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Old 06-14-2012 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sprink58
What tips are those?
Those are Corsa muffler tips.
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Old 06-14-2012 | 08:17 PM
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Here you go Jason, Got my brackets back from the powdercoat guys today. I think the red brings the 30 year old platform into the 21st century. What do you think?
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Old 06-14-2012 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by InstaGator
Here you go Jason, Got my brackets back from the powdercoat guys today. I think the red brings the 30 year old platform into the 21st century. What do you think?
Outstanding!!
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Old 08-11-2012 | 09:24 PM
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been a while since ive been on the site havent done much to the formula due to my wife gettin ill about a month ago long story short things are back to somewhat normal and im gettin back started on it again if i had talked to you about parts and didnt come threw thats totally my fault i dropped everything at that time...

instagator refresh me on what you did to your swin deck id like to do mine..
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Old 08-11-2012 | 09:25 PM
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sprink how about that glass i need for the old bird ever get anywhere on that
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Old 08-12-2012 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jason y
been a while since ive been on the site havent done much to the formula due to my wife gettin ill about a month ago long story short things are back to somewhat normal and im gettin back started on it again.
Hey man sorry to hear about your wife. Glad she is doing better and you you can get back to working. The brackets look good!
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Old 03-04-2013 | 09:30 PM
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after taking over a business and ups and downs with wifes health gettin back up to working on boat im ready to kick some ass again on it had a bunch of info saved that i have seemed to have lost/or forgot... got my engine back out yesterday from trial fit need to buy plugs wires oil etc and test fire em on stand.. picked up a truck load of mercruiser alpha outdrives/gimbles etc... ive got plenty of spares now if one of these bigblocks decides to eat one...
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Old 03-04-2013 | 09:37 PM
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sprink how about those side window glass? did you ever get any made up ? what did you find out about your window strip? mines kinda crappy and my windows are tinted id like to remove them and get them retinted and put em all back in
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Old 03-04-2013 | 10:35 PM
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I ended up with only 2 so I don't have any extras...sorry.

Glad to hear things are on the upswing for you. i'm finished with my engines...waiting on a pair of oil coolers and mine are going in. My brother launched his F3 Formula with the 454/Alpha. He ended up making a flywheel and having it balanced. His will run 60~65 but he's eaten two drives and one coupler. He's now gone back together with a Bravo coupler. He uses a 25" Mirage Plus prop and his drives have failed when he would put the wood to it getting on plane...not a hole shot but pushing it a little to get it to lay over. He dropped back to a 23" but he was spinning the motor too tight even at 50~55...but the drive stayed together. The first one he shredded the upper gears and grenaded that drive. The second one snapped the main shaft at the o ring running about 60. He caught a little air with the prop first day he had it out and that was all she wrote.

He's going to try a Gen II and see if that changes his luck....he modified his transom assembly and shift cable to make it work.

Hope you have better luck.

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Old 03-09-2013 | 08:11 PM
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as of last week finally got second waterpump on pulley painted got oil and filters on engines plugs are in.. locking out dist and dropping them monday also got engines primed and starters on .. couple weeks ago i bought a truck load of mercruiser stuff 3 transom assemblies 3 outdrives the flywheels and couplers i needed one bellhousing and inner plate a old style trim pump etc....all for 400 bucks.. i also pulled a transom assembly off my brother boat that burnt down last year.. so i came up with 2 real nice transom assembly and 2 real nice 1.5 outdrives.. tore the transom assembies all way down there gettin everything new.. seals bearings bellows etc.. i hope to get this boat out in the water this year with no big setbacks like last year.. to be continued......
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