33 race coming back to life
 

putting together an old girl!! she has the #5 gimbles and boxes on along with big shaft 4's. fresh cobra power 750's going in it tonight. its been a few years and she is finally gonna hit the water with a attitude!

SWEET!!!!! That should run strong wit 750's..I going to guess and say 105 ish for speeds..

thats right about where we were thinking too. it ran 100 with beat 700's and drives with 2 differrent gear ratios side to side. lol. fresh big shaft 4's with the same gear ratio side to side now. i will post mroe pics of the progress. should hit the water in a week or so. summer is here in buffalo and a ton of work to do still. im doing a 27 fever with a 850 prob next week and i will post a thread about that too

water pick ups and some rigging last night... still waiting for driveshafts to set the motors in.. been waiting over a week for shafts.. the marine industry has the worst shipping ever!!

hope i do not sound dumb,but how much did the ext boxes raise you drives?what kind of exhaust?i am guessing headers by the height of the holes on the transome.nice looking 10meter.should hurt some feelings out on the water.

Nice project.

:evilb:i love to see these old boats come back to life,reggie produced over 10,000 boats,and i have not seen one that i didn,t like.keep us posted with your progress,im sure it will be one cool classic

"old school playaz with new school tools!"

the boxes actually dropped the drives about 1 inch which the boat needed anyway. the drives were very high before and was hard to stay hooked up in over a 2 foot chop. the boxes had 3 different mounting holes but we went with the top hole to lower the drives a touch. he has dry headers for it. should sound good with the 750's!! attempted to set the motors in last night but the driveshafts sent to us had the wrong flanges for the crash boxes and carrier bearings in the boxes. drive shafts are going to the shop today to get straightened out then doing the motors saturday morning. i hope to have them fired on saturday if all goes well. will post pics and a update soon.

Nice, I remember that boat used to come cruising by my cottage on crystal beach. Good to see it going back together!

its been 3 years since its seen water. we boat out of wilson ny alot so you may see it again soon!

Awesume piece of history. Someone was asking about this boat a while back. Can't wait to see the engine room pics. Cool boat !

Cool project&boat good luck with it!

had a little hangup. ordered driveshafts from the same guy that sold him the crash boxes and extension boxes. they were wrong..... so had new drive shafts made and should be done today. hope to set the motors in it tonight. will post more pics soon

Didnt Tres run that boat way back when?
Jr.

no idea on that..

got the motors in last night. new drive shafts in. trim pumps in. p/s res. in.. going to the indy 500 this weekend so i will get back to work on it tuesday night. hope to splash next weekend if all goes right. besides the driveshaft fiasco its going pretty smooth

NOW THAT IS A BOAT GARAGE..... DAMN I'm JELOUS!!!:eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop:

ha i wish it was mine. my friend just built it last year. we use it for winter storage and summer boat repair. im just lucky enough to have access to it. it definately makes life easier. lots of cool boats in there tho

Damn nice . I bet you're excited as hell..

Looks great !

boxes all painted up and looking good. gonna get wiring and plumbing done tonight!! should be firing it up this weekend.

Looks very cool. Cant wait to hear how it runs.

Where are the propshafts at now relative to the bottom? My guess is you may want to be about even with the running surface, with the boxes. Maybe even above the bottom .5-1" with some 5 blades. Props turning in.

"10X" on the board here has a 10 meter, with #4's on boxes. He runs a pair of 850-900HP engines. I wanna say his boat run's in the upper teens, but Im sure this boat is lighter, as his is a pleasure version.

I talked with a guy locally to me, who used to Race "JUWANNA" a 38 Fever non stepped, with #4 drives. They did lots of testing at Lake X back in the day. With 700's, that boat ran 90ish.

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

What props were you running? Sounds like your gonna have a sweet setup!

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.

keep us posted on the progress

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.

will keep ya updated

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

hows it looking??

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!

any updates????

Sounds great

I want one for Christmas!!!

so the executioner is gonna hit the water and go for a ride for the first time in 3 years tomorrow. we got the steering all on and plumbed. we took a small break to finish other boats and do a couple poker runs while we gathered some more parts for the boat. but its time to give it a shake down!!. a friend is gonna try to keep up with a go pro camera on his jet ski while we take the maiden voyage. should have some good pics and video and i will give everyone an update tomorrow night!!

How did i miss this build. AWESOME. I want them hatches hahaha.


John jr

Very cool nice project

between the rain storms we were able to hit lake ontario. the wind changed from a south wind to a west wind like a light switch. 1-2 foot chop became a 3-4 foot chop. the boat was way easier to get on plane than before. we did a nice cruise at 50 mph just to get the feel for the boat. its a totally different animal with the boxes!!! boat went through the 4 footers like nothing.. drives tucked in and tabs down gave the throttles a push and the boat pulls like a top fuel car. those cobra 750's pissed off everyone on the shoreline of lake ontario trying to have a nice quiet dinner.. 90 mph @5000 on gps so far. figured that was good enough for the first day driving the boat and how rough the water was. with a little more seat time and mother nature cooperating a little better we hope to have some pretty impressive numbers soon!!

will keep you posted

I think you'll have a 100+mph boat! These boats can eat up some water.

Congrats! That's awesome. She will eat up some water for sure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfCiI...feature=vmdshb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpqCJ...feature=vmdshb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAS9d...feature=vmdshb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mft_4...feature=vmdshb

couple cell phone vids from shore of lake ontario.... hope to get some go pro video this weekend!!!