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Old 04-10-2013 | 01:48 PM
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Yes, thats the boat! 273 Hours as it sits now. Its just starting to crack a little bit on the exterior. I don't think its anything i'm going to lose any sleep over. Can you tell me what is in the raylar kit besides the obvious intake manifold?
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Old 04-10-2013 | 01:53 PM
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I was wondering why the interior seemed new. Also, is there anything else I should be aware of? In regards to the the boat and the engine kit etc?
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Old 04-10-2013 | 02:30 PM
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The Raylar kit is a BK 103. It has alum heads, roller cam, roller rockers, intake and other misc parts to bolt on merc 496s. Makes 525hp. If I remeber there where about 100 hours on motor when we installed kit. I did port the exhaust manifolds. The boat gained about 10 mph with kit. Was a slow planning boat but after that ran well. The boat was taken care of well always garaged and maintained. I called my buddy and he said dealer redid gel once and did not hold then it was sent to fountain and they redid under warrenty and traded it shortly after that. Other than gel cracks and interior accident is was a good boat. Was under powered with stock 496 from factory. Fountain claimed 70 mph on there factory test sheet but we could not get near that stock. 65mph was about the most we seen.
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Old 08-25-2013 | 02:41 PM
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So I just purchased a 29 with the same crack problems underneath the sleeping birth in the compartments. What did you find out? Is that a serious issue? Did you end up fixing it??
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Old 08-25-2013 | 05:03 PM
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Better charge up your credit card.
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Old 08-26-2013 | 11:27 AM
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Get it fixed right if you see cracks on the outside of the hull we delaminated a 29 that had this issue.
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