Outboard Conversions
05-06-2020, 09:07 AM
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LOL Your wife has told you that you are wrong! Yea I have the same problem Gary.
As for DW,,,, man would I love to have one of those. Two years ago at the New Years run our friend went by me in the slop like I was standing still,,,,, and I think he could have had a Martini and not spilled it.
As for DW,,,, man would I love to have one of those. Two years ago at the New Years run our friend went by me in the slop like I was standing still,,,,, and I think he could have had a Martini and not spilled it.
05-06-2020, 09:13 AM
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The conversions are cool but when you add 3-4 new 400's at 100-130K it takes a pretty strong commitment and then there is the rigging/bracket costs.
Sure guys like Twin/OB Sonic can do it in a season with a pair of used OB's and starting with a reasonably priced hull but for the majority it starts with big check writing.
I like the Fountain 48 with quad 300's and if you got the boat cheap (blown motors/issues) and you had a line on some nice used 300/350s with some warranty left it suddenly is a viable conversion compared to a new build from Formula for 1mm!
Sure guys like Twin/OB Sonic can do it in a season with a pair of used OB's and starting with a reasonably priced hull but for the majority it starts with big check writing.
I like the Fountain 48 with quad 300's and if you got the boat cheap (blown motors/issues) and you had a line on some nice used 300/350s with some warranty left it suddenly is a viable conversion compared to a new build from Formula for 1mm!
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05-06-2020, 09:29 AM
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Thers a 28’ Tuff vee in Canada running 118 w/twin 300XSs and know they’ll have one w/450s before long.
I think a solid 130 is coming.
How much power would you need in a single IO 28 cat to do that 😮
From a twin OB vee bottom!
The 36’ cats are already running 120’s w/twin 450’s!
How can you not be impressed?
Paradigm shift.
I think a solid 130 is coming.
How much power would you need in a single IO 28 cat to do that 😮
From a twin OB vee bottom!
The 36’ cats are already running 120’s w/twin 450’s!
How can you not be impressed?
Paradigm shift.
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05-06-2020, 07:37 PM
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The conversion of my 30 was well documented in multiple SOTW articles, but in a nutshell, I pulled a set of Sterling 588 naturally aspirated 800hp motors out, ASD #7 drives off and mounted a pair of Mercury 400Rs on the back. This was all after Skater converted the boat from a quarter canopy deck to a Lee Aerospace wrap windshield. After 2 years and $250k later, we turned an inboard cat into an outboard cat.
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05-06-2020, 08:04 PM
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The conversion of my 30 was well documented in multiple SOTW articles, but in a nutshell, I pulled a set of Sterling 588 naturally aspirated 800hp motors out, ASD #7 drives off and mounted a pair of Mercury 400Rs on the back. This was all after Skater converted the boat from a quarter canopy deck to a Lee Aerospace wrap windshield. After 2 years and $250k later, we turned an inboard cat into an outboard cat.
05-06-2020, 08:28 PM
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Yes, only because I was able to sell the motors and drives that came out-of/off it. The boat was completely new after the conversion, there wasn't one bolt/nut/part reused from the original build, so there would be no advantage to a new build - other than a 2018 HIN # instead of 2005.
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