New Formula 1999 Fastech 312 Owner
 

HI All,

I want to introduce myself.

I live in the Buffalo, NY area and have been on boats a majority of my life. A lot when I was a kid on my parents boats (running them) and then with friends after college and have always loved boating especially the performance style boats and the sound of their engines...not to mention I am a BMW lover also with a fast 335i that has been tuned a bit.

Anyway, I just bought a 1999 Formula Fastech. Its is awesome condition with only 586 hrs. Its always seen fresh water. It has always had full maintenance, had the caps, rotors, plugs and wires replaced along with the steering system, the bellows, throttle system and control cables replaced and has had a nice Garmin system installed and LED lighting installed. The previous Owner was very fussy (like I am) and the boat is like new inside and out.

It has the 454's in it and the silent exhaust system has been remove (thank GOD). It will be made available for me. He told me it sounds great, nice and loud!!!

Anyway, the previous owner said its really great on fuel, he guesses because its EFI, and he has had a top speed of 65 out of it!

I am pretty excited and it will be a long winter...LOL!

I will try to post some pics of her when I can.

Any suggestions, comments and/or feedback would be appreciated. I have been told by all this is a great solid boat with a great ride and handling. I'm not looking to be the fastest just to have fun in a great sexy solid awesome sounding boat.

Thanks,

FD

Congrats on the new to you "BIRD"...You will find many very passionate Formula owners on this site...I being one of them. IMO you will never find a better riding boat then a Formula. Best suggestion I can give you is ENJOY, be safe, take your time with any upgrades you may want to do, leave the boat STOCK...unless you want to start going crazy spending money :lolhit:. Look forward to seeing pics.

Sounds like you scored a nice one. Welcome to the flock!

Thanks Badmonkey! I plan on leaving it stock, dont believe I want to get into all of that other than maybe, just maybe down the road a set of SS header risers. But not sure if that would do much if anything for performance.

Thanks, I think I did after all the research I did on several around the Country. Plus I only paid 38K for it with 30% off the dock season fee, all new fluids, free indoor storage this winter, a few minor things I wanted fixed, all new electrodes and a complete buff and detail inside and out along with the name being removed.

Does anyone know how long it takes before I can post pics???

10 posts

Sounds like a nice ride. Good luck!!! Definitely posts up some pictures.

FD, it will just make it louder...which is never bad :D

Thats a good thing for sure. What would you guess it would cost??? Would it increase HP or mpg at all, maybe just a touch?

Thanks!

OK, cool, getting close. I will as soon as it hits the magic 10 count.

The boat also has a nice new type of high tech bottom paint that is in an off white so it blends in better.

The boat had two owners. The last guy was so annual (like myself) that he had the (4) dash panels removed and powder coated a light silver/blue, it looks awesome!

Congrats on your new boat, 2 sets of cmi e top headers installed will run you around $8,000

Holy crap, wow! If not much if any performance increase then hmmmm!

Do you know Tim Johnston ? he's in your area and does boat stuff, he's a good guy if you need some help on anything..... goes by 88 Bullet on here

No I do not but it sounds like I should look him up and make contact with him...thanks!

Any ideas what this boat may have cost new in 99?? I have an official e-mail from Formula that lists all the options but they said its too old to get a copy of the window sticker.

Congrats!!! Welcome to the club!

Thanks!

:bong:....need boat pics

Yep... eleven posts. Time for the reveal!

Congrats on your new Formula! No saving you now. Once you take a ride on her, you'll be hooked forever. It's a great sickness. ;)

Ill try to post up some pics as soon as the system will allow. I checked the other day with 10 posts and I was not yet allowed’

Seeing as for some reason my LIKE button is not working now, I will LIKE this post!

Seeing as for some reason my LIKE button is not working now, I will LIKE this post!

14 post and still says I can not post attachments...hmmm?!:confused:

Anyone have any ideas what I need to do in order to post pics???

It still states "You may not post attachments"!

send Griff or Speed girl a pm and see if they can help

Welcome to 312 Fastech Family!!
l Love mine!!

No kidding! You are from the Buffalo area...so am I, Lancaster area. What motors do you have in yours? I will be keeping mine at Collins Marine!

Are you the "Tim" some have reco'd to me about doing motor mod upgrades??

My 312 is a 2001 w/502’s
I also live in Lancaster!
I keep mine at the Erie Basin Marina on a trailer!

Nice, how fast have you had her going?

78 going down river!

So about 73 mph seeing as the River has about a 5 mph current correct? Is it all stock?

I live on Siebert Rd on that big pond...I'd like to float her in there one time...LOL!

5 mph might be aggressive! Yes She’s all Stock!
I’m on Ann Marie Dr.
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Enjoy your 312 Fastech!

Thanks!

Congrats on the new boat! I've been on it before as I know the previous owner. It was always well cared for and he had no problem paying for whatever it needed and more. Like it has been said before, leave it stock! Those are base 454's in it and will run forever. The previous owner was toying with repowering it to gain some speed, but myself and some others talked him out of it. I have a lot of friends and family at Collins so I'm sure I'll run into you at some point. Enjoy!

Thanks for the info Louie. I'm sure I will see you at Collins. I have dock D30. Just pre-paid for 250 gallons of gas and ordered up some long rectangular bumpers to be mounted to the dock.

I wish I could post PICS....eeeerrrrr!!!

So how does she sound, nice and loud? How does she cruise?

I did speak with Dave just before I bought it, nice guy. Told me all about it. I am very detailed, fussy and notice everything. When I saw this boat and got in it I was like OMG, its perfect, I need to do basically nothing to it. I had to hid my expressions from the sales guy...lol!

It sounds good, especially since he removed the silent thunder, which I think he still has lying around. I was on it once with 6 adults and pulled out my phone GPS to see 65 mph. Dave is still on F dock with a 310 Formula bowrider now. I have an old school 292 SR1 (black/red/gray) and I occasionally tie up at Collins to hang out, so I'll look for you. Congrats again!

Did you figure out the picture thing?

All the Buffalo guys are waiting to see it.