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Old 05-30-2012, 09:23 AM
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the prop shafts are just a whisker below. the boat needed to get the drives lower than they were. in a 2 foot chop the props would blow out before and was a pain in the a$$ to drive. we mounted the boxes as the same height as the previous gimbles. with the slant of the transom and pushing them back we are thinking its where it needs to be. or at least closer. we will find out if we did it right when it hits the water lol. cant wait. will post more pics soon
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Old 05-30-2012, 10:39 AM
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What props were you running? Sounds like your gonna have a sweet setup!
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he has a set of 31 4 blades 17.5 i think to try. might be right on the money. he had 650's before. the 750's and being back in the water farther we might be close. we also free'd up a little more power with the crash boxes so it might need bigger wheels. wwe will know soon. summer is here and itching to get it in the water. but its been 3 years since its seen water so whats another week lol.
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keep us posted on the progress
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last night got the battery boxes and batteries installed. wired the batteries and hid the wiring and battery switches under the new back bolsters. mounted and hooked up steering cooler and filter. all inside steering hoses done. figured out trim and drive pump wiring since it was all cut on derig when it was in florida. wired the motors and got them turning over. got spark!!. gotta hook up the linkage for the crash boxes, hook up some gauges on the motors, wire the bilge pump and fuel lines and filters, and get hoses from sea strainers to sea pumps. throw the carbs and exhaust on and time the motors. its gonna rain up here in lovely buffalo ny this weekend so i should have it fired up since i wont be boating this weekend.

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got the trim wiring all attached and got the drives and tabs moving. electrical is all done. gotta work this morning but gonna try to get it fired up today. just have to do the crash box linkage, connect the mechanical gauges. run fuel lines exhaust and carbs and they should be making noise!. will post pics and progress tonight
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hows it looking??
Attached Thumbnails 33 race coming back to life-todd3.jpg   33 race coming back to life-007.jpg  
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Old 06-04-2012, 07:57 AM
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short video.. first time boat has run in over 3 years!! 600ci cobra 750's sound awsome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugEA...ature=youtu.be

we dunked it just to get it up and running. gotta get new steering rams and modify the rub rail a little to fit around the boxes. almost done!!
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Originally Posted by 88bullet
short video.. first time boat has run in over 3 years!! 600ci cobra 750's sound awsome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugEA...ature=youtu.be

we dunked it just to get it up and running. gotta get new steering rams and modify the rub rail a little to fit around the boxes. almost done!!
Sounds healthy!
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any updates????
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