My new 1990 272 SR1
 

Ive been doing plenty of reading on here for a few years, but finally picked up a 84' 242ls earlier this year. I fell in love with it and when the opportunity came to upgrade to this 272 i jumped at it. Anyhow its a nicely upgraded boat with Imco full hydraulic steering, Bravos with nose cones, a set of labbed 26p Hydromotives (not shown) and Imco exhaust. The engines are 454/420 take outs from a 357. Its not perfect, but its dry, solid and has a great color combination. I did sea trial it before purchase and ran it only up to the mid 50s with plenty left. I have a Gps shot from Mike the previous owner showing 74 with2 people and low fuel. Its going to be a long wait until spring to find out. Comments and suggestions welcomed! Thanks, Steve





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Nice ride bro, the back seat on the '90 is a nice setup compared to the earlier models.

Very nice !! 272's are outstanding boats ant IMO one of the best packages Formula ever put together.

You will have years of fun with this one.

Congrats!

Congrats. Where do you boat?

dvr4hire Congratulations! Very nice. Great power for that hull. Love the back seat, much better than just the flat model. Take the down time or make some down time and clean and polish all mechanicals. Check fluids and change filters. This procedure gets you acquainted with the equipment and trouble shoot any issues before they get worse. Finally it makes it look pretty and bad ass. The colors and graphic are a great combo. Remember this is a new boat to you, so take your time and listen to what its telling you.

congrats! I'm a bit of a newbie with 272's (purchased in Sept) don't forget to take some of that down time to check the trailer...just looking from the side I wonder if the tongue weight on that trailer is in check. those axles look really far forward to me...but it might just be me.

Nice ride!! I have a 1991 272 SR1 and absolutely love the ride. Where do you boat?

Dvr4hire is my best friend and been around long enough he knows exactly what to do with the boat. He's already torn half of it apart fixed and adjusted a few things to his liking and not just acceptable. Good info for a newbie though guys!

nice looking ride congrats

Thanks for the warm welcome! I am in the process of cleaning up a couple loose ends on the boat that bothered me. I removed the platform to reseal it and the through hulls, the K-planes to strip and powder coat, both intakes, risers and valve covers, and the mechanical indicator cables. Going to change the intakes to new Holley Strip Dominators due to corrosion on the old ones and having the valve covers striped and powder coated along with the new intakes before they go on. I'm also replacing and re-rigging the cables for the stainless marine heads up indicators. Probably going to re gel the transom while the silent thunder is off. It has some paint work on it from the previous owner that would look better if fixed correctly. Blckkat, the trailer towed stable on the 5 hour trip, but you are correct in thinking it could use 200-300 lbs tongue weight.

Very nice! I dig that color combination. I bet that rig will move with a pair of 420s in it. Goodluck with the long awaiting off season.

[QUOTE=dvr4hire;4509421]Thanks for the warm welcome! I am in the process of cleaning up a couple loose ends on the boat that bothered me. I removed the platform to reseal it and the through hulls, the K Remember to show us the updates. Have fun with it.

I would shoot for at least 500# on the tongue...especially with twin Big Blocks in the tail end. I have twin Small Blocks and Bravo's in my 255 and 500# works out perfect for me. I figure with boat loaded with fuel + trailer I am at about 7000#~ 7500#...my rig tracks perfectly. I previously tried it at 300# and it was "squirrely" at times on the highway...500# is the sweet spot.

Yes sir, agreed, I had meant an additional 200-300 lbs over what it has now.

For those that asked I live in Lakeville, MA and boat mainly in the Taunton river and Mount hope bay. I also boat on Long Lake in Maine for a week each Summer when we rent a lake house on the west shore in Bridgton.