ibsofast

Hey guys I love all of this stuff keep it up. I have a 85 27' Excalibur. I do not know much about the history behind these boats but have loved your posts. I do know that my boat was one of 2 on display at a Florida boat show and both of them were bought by friends in Oklahoma and transported there. These boats were keep on a lake in OK until mine was sold to a gentleman on Lake Texhoma. I bought this boat around 5 years ago now and love it. It is all original except it now has Gil headers on it. It is one with the silver belt and the sister boat that was with it had the burgandy belt. If anyone has any more history on this boat I would love to hear it. I will try and get pics up soon as it has the original excalibur logo on the side. I know that it is not an original and is from Wellcraft but I now feel like I own a part of some great history. Think that I will hold on to it for a while.

TxHawk

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Post some pictures when you get a chance or email them. [email protected]

I am familiar with most Texoma boats and there are 2 27 Excaliburs that have dissappeared. I bet yours is one of them. Where do you boat?

ibsofast

Used to be Texhoma then Lake Lewisville mine has not been in the water in 2 years. Is named QuickSilver.

jdub

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ibsofast, what power setup do you have? What kind of speeds do you see?

ibsofast

I was told that because it was a Display boat that it did not come with the stock engine setup. I believe that it was a stock 400 hp 4 bolt main 454 that was in it. I have got that pulled out at this time in its place I have a 900+ hp setup that I have been thinking about putting back in it. It has a Bravo outdrive. I am doing some research now which is how I found this sight to see if it is worth putting that much power to it. I have never had it on GPS but I have ran 65 next to another boat that was on GPS. This was with low fuel and only me on board.

jdub

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So around 65 with 400hp and bravo. That sounds good. I also have a 85 27 speedster. I have a stock 502 EFI with TRS and BW velvet drive trans. I haven't ran it yet so I was wondering what speeds I should see.

ibsofast

Can anyone tell me the max hp that a stock Bravo can take. Is there anything that I can do to increase it if need be?

TxHawk

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There is no number set in stone, but I would imagine that a single engine 27 with 650+ HP is going to tear up a stock bravo sooner or later. I am running IMCO's on mine.

Mr. Excal

1988 Wellcraft 42 Ft. on ebay. Item # 4603931674 for sale.

jdub

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ibsofast, I'm changing over to a bravo on my 27 and need a measurment. Could you tell me how high your gimbal assembly is above the notched transom ( flat part of transom)
Or if anybody else has it could you tell me, thanks.