!!! But of course my view probably isnt normal, and I've really never owned a true turn key stock family boat.
Sorry about the video angle, and the ship captain behind me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufSP...ature=youtu.be
