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

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... 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This is a 632 cubic inch Merlin that originally made 700Hp.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!!!!