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Velocity Vector 03-12-2013 10:25 PM

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We will be on the dyno and tuning soon.:thankyouthankyou: and the Cat is off the trailer and in the rigging room with it's chest sticking out like a swim suit model.:cheer: Sorry it's taking so long. I'm on the pay as we go plan. We will be painting the Monster tab black to match the drives, I understand these OE Cats do fine without tabs but the cool factor is there when you have one :) and there if we need it. Stellings headers and tails are pressure tested / re-polished and ready to go. If this project seems to be taking a long time to finish it's because there is so much planning in rigging a bare hull, it's expensive, and each step is paid for before the next step is started. . Money, Time and patience, mostly patients. Thanks for baring with me. We will be flying over 4 footers in this Old hole in the water some day.

EXCESS ENERGY 03-13-2013 07:14 AM


Originally Posted by Velocity Vector (Post 3884817)
We will be on the dyno and tuning soon.:thankyouthankyou: and the Cat is off the trailer and in the rigging room with it's chest sticking out like a swim suit model.:cheer: Sorry it's taking so long. I'm on the pay as we go plan. We will be painting the Monster tab black to match the drives, I understand these OE Cats do fine without tabs but the cool factor is there when you have one :) and there if we need it. Stellings headers and tails are pressure tested / re-polished and ready to go. If this project seems to be taking a long time to finish it's because there is so much planning in rigging a bare hull, it's expensive, and each step is paid for before the next step is started. . Money, Time and patience, mostly patients. Thanks for baring with me. We will be flying over 4 footers in this Old hole in the water some day.

Get to work, JK. It's a good thing we love Hi-performance boating so much. These projects take so long when we pay as we go, believe me I know. However they will be paid for when done. My kind of boating. Looks good VV.

PRIMECUT 03-13-2013 08:56 AM

Can't wait to see it finished.

GTOKILLER 03-13-2013 03:38 PM

Thats some good progress & big $$$ Im on the same pay as u go plan, nice to all be pd for but stinks when I gotta wait to buy what I want haha.

Looks nice! should be ready to fly soon!

johnnyboatman 03-21-2013 09:49 PM

what happened to the side by side whipples, didnt you have those on first,

Velocity Vector 03-23-2013 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyboatman (Post 3890273)
what happened to the side by side whipples, didnt you have those on first,

I was in the process of buying some but after futher investigation these 509 CID short deck engines were a little light to handle the bigger dual Whipple so we went with the 3.3 single. We are trying to stay in the reliable 800-850HP Zone. If we upgrade later we will use the tall decks more CID like 565 & 4L Whip. Everything on this boat is over built to be extremely reliable from the Supercat racing engines 800-850HP,
Bam 1500 trannies and the #6 drives.
It's taking a long time to gather and build with this hardware but once it's done we can hammer and hammer till our arms hurt and hopfully look back and see nothing but a huge rooster for years to come. We took the Supercat engines from my Velocity pic 1 to Whippled Supercats pic 2 after a cam piston swap. Rods and crank are still Supercat.

johnnyboatman 03-25-2013 09:09 PM

looks very clean and VERY nice.

ROTAX454 03-26-2013 12:20 PM

Give details on mounting, location and pics for the tunnel tab when you get to that stage. Thanks in advance.

Velocity Vector 03-29-2013 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by johnnyboatman (Post 3892655)
looks very clean and VERY nice.

Thanks Johnny, Bobs shop reminds me of a hospital..I asked him if he wears a mask when he installs the internals of the engine. :lolhit:
I got that left raised eyebrow from him. :grinser010:

Velocity Vector 04-09-2013 11:42 AM

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Picked up a couple high backs today, we will recover these when we figure out our interior color.


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