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i didn't think of water psi but that's a god idea. i guess the theory is that you will see a drop in water pressure before you get the motor too hot for the oil temp to indicate trouble?

your really doing a great job on that thing!! any ballpark on timeframe til you hit the water? looks like your moving along super fast!! a bunch of us from buffalo will be in ohio end of july lets see that bad boy out there!!

I think the water pressure is more valuable than the vac gage as a permanent one to have so use that spot and rig a temp vac gage for tuning etc....

hey tim. the boat will be done next summer as i still have to locate and build up an engine.

when you guys come west to the islands i'd like to join but i'll have to use my hot rod micro boat.

thanks for the compliments and advice guys.

what kind of power are you looking to put in it? did the boat come with the mopar motor in it when you bought it?? i cant remember

If you need more room on the dash, relocate the hr meter if you haven't already.

Nice work - It all looks awesome...

stormrider....the boat didn't have an hour meter but i have room for up to seven 2-1/16" gauges.

tim....the guy i bought it from pulled the 426 hemi and is having it built up for a vintage A990 64 dodge drag car. it was in front of a volvo 280 that came with the boat and i sold. i was going to try to repower it with a hemi because it would have been ultra cool but, the price of a properly prepared hemi (15,000 to 17,000) is double that of a bbc and the lack of availability of exhaust and a bellhousing to mate it to a bravo drive turned me off. the previous owner had a hemi bellhousing machined to work with the volvo drive and he had a set of edelbrock log jet boat manifolds, pointing forward, and routed 180 degrees to exit at the transom. cool stuff but, not what i wanted to get into.

it will be powered by the typical 500 or so inch bbc with an, old fashioned, carb.

the hemi would have been awsome but i dont blame you with the costs for sure! when you get ready for the motor build and rigging let me know i might be able to help you find some parts. keep up the good work!!