Excalibur Hawk, good,bad?
 

I'm looking at a 1984/1985 Wellcraft 40' Excalibur Hawk T454/400, TRS, can anyone tell me anything good or bad about this particular model?....Thanks Fred

i know older wellcrafts were very heavy. I looked at an old 377 scarab (i think itwas an 94) it weighted damn near 9000lbs. I kno wit had merc 454(370hp) and it topped out in the mid-high 50s. Even afer dropping in new 502 the best i could havejhoped for was mid 60s. Needless to say i passed on the boat (it was project anyway) I don;t know about the excalibur hawk but i do know taht eve if its not that fast if its heavylike the old scarab it will handle rough water like a muther!!!!!!!!

Puder...the 40' I'm looking at runs 54 on GPS...Weight is around 9,300...yea its heavy but I need the room down below for the wife and kids....do you know anyone looking for a 30' Scarab that runs 64-66?...I can't have 2 boats.....Fred

Fred....Friend of mine has a 40Hawk, but has larger 5xx engines in it which will take him to the upper 60's. His is also the Kevlar hull. I've been in it once and its very nice, lots of room, and like Puder said, its a damn tank in the water. Nice ride. Think his was for sale also for about 49k. (how much they asking for the one you are looking at)?

Bob

kaamacat, the one I'm looking at I have the guy at mid 30's....I would need to find a trailer though.....know any one that has a good used one????....Fred

My brother has a 1982 Excalibur Hawk 40. He is Excaliburhawk on this site. His has 540 cu in. Merc HP 575's and Trs drives. The motors were upgraded a few years ago. We freshened them up earlier this season and changed to Ultradyne custom grind cams. Also has ported heads and dominators. Picked up 600 rpms. He is playing with props right now. Trying 3 bladed 27's, 29's. And every four blade imaginable. Seems to like the Mach sterndrivers though. He has had a best run of 83 on the gps to date. thinking of supercharging it over the winter.
Mike

[ 09-18-2001: Message edited by: NJHOTBOAT ]

NJHOTBOAT, does your brother trailer his boat? If so whats he pull it with and how does it go down the road?....Sounds like his boat has some real healthy engines in it....that thing cooks! Could you see if he could E-Mail me I have some questions I would like to ask him about the Hawks. [email protected]

NJHOTBOAT

How much power do you figure you're putting through the TRS drives, did you do anything to the transmissions and drives, and have you had any failures?

We are figuring we are putting 680 to 700 hp through the drives. They were rebuilt a few years back when the 575's were originally installed and the trannies were rebuilt also. Only modification to the trans were hd friction packs. Knock on wood no problems so far. Over the winter we are seriously considering installing weiand blowers. With carb changes realistically expecting 902 hp at 5800 and 934 ft lbs at 3800. Not sure how long they will last then.......?

NJHOTBOAT, what tranny's are in it BW's or Merc, or ?...I would think they were the BW's...Fred