hotstang46

Well, I decided to switch head from the steel merlins on the engine to some anodized aluminum pro 1 heads. We should see some extra horse from those, with proper tuning we're hoping to be around 1100 horse 1175 tq. We're also adding a canton racing 2qt oil accumulator. Water testing of the boat will be next tuesday.

Gladhe8er

sweet ride you got there. Would like to see pics of the Arneson

show-n-go h2o

Awsome boat, i love the interior. I would love to see some finish pics and a video of it running.

mikebrls

that boat is going to haul some mail with the 1100hp motor and surface drive
mike

hotstang46

arneson is on the boat but we're having some more issues that are holding back the water testing. The engine and tranny simply won't mate up, we have a shaft that is just too long so it's hopefully that will be taken care of tomorrow. But more importantly the arneson drive has required my engine be mounted at a different angle. So the exhaust no longer lines up with the holes in the transom. We don't have any rubbers connecters or anything like that. It was all custom made by imco with solid tubing from the headers back, produced while the boat was at their facility. So it will have to go back. We can salvage the gatlin mufflers but we will need them to redo everything to fit.

We now hope to be in the water fri or sat.

FRMULTR

Where you plan on runnin' that bad mofo ?

hotstang46

Not sure, not 100% familair with the boating in the chicago area other than lake michigan.

Heard fox lake was ok....Have any suggestions?

hotstang46

Imco should hopefully be done with the exhaust soon. latest water day scheduled is wed. I'm not holding my breath.....just the way things go I suppose...

hotstang46

not going to hit the water tomorrow but hopefully before the weekend. exhaust hold ups....

here's a pic with the arneson almost completely done.

mikebrls

the drive look great on the back of that boat .
im sure the wait will be worth it once it get's finished no worry's about a broken drive " peace of mind "
keep us posted

mike