1990 27' Fountain restore
 

I posted some photos in other posts but so far project going good will post finished product these guys in SW Florida do great work
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I was checking out your other thread. I really like the interior. Who is doing the work for you if you don't mind?

Old School interior Cape Coral
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Caught that earlier in the thread & copied their number already. Thank you
Who is doing the mechanical side of things?

Very good also that's who sent me to Old School his name is Denny boat sat for over a year he's gonna clean her up nice!l Offshore Performance Specialties Cape Coral:ernaehrung004:They helped me out a lot so far!:Score-101010:

Finished product with small punch list but running great:ernaehrung004:
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Very nice!

Nice Cool boat:ernaehrung004:

Damn good looking!!

Nice set up! Motors and speeds? after selling my donzi ZX i've been eye balling a 27 or 29!!!!

They run 75+ with twins maybe more?

Whats the running surface length on a 27 fever? I know the beak counts for about a foot or two correct?

Nothing Personel U still have this boat?

No sold death in family:( but rumor has it sold to guy in Chicago sitting in boat Junkyard in Ft Myers also rumor.:rolleyes:

Okay I was just wondering
I have the exact year and size in yellow

Great job! Looks awesome!

I now have a 29' 1997 love it! :flag:Step hull!
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I have the blue/white version. Same size/year. Almost all orig. Engs beefed-up and added ext steering. Cool boat.

I spun a main bearing two summers ago in the Starboard engine
Last winter I lighten the motors up and they now have 600 HP each.
It is a different boat!

What's the new top speed after 600hp? Hows the stability? Do you have ext steering?

Mine is a handful starting at abt 78 MPH and up even with ext steering and zero gimble slop.

I have 26 four blades on it It tops out at 80 mph
​​​​​​Still have the cable steering
It steers well but around 75 any small wave it gets dicey!
I think I could get a higher top end with different blades

I've always heard the 3 blade props work best on this set-up (with twin BBC's). More stern lift?? Per the orig owner, mine tops out at 83 MPH in fresh water. (A little faster in salt). I haven't got it above 80 since it was getting very squirrelly. Engs are supposed to be right at 500 hp.

It came with 25p 3 blades
I couldn't get it much over 70 until I switched the blades to spin in
I didn't have enough bow lift
I am guessing I took about 400 pounds off each motor
The swim plate form now sits 8 inches off the water

There is plenty of stern lift now

Way back when we souped up 29' Fountain 2x454 mags. Then we put 27 pitch 3 blades had prop shop add 300rpm each 77mph all day long!

Getting weight off the stern is a good thing with these boats. I still have cast iron Merlin intakes. They are seriously heavy. Swim deck on mine is abt 6" off the water.

Yes it makes a big difference!
I went with aluminum everything I could
Stainless exhaust and took the silent choice out. The V pipe alone was a lot of weight