late 98 was the year for the big steps .before bying this 97 i was looking at a 98 in lake cumberland and it still had the small steps .i like the small steps i only wish it had 3 steps insted of 2 .there is 12 feet of running surface from the last step to the rear i guess thats what makes it handle better by keeping the rear of the boat in the water.

3-9 months for exhaust? Not sure I'd call that being in a hurry. More like VERY patient. You can build a complete boat in less time. Course it won't have any exhaust. :D

Put these on and run that b****!
http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Exhau...&sr=1-18-spell

Hey 47 whats going on here , what could be taking sooooooooooo long ?

just spoke with wyatt pipes are in going back together as we speek .only thing is there are three fuel tanks in that boat and each one has over 50 gallons of 18 month old fuel that has to pumped out should be testing soon .

Excellent , we want to here results .

will you still be using the water pick ups on the scx4's for engine cooling?

No, Im doing the notch in the v of the hull and feeding 1 big strainer [ that fountain built ] that will feed both engines and intercoolers , still waiting on Wyatt to get the pickup finished and ship .

Is this thing going to get wet soon ????

7 months now? Holy crap......