Fountain Advise Please.
 

I've been shopping for a boat for a while now after going out serveral times in my friends 35 foot cafe racer (he ruied me for normal boats). I found a 33 foot fountain with twin 300hp V8 outboards. The boat is a 1988 model and looks cool but needs some TLC. It drove kinda squirlly at high speeds compared to the Cigarette that drives like its on rails. should I be concered about this? Also, I hear these motors are obsolete and I'll have trouble keeping them going. One more thing.. The boat hauled ass (65-70?) but had trouble getting out of the water. Is there anything I can do to get out of the water quicker and still maintain the top end speed?

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i will tell you one thing that fountain doesnt; handle NO WHERE near like the fountain..but you already mentioned that.. put it like this the cigarette is a bentley and the fountain is a lexus :rolleyes: and yes i would be concerned about that especilly if it's at hight speeds

mike

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Bentley vs lexus..... HAHAHAHAHAHA.... thats a joke right?

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I'll just keep to myself.............................. :)

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fountain corvette
cig cadilac,,

i like vettes !!
when i get old i will get a cadilac :evilb: :drink:

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no go ahead spill it i have to hear this

mike

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I was thinking more like a Rolls royce to a Chevy. :eek:

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I'll try to give some unbiased advice:) The 300 HP V8 outboards are rather old and obsolete. They are either Johnson or Evinrudes. They will be hard to get parts for. And you will need to be doing some kind of work on them. How much are they asking for the boat? If you get it real cheap it might be worth it. Those old Fountains are pretty well built. I would go for inboards myself. How much do you want to spend? Boats are a pretty expensive hobby. I would try and get the newest boat you can afford. Good luck in your search.

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:eek:

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No Way!!!!!!!!! Too Much Fountain/cig Crap Already.

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You're a pussssssssssssssssssssssssssss :D

mike

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no wayyyyy you're callin me out :)

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:p

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I'd stay away from thos V8 outboards especially that old. Hard to get parts for if you can even still get any.

Puuuuulease not more Fountain vs the world crap!

Hey Cig and Outer guys, how that kilo and race winning record coming along? :evilb: :drink:

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Ok, hers my .o2. I like the hull but hate John, or Rude V8 ob's. And have never really been out in one but i assume its fairly heavy and rides like a dream.

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I like Cigarette.......but they are seriously overpriced (most boats are anyways) Cig does make a great, solid boat. Older Cigs (non-step boats) take huge power to run any decent speeds, however, they are wave-crushers.

Fountains are nice and fast (the new 38 Fountain ran 115 on Merc 700's.....that is impressive :drink: ) but wouldn't be my 1st choice for rough water. The Fountains are definately fast....no denying that

For me, personally out of the 2 boats, I would get the Cig if you were running in any rough water and the Fountain for speed on water that doesn't get rough. I have a 33' PP (average speed for it's size/power) and use it mostly on a lake, but I still want to be able to go ocean boating and have a solid boat for the rough water. The lake (Havasu) can't even come close to challenge the boat.

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Which boat was Reggie running? He mentioned he had a new play toy he was going to be running at Poker Runs this year.
Dan

BTW I finally installed the Steering Wheel I bought from you last year. It looks sweet!!! :cool: I'll post some shots soon.

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I would stay clear of the old V8 300s they are trouble. My friend's boat had 3 of them on it and man carry your wrenches with you. he finally replaced them with 3 mercury 250s.

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i have been told those old 300's are also EXTREMELY thirsty engines.

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This is true... I had a 27' Eliminator Daytona with a pair of 3.6GT Johnsons... and it was THIRSTY!... but contrary to what others have posted here I owned the boat for 5 years & replaced one coil on one motor in all that time... never had a problem with either engine other then that... I could idle for houra at night, get up the next morning & fire them up and run 'em 6800 rpms all day... no problem.... two of the best motors I've ever had.....

BTW... I love reading about people that make comparisions between Bentley & RR's and other vehicles when my guess is they've never even sat in one

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Good luck with whatever you decide :drink:

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Is that Fountain in the Baltimore, Maryland area?