Nice !!!!!

You running on Pickwick ?

No
 

Nope pickwick is about 100 miles from me though. I spend most all of my time on Tims Ford Lake. Ok sized lake and deep with a few spots for stretching out on not so busy days

I have family in your town my uncle was an Aeronautical Engineer and worked on several NASA projects, I learned to water ski on Pickwick when visiting my grandparents cabin, good times

Really?
 

no kidding? my hometown is Tullahoma born and raised and just live on the outskirts of it now. Did your uncle happen to work at AEDC Arnold Air Force base by chance?

that sound familiar but Im not for sure to many years ago, his name was Richard Rhudy

Back out
 

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Back out we they go boxed up and shipped out fingers crossed for better news I guess in the meantime while these are out I’ll paint the bilge lol!

87 Cig. I was wondering if you could do me a favor and measure the length from the stern rub rail to the center of the front windscreen. I am having a new cockpit cover made and the trim shop accidentally through out my original. The boat is in a storage barn but with being busy I can't get up there and measure it. Any help would be appreciated.

Yes
 

yeah man! I can try and do that today for ya! Be glad to help!

Thanks

Back in action soon hopefully!
 

Got the Girls back today again! Let’s hope this go around goes better! Stay tuned hope to splash her before Labor Day! I got to get back to work!
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I missed it - where did they go and what was the result?

Heat stroke
 

I battled the 100+ degree temps all day in the shop with a mind set of only dropping one engine in but found a second wind and managed to get the other in also AGAIN rigged and plumbed minus exhaust ( will do tonight ) going to hang the drives back on and hopefully fire her back off again tonight and hope for all things good!
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what was the reasoning for pulling the power? these were the new motors, correct?

love the progress so far - keep it up!

Had too
 

first time I put them in in March and fired them they filled up with water nearly immediately When the t-stats opened. Flushed them and sent them back out to the nice man I bought them from and he took them apart to find some bad gaskets along the intake etc. then re ran on the stands and all seemed fine finally got them back week before last took some time off work to get her back together. Fingers crossed all is well this time this project has been a 12 steps forward 25 backward but I’ll keep fighting her lol!

Alive!
 

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She is alive and well again it seems! Got the drives on and everything rigged up today / tonight! Fired off on the first hit of the key!

Well worth the efforts !!

Congrats

Square one
 

Back to square one. These engines are garbage blew up in less than 30 minutes run time at idle. What’s for sale?

I’ve got a set of 496 mag ho with a 100 hrs since full rebuild. At that point forge pistons and a raylor 203 camshafts were installed if your interested

That sucks what happened?

Not sure
 

got one with a midget in the block or oil pan banging with a 9lb hammer in it and the other is nearly locked up it seems and sounds awful. Had to swim it onto trailer they both started doing “ something “ at the exact same time. Pissed isn’t even the word. Lol

Power
 

estimated power?

Are you saying that the engines that you just pulled and had work done to failed immediately after you reinstalled them?

Sorry so hear, but been there so I know the feeling

i really have no idea what hp is. but they will push my 28' eliminator daytona to 80 mph at 6000 ft elevation.

Yes
 

you are correct lol

really sorry to hear that...

Right
 

I’m pretty sick about it not gonna lie. Gonna get them rebuilt and hope for the best this go around and just start from scratch. I’m tired of pulling them out and reinstalling with less than 30 minutes of run time each time….. on the bright side she did see the water for the first time since I “ think “ 2016 but this is as far as she made it but I’m glad I finally got to float it and do a systems check on the hull and leak test on her lol…. Got all winter now to make her perfect I suppose.
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Beautiful boat. Thanks for sharing your experience. You will get very going.

Are those risers dry to the tip? Are you getting reversion?

Yes
 

yes they are dry to the tip stainless marine. Don’t believe I’m getting reversion but can’t keep them running long enough to find out lol

I know of a turn key top gun ready to rock!!!!

!!
 

I’d love to have it if I seen it! But not in my cards at the moment I am determined to keep fighting this ol girl. I’m close so close to making it happen! Just got to back up and figure out my next steps which I believe I have! Just gotta get my motivation back to take these hunks of garbage I got sold out of her.

Careful
 

Careful whom you buy engines from on here thought I did good research and seemed stand up. I guess in todays world and times it’s money over integrity anymore these days. Curious to how some sleep at night. The truth will be told in due time.

Shop
 

Finally finished up on the shop I built for my project! Fixing to start tearing it BACK apart and taking the engines out for the 3rd time. On the bright side she has a nice new dry warm shop here at home to work on it. I call it the “ smoke shack “ haha.
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Nice shop! I know a guy who built a shop to redo his topgun 5 years ago lol I’ve been working on it for 5 years. One day it will get done. Good luck !!!!!

Year 1
 

the real question is do we ever really finish our ol classics? Lol I’m on year one and 4 months. Got to splash it once for about 20 minutes till the engines
laid down again. Gonna pull them for the 3rd time and start all over! Thanks for the well wishes maybe it’ll all be worth it!

I'm in year 6 + so.... I've still got you both beat.... Keep working at it will get done eventually. I did get to run mine twice when I first bought it. put about 5 hrs on it...

Damn Dude!!!! There’s gotta be some light already…