[ATTACH=CONFIG]512932[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]512933[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]512934[/ATTACH]:whistle:Started doing some stereo work, this should be interesting. New seat pedestal will be a sealed enclosure with 4 10" Rockford Fosgate subs. The amps are 2 Kicker 700.5 & 1 450.2 marine amps 1850 watts rated. Birth certificates for the amps say 935 watts, 945 watts, & 620 watts totaling 2500 watts. If these amps work as good as the ones I mounted in the wifes pon-tune those pesky Asian carp don't stand a chance. LOL Randy

Nice to see some progress Randy. Just focus on one...LOL. My windscreen funds were diverted to a new couch, because, you know, when you spend 9k on new carpet in the house the furniture has to match. The wife has been talking about an Escalade also, F^&*. Guess it's going to take another blowout to get what I want. I swear women think guy things last forever...Mention putting a dime in to maintaining something THEY enjoy that they consider hubbies and it's sacrilege. Not to mention the time it takes to self perform said maintenance, that some how becomes husbands " alone time". Rant off. Almost. The alternative proves out why they are called housekeepers.....

I finally have the boat in the garage so I can work on it at night. I started on the stereo because I have a whole room in the house filled with parts for the boat & the wife couldn't see the window in there, Lol. I think the amps are going there because there just isn't room for them anywhere else that doesn't look crummy to me. They won't fit under the dash & I don't want them cluttering the cuddy. I am playing with some led light strips in there now, looks neat but it's tough to know what will work & what won't. I will post some more pics soon. Randy

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Looking good! Sanding and grinding sucks! I feel your pain!

Thanks Sunrocket, I am glad the transom & stringers are in good shape considering the drainage problems this boat had, the triangle like marks going back to the transom on the outside of the stringers is where water would set. I will definitely be taking care of that, along with the drainage for the front steps. This was definitely NOT a boat that would've been on a showroom floor. Very wavy, rough glass work in the engine compartment covered with splotchy paint to hide it. THATS GONNA CHANGE!! Randy

You sure do nice work Randy . There is nothing so worth doing as simply messing about in boats . Don't remember who wrote that but he said a mouth full .

Yep I hear you on that also! I wasn't very worried about my bilge being a little wavy since the engine is on top of that. But I put a lot of time on the transom in my boat. All in all I used about 1/2 gallon of filler to make the transom smooth and the bilge look decent. The weather is looking good for me to get paint down at the end of this week, I can't wait!

that boat is going to look great man. I'm going to have to make a trip this summer so I can test out my motor swap againts that rocket of yours...lol Granted you're going to be laying down 1/3 or more hp than me... but hey sounds fun. I'm dreading not having my garage built. I'm stuck staring at my boat and working on what I can in the house. Glad one of us can make some real progress over winter. Looking good man.

Thank you so very much Sam, after seeing your boat that is truly a compliment I will have to really work hard to deserve. sdg0080, as slow as things are going for this boat we might have to skip a summer but Party Gras will be up for some fun. The engine alone has taken almost a year so far & I haven't even seen it yet, they are making a serp belt drive from scratch to work with the blower & fabbing everything else for the electronics to hide them as much as possible. I would really like to be able to hide everything in the engine compartment to showcase the engine so I have a lot of fabrication to think up using regular hand tools. It also looks like I will have to figure out any custom machining cause I only know 1 person around here personally that knows how to do this kind of stuff. There are a few members in Omaha but I don't know them & would not want to impose. Randy