newbie w/ 575sci ?
 

first post here. looking at a 29 ft magic with a 575sci with 161hrs. what can you tell me bout this engine. from what i can tell it's got a chiller dont know what else has been done they are claiming around 700 hp. i'm in co. it's 1600 miles away and havent personally looked at it yet im just trying to do my homework first. what should i worry about or ck right off the bat? it has the bravo xr sportmaster, is that gonna hold up? sorry for the long post hope i can get some help. thx in advance, Tony

forgot to mention it is a 2004 model

Tony,

Welcome aboard. You'll probably get numerous posts here shortly to help you out. I'll save your questions for some experts with good knowledge of such however let us know where the boat is and perhaps someone on the board can check it out for you if there nearby. There are a lot of cool guys and enjoy helping out here.

John

it is located in indy, indiana

There is a couple on the board here in Indiana. The wife typically post. I think it's SONICBUNNY He is a very neat and knowledgable guy. I talked with him on the phone over the winterr. What City is it near?

Was that the repo one?

it is in south east indy. not sure if it is a repo or not. i saw it on boat trader

check out the magic boat post under manufacture.

i wouls say that sounds alot like it. that may help me out, thx. i'm trying to get ahold of the guy to make him an offer. that inside info helps thx

You bet.

i offerd 45k and he turned it down soooooo, we'll see what happens he said he would think about it a little longer

i would turn up the heat a bit and let him know your going to put in an offer on another boat by the end of the week. i would think that would take it.

Hey guys... this is sonicbunny's husband...

We have a 03 Sonic 31ss with 575sci's....

Great motors but here is what we've learned...

Blowers need rebuilding at around 200 hrs...
Heads need to be gone through at around 300 hrs.... we are there now but will be running the boat this season then pulling the heads this coming fall for rebuild.

The scream of the blower is worth the wife screaming at how much fuel they drink.... lol

You don't by chance crack those engine hatches a little when there screaming do you. (music to the ear) Only to make sure they get sufficient cool air right. RIGHT.... LOL.

thats the info i was looking for thx. from what i've read on here bds is the place to get the blower rebuilt? any ideas how much? it looks like this deal might go thru ( i hope) so i might have the blower rebuilt before the season starts ( till on the snowmobiles out here) what goes wrong in the heads?

Early 575's had better blowers (Weiand, not B&M) and not so good head gaskets. Later 575's had not so good blowers (B&M's that had bearing issues) but better head gaskets (Cometic ?), from what I know about those engines. We never had any issues with ours and we ran it in North Carolina heat all summer long. It always started right up and ran fine. My wife and daughter did complain alot about the blower whine, though :D

the blower whine is gonna be a bonus, right?

when is the early versions? i'm lookin at a 2004 so i'm guessing thats the later version? so it's probably a b&m?

I would not go to TBS to get them rebuilt. I, along with many others on here, use Darrin Meyers in MI. They run around 500-600 for a complete rebuild.
Eddie

do you have a contact # for him?

(269) 428-5070.

661-299-5483. Just replaced a blower on a 2003 575 with 60 Hrs. Intercooler will help if blower fails. Chances are the blower has smaller pulley which will drastically reduce the life of the bearings because of the increased RPM. Motor has flat tappet cam which isn't the greatest in a boat.
But motor has awesome potential. And if you have a superchiller IC, future rebuild with Whipple IC and 871 is a dame height as the 573 w/IC.

Is this boat in Indy or a suburb? I live just South of Indy.

Brad Smith in Joplin punched out my 575s to right at 650 hp last summer. VERY happy

i have an address. you think you might be able to look at it for me?

DMPE is what I recommend... he just did one of mine.. (the other one was done last year by blower shop). Total bill was 480 and some change... very satisfied...

On a side note... no need to crack the hatch... I have these...
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/214/dsc02480l.th.jpg

And of course the money shot...

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3866/dscf0319.th.jpg

+1 on DMPE. They did several of mine and added teflon wipers. Great job and turn around.

Have a fresh one sitting on the shelf if anyone is interested. Was a spare but sold that boat.

I should be able to. I am leaving Monday for a week but if you can get me an address I'll try to get there before I go.

thx i sent you a pm