You hit the nail on the head,he's new here but he'll get it.

You couldn't see the dic k for the balls on your face. See it now?

Best thread I've seen in a while.....talk about hypertension.

Oso if primarily for dic ks anyway. We all get over the hazing period . Let it go. We all do the same thing at the end of the day......spend way more money for short periods of fun. Let's fight in the winter while there is nothing to do.

To get thread back on track, this boat is amazing. I absolutely love it. On the other hand, I HATE procharger. The cog belt caused the bearings in the procharger to let go. The metal from the procharger took out the intercooler causing the motor to ingest metal and water. I took the boat to the engine builder and we drained the oil and took the filter apart. There was minimal metal fragments but he said it would be best to tear the motor down just to check. He also showed me the build sheet on the motor for 20k. That made me feel good and bad at the same time. I'm not here to flame procharger, but that's the 2nd time a procharger ruined a motor of mine. I will never run a procharger.

Sorry for your loss

Stuff happens. Move forward and build more power. I wanted a Whipple anyway. As long as it's a minor refresh I'm fine. If major damage has occurred, I'm crying. We will see as soon as I get the motor out.

78 Is very respectible for the older non stepped 28 hulls , On the right day , light fuel , and salt water your busting 80 MPH . Keep in mind the beauty of a 28 Pantera is not the top speed . Its the fact that you can run it in any condition . 5-6 footers 60-70 mph and everyone on the boat is comfortable . Unfortunately running in west coast lakes you'll probably never see the water conditions that the boat is capable of running in .
Sorry you had some motor problems already but take a boat that has the dog crap run out of it every weekend and it will never break . Let it sit in a barn for a few years and try to run it hard and its gonna break .
Old fuel , dirty carb , preloaded valve springs . Most of the time a stagnet motor will run lean and even though it sounds good and you think it's running good you need to pull all eight plugs after a full pull (under load on water) and read them.
Just remember that procharger is probally giving you 8 mph or so , if you lose it your gonna have to build one radical N/A motor to keep your speed you have now .
Rock on and keep your head up ..

Nice tips OCC, umm think i will check my plugs.

have a 598 ci that dynos at 850hp , naturally aspirated,, that needs a home...