New guy
 

Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to having a big boat so hopefully I'll be learning a lot from you guys.. Here are my two toys
http://www.powerboatlistings.com/pow...30651/main.jpg
http://s36.photobucket.com/user/mass...7da1b.jpg.html
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84 Scarab 380 and 82 Sleekcraft aristocrat.

Nice rides man. Scarab is beautiful. Welcome to the site. Lots of good people and info here.

nice boats,welcome aboard.i really dig the jet boat.

Nice rides ! Welcome :cool-smiley-011:

Nice rides! Hope to see you in West Michigan this summer!

Welcome! Nice rides, hope to see you over in lake erie or st Clair next summer.

welcome aboard fellow 38 Scarab owner :D that Sleeks pretty cool to, a buddy of mine has a local one in his shop from time to time I always thought those things were pretty sweet lookin.

Thanks everybody! Gonna get some small things done to the scarab his winter. Possibly freshen up the 330's. Gonna get some things updated on the boat and enjoy it on both lakes next summer. Then a repower is in order.

Still trying to learn about the boat. Everybody talks about 377's and 38's but it looks like they called them 380's in 84 for some reason. My hin has 380 at the end like the 377's. It's has trs drives with velvet Trans. Still trying to find out if it's Kevlar or not. The hull looks to have a pink gold tint to it. I was told it might be Kevlar because the glass boats had a green tint.

No idea what is true lol

I see you have a 27 magnum. My buddy has one that he is trying to get info on. Apparently it was ordered for the coast guard. It's hull number 001 and has two big blocks in it. He thinks it's pretty rare. I'm judging by the hull number it is? I think it was on some magazine cover back in the day..
Looks like this.. http://www.offshoreonly.com/gallery/...46118boat3.jpg

Your scarab looks great. Is that a wrap?

Thank you. The yellow on top is paint but the rest is a wrap.

I was gonna ask you about that, i had never heard the term 380 used in the line but ya never know back then. I did a 38 Scarab history thread to gather info on mine, actually i did a couple info sourcing threads in the Scarab section of the forum

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...b-history.html




Nice!! Yeah i have a 27 that i have been gathering parts for for years now. I have Arneson ASD 6's and am doing LS small blocks. Want to build a sit down mini Cig Gladiator type boat. I figure when i move into a big cruiser some day i will need some little hot rod to keep me happy and what better then the legendary 27 Sport Mag. If you want Mag info seek out Mr.Vinyl (Bud) and H20boater (Mark) and they should have all the info you need.

Yeah from what I can tell 380 is what they called the 377's in 84 and 85. I think they only had side by side power.
I found this online. Exactly what mine looked like new except for the tower.
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/1...8%20scarab.jpg

I have seen the last 3 digits of the hin on 377's and they all say 377. Mine says 380. Also trying to figure out if my stock 330's are oval port heads without pulling them apart. From what I gather 84 had oval and 85 they changed to peanut ports.

Welcome to the jungle. Nice boats.

As for your cylinder heads, I am pretty sure you'd have the peanut ports if stock Merc 330's. I have never seen a 330 Merc with the larger ovals. The peanut port head came out in the Mid 70's for truck engines. Mercruiser was using them from day 1 on the 330HP 454, at least as far as I know.

cool, never saw that one. They all had the same hull either way. Right up till they went to the step bottom, best hull for the chop/slop we have here in the great lakes :cool:


I restored an 85 flat deck for a customer several years ago that had 575's (the tall deck 540 variant) and number fives and was impressed with the ride when i took it out for testing. Just ate up the washing machine chop like nothing. Where do you normally boat out of?

Ahh ok. I picked up a pair of complete mag mpi setups. I was thinking of freshening up the 330's with some upgrades and the Efi but sounds like I might as well build two more engines from scratch. Not a lot worth saving on the 330's.

Nice, I hear it's a great hull for our lakes too. I'm thinking I will build some mpi 496's with pro chargers for this. I was always limited to the smaller inland lakes with my jet boat. Duck lake, hardy, marble, torch. Now I have a big boat I'll be out of grand haven a lot.

Good Luck w U'r upgrades!!! Hope U can make Boyne Thunder in 15!!!! If there is anything I can try & answer or help U w get in touch!!! Tracy

Thanks! I'll be there for sure.

Awesome!!

Welcome!!

That cockpit is HUGE! Looks like you could seat 8 no problem. I wish more go-fast companies were building cockpits like that now...

You can fit 8 easily lol

Welcome! I had a 84 Scarab 3, a few years ago with the 330's. The cabin looked a lot like the pics you posted, but smaller I'm guessing.

Welcome, cool rides!!

Nice rides! I believe I've seen both of these boats at Hardy Dam for Hot Boat Weekend in both 2013 & 2014.

Welcome aboard! cool boat!

I swear I saw that for sale recently.... yes ditch the 330's and build a nce set of engines.... I never seen pro chargers on a old TRS sled yet, my buddy is doing it this winter on a Mistress, curious to see how it is.....

bring it down to Lake Erie Islands!!

The jetboat gives me wood

Yeah, I had my black boat out both years. I just bought the Scarab at the end of the season. He had it at hot boat.

Yeah, the guy had it posted on craigslist. I'll probably build 496's over the winter.

Sweet! I think I actually talked to you a bit at the small end of the river at the sand bar in 2013. If I remember correctly you had a dark hair lady friend with you. The guy who previously owned the Scarab used to park right by my boat at Brower Park. In fact this year my buddy's and I had to help him shove off in the morning, the front end of the boat was sunk right into the wet grass at the end of the channel in the camp ground. We felt bad for the one guy who was trying to push such a large boat out by himself!