lol I bet! Paid off for you tho, beautiful boat!

Arts and crafts day on the boat. Bulkheads dry fitted in, need a little tinkering but not too bad. This is way more fun then cutting out rotten wood.



Should have the stringers cut Monday, and after some sanding and roughing up should be glassing next weekend.

Billy

Stringers cut and fitted. Soon as my resin gets here, they are ready to be coated, covered in CSM, and PL'ed in. Still hope to get them glassed in completely on Sunday. So much to do, so little time!



Billy

Finally got my resin yesterday, so today was Fiberglass Friday.



Got everything coated both sides last night.



And one side currently covered in CSM, hoping it dries enough for me to flip and get the second side tonight. Luckily the hard side with the bend is done, so the flip side should go very fast.



Resin is taking a very long time to kick because the temperature is so low. The heat lamp is helping in the garage but not fast enough. If not tonight ill have to get up real early and get it done tomorrow morning before I leave for Cincy, so I can glue the stringers and bulkheads in on Sunday. Tabbing everything in with 1708 is going to have to wait for another nice day to help the resin kick better.

Slowly but surely!

Billy

Looking good man, that thing will be solid when your done! yeah, resin isn't much fun in this weather is it? I thought of you today when I felt that cold wind blowing, I knew you were at the glass stage.

Ever get a chance to pull a valve cover on your other motor to check casting numbers? Also, do you have a preference on the gasket brand or manufacturer for this other motor? Not sure how long you are planning to run with these motors, knowing your itching for the big block rumble. I was looking at summit racing and they have several sets for the older 350's. Not being in salt water and not sure of your repower timeframe, wondering what you want to do on that.

Brian

Hey Brian,
I texted you the number from the head did you not get it? Probably gonna run that motor for awhile, so the best gasket you suggest is good for me. Probably end up keeping them till i build some high torque SBC's, BBC's may not be in my future with the added weight etc prob not the best idea. Although it would be badass

Ill text you the casting number again now.

Thanks,
Billy

...and as we said...transom spacing has to be 34" for BBC and you're at 32.5". Based on the fact that your a "Master Carpenter"(at least compared to me) LOL...you could pull it off...but I would stick with the Stout SBC route...just not the right boat for it and you're going to be amazed how strong that boat will run even with twin "modest" SBC's.

Oh...BTW...nice job.

Yeah I don't feel like changing the spacing. Ill be ok with built SBC's as long as I can get them to rumble like a big block

I am hardly a master carpenter haha

And thank you sir, feels good putting new wood back IN the boat

Hah, just wait untill you start dropping engines in the boat, that really is nice.

That reminds me, I need to order gaskets and a new piston ring compressor.

Brian

Now...as some inspiration...your boat with twin SBC's and Alphas might weigh 5000 lbs. Even with pre Vortec heads and a reasonable flat hydraulic cam ( I like the 350 Horsepower/350 Cu In Z/28 Cam from '69~'70 available from Crane) you put a very easy 650 horsepower in the water with 700 # of TQ. Now do the math...even with the heavy Formula "Bones" you have a serious little rig there my friend. With the boat being light enough and with the Alphas splitting the load...if you put good synthetic lube in them...add some Lucas "Snake Oil" they will live. Look around for upper shafts that don't have the "O" ring seal cut into the shaft. That's where they snap when you "Get Air".

Oh...and if you want "Rumpity Rump" put that 350/350 cam in front of thru hulls and even with stock exhaust you will make an entrance at the "Party Cove".

It's fun to read your posts because you've picked one of my favorite boats and in my opinion one of the best boats Formula built.

Here's a video preview of what to expect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkk6M...eature=related

Have fun, thanks for sharing and keep it coming.