New Formula owner 336 SR1
 

Well I have joined the Formula family in time to get a few runs in this summer. I went to Chicago Friday and purchased the '95 336 SR1 that was in the classifieds here. Chris was a fair guy to deal with and described the boat accurately and honestly so I fought traffic and picked her up.

Got up at 6am Saturday morning and power washed and scrubbed, was on the Saginaw River by 10am, met up with the guys doing the Saginaw Bay Fun Run at 11am, and was blasting my way out to Charity Island and Tawas and back to Bay City all weekend. Had a nice 2-3 ft chop on Saturday and 3-4' all the way home Sunday and the boat felt rock solid.

I love the sound and performance of the 450s, though she is way under propped. Have a set of Rev 4s on the way to test next week.

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Congrats, nice looking boat. Good luck with it and welcome to the Formula Family

Sweet looking. It looks great, especially for a 20 year old boat. That's the great thing about Formulas, treat 'em well and they look great for years.

Congrats. It was worth the drive to Chicago!

Great looking boat, and I love the dash updates.

Welcome to the Formula family.

Dave

Yes, nice boat. I'm curious about the 450s as they seem rare. Basically like an hp500 except a 454 instead of a 502. What props are on it?

Hey I know that boat!!! Chris is a close friend of mine.. and has put a lot of money into that boat, should give you years of issue free boating.

I had the 353 on the lift a few boats down from where he had his docked

Good looking boat! Congrats!

very nice!

23 mirages which are way too small. It needs 25 mirage plusses, but first I am going to try 23" Rev 4s for a better cruise speed.I love the sound of the 450's, I think the 454 with the bigger 500 cam gives them a bit of a nasty sound

Yeah I saw your 353 its a great looking boat. I dont think Chris will not be boatless for too long, just dont let him buy a tri-toon lol

Saginaw Bay has a very strong Formula crowd, if any of you get over this way let me know.

I've always liked the lines of the older Formulas but the dashes where hideous(no offense Formulas guys) but that things gotta be the nicest update I've ever seen!!!

Thanks it is just a simple wrap and set of Livorsi gauges, but I like the way he did it, simple and not over the top with skulls and crap.

The more I explore this boat the more I like it, it has a ton of storage for a offshore boat. Just needs some wax

Congrats on the Formula. That dash work looks great and gives me some more ideas for changing mine too. That silver and black look quite modern with stainless as a popular decor. Very cool boat. Happy boating.

Congrats, nice boat. I saw that one in the classified too. I've got to agree, it looks like a great boat for 20 years old. Classy lines. That wrap on the dash certainly improves the look over the older black dashes. Big improvement! Good luck with it. My brother and I ran an older 242 with a 502 (I think it was a '91, not sure), and then a '99 353 w/twin 500 EFI's. Both were great rides, with super build quality. I'll be looking heavily at the Formula line for the next one.

Congrats, very sweet boat......

My 90 272 sr1 is from Saginaw Bay,

336s are absolute wave crushers. always loved how they sat in the water. Marina next to mine has a 92 for sale I was looking at the other day, just out of curiosity. A little rough around the edges but just so big and solid.

Congrats on the new boat! She's a real looker!

Tried Some Rev 4 props last week and they handled great, both at the docks and at cruise. Gained about five mph over the old Mirages that were on before at 3300 rpm.

For giggles I am going to try a set of Mirage Plus props but I think my main prop set is going to be the Rev 4s

yjose are 502s..

Congrats Rex...
looks like a nice boat :)
I have the exact color scheme
with 525 SC's ( 1st of 5 for 1995)

Ramb

FYI
thinking of selling
want to move to a 40SS (with blue motors of course)
Ramb

No, 454s with everything else from the HP500, cam, carb, exhaust, etc.

I would like to see some pics of yours, looking for ideas on registration numbers, how to do the name, speakers, etc.
How do the 525 do, 75ish?

Hey Rex
just checked in and saw your reply here

my boat is coast guard documented, so I only have the Michigan state reg sticker (3" x 3")
this boat does 75mph at 5100 rpm. Labbed 25 pitch 4 blades ( with 1:36 drive ratio)
with newer higher pitched props, imco shorties, and 1.50 my local formula expert says she could hit 80.. He has a 382 kevlar layup with a custom thunderbird mural by Formula.... beautiful boat.

anyway. I need to put the pics on pohotobucket or something to post them here... otherwise PM me and I will email some to you.

Ramb

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Gonna agree with the Imco idea, I bet there 5 mph there on my 303, the few 303 blackhawk boats were a solid 80 mph boat, I'm at 74/75, and she loves trim,

Yup, at WOT with three blades I can trim it a lot as well. With the Rev 4s I get better bow lift but still have to trim to about 7 to get top speed. In a couple years I think some good aluminum heads and shorties would help a lot, I am sure these drives are really deep

Ramb how do you like the silent thunder mine was removed for muff tips, I am pretty happy with the noise level

I like the subtle tone of the silent thunder. I thought I had a "rattle" that sounded similar to my 272. thinking I had a loose baffle plate.
so I removed it.
investigating, I found the design is much better designed than the late 80's era and there was nothing wrong. I think it was just the external rubber flapper "flapping" in and out of the square opening.

It is a little loud now with no muffled tips. sounds awesome , but I get nervous every time I see the coast guard or marine patrol.
I may get some corsa tips or something, or just reinstall the Silent Thunder.

Ramb

There is a thread somewhere, cant remember if it was here or somewhere else but he bought shorties thinking the same thing to no avail.
*update*
I did find it. I spoke to him via telephone one time as well when I was researching speeds of 336's and prop selection. He noted the shortys weren't worth the hassle for the money and time off the water it cost him.

http://forums.boatfreaks.org/archive...p/t-26813.html

What Fishcan said. With the 2" shorties I was happy with the cruise speed and mid range operation, however I lost about 4 mph WOT and because of so much stern lift putting more boat in the water it used more gas. Deceided that I didn't want to spend any more $$$$ on props etc so I went back to stock set up and 25P 3 blades.
There are some 303s hulls that came with Blackhawk drives that were converted to Bravo 1s that Love 2" shorties.

Thanks for the info guys. Seems like with the drives mounted deep the shorties would help but this is good info. The performance is great right now with the Rev4's I won't be messing with it until it is time to freshen the top ends again. The boat is reliable and fun right now. Love the top end pull even with six people and a dog in the boat lol