Villain in need of major help
 

Hey guys i have an 88 villain 3 i am working on. I started to pull the floors to do some repairs and i have yet to find good wood in the boat, all 4 stringers are rotted away its a mess and i think i am in over my head at this point. I am located in Charlotte NC area and i am looking to see if i can get some help or direction on what to do and or who can restore the boat for me? thank you :lolhit:

come on someone help this guy out, you can follow some of the guys on here, pokher ace just did a 42 fountain he can help, glassdave also is a genious on doing those kind of repairs.

Here is my recent rebuild.... This may help...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...che-scout.html

Hey thank you guys. I have moved forward with the project and have been documenting the build. I have a marina near by helping.

Only boat I have seen to come close...and it didn't
 

Only boat I have seen to come close...and it didn't... I have personally seen this boat on Lake Ontario more than once. So has another member on here. The boat is for real. The first day I was out running and the sound of his power plant turned my head...then this little boat cleared the harbour mouth. The pier hid it completely. Not what I expected to see let me tell you. Have a look at the videos. He has always driven it with caution (as he damn well should). Only on calm days and doesn't trim up...at all lol. I don't see tabs or hyd steering...that's scary! At 89.1 mph. current dial in...wow...looking for it bad...Have seen him around for at least 4 years.

Now you have a bit of length on him but both hulls will be quite similar in their hydrodynamics etc. He is 18.5 foot Stingray with a lot more cubic inches than your talking but it's an NA motor not blown.

Needs to be set up a bit, doesn't idle well and rolls over like to much timing...or too little starter lol.


632 ci BB engine start up video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFURzEJTM-o

On water fire up 632 BB without hatch, clearer view...a weee tight lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXoZ7P-d0H4

Person on shore shot him coming in under pretty heavy throttle. Running and sounding pretty good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPwhC4tFUI

On water closer passes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjFubwlWK8

When I heard and saw it run that first day I was some surprised. He baits the offshores in and pounds quite a few on the calm days. Enjoy the vids as you shake your heads lol.

This is a 632 cubic inch Merlin that originally made 700Hp. The boat is custom made by Revera Boats with a mold taken of the 1989 19 foot Sea Ray bow rider. In it's first trim he achieved 84.3 mph GPS. @ 4600 rpm using 34 pitch 4 blade propeller and 1.5:1 bravo gear case. He then replaced heads with AFR Aluminum heads. After changes.....GPS top speed of 89.1 mph with 4 adults on board, using Hydromotive 35" pitch 4 blade propeller and nose cone.

Im trying to figure out how those last two posts are relevant to this thread.

Villan is putting a high hp motor in a hull that wasn't designed for it. The guy in the video put a HUGE motor in a boat that wasn't designed to run that fast. I think it is more than relevant. I would hope he is trying to show Villian that he needs to take it easy when putting big power in a hull that wasn't designed for it. Villian just joined yesterday after Turillo posted an article about what his plans are for the Villian. Check the general discussion section.

I had no idea he had another thread haha.

I just did, and you guys have to read J-Bonz tread rebirth of an apache!!! Sure is a nice resto tread! 88 vilain, if you don't learn anything reading it, you'll at least find motivation!!!!