Off topic I know but this is just one of the boxes I built. Like I said I love this kind of stuff. And yea I need to finish it off with the top trim piece. So no that's not the finished product. ..

Redirected sound will be louder but I've never done a boat before so hard to say what will sound better. Make a test box and put it in different spots to see what sounds best. Best case it will sound like a system in a convertable..worse case like a system on a bike. Great high ends but no bass. I'm thinking either two 8" or 10's mounted in the cockpit behind the front seats.

is it REALLY off topic when it's your own thread? lol

I built a really similar setup for a memphis mojo back in the day in a customers car. Christ that thing could pound, and it stayed clean the whole time too. Going back a solid 7 or 8 years so I'm sure the equipment has gotten even better in that time frame. Near the end of things I got way more into fabrication (like turbo manifolds, intake manifolds and the such)

Going to pollute your thread with a few pics of my own because I don't have the drive to keep one of my own going the whole time, but you can see you're not alone in a huge resto/customizing project)



That's the before (well close to 2 days of cleaning at this point) I was working with back in the bilge... absolute mess, lots of dirt/debris from a totally rotten rear seat



That's one side of it cleaned up and painted. Hoping to get the engine back in next week... boat had a 502 magnum in it with spun bearings so I rebuilt it with a 540 stroker kit. Got mine in august of 2012, so been going at it just about a month longer then you lol

What did you use for paint? Looks good man. Yeah my sbc is not going back in I'm going late model LS 6.0 L of pure fuel guzzling joy. Good point on off topic..lol

6.0L? man how you think I'm going to feel with 8.9L of displacement draining my pocket dry each time I go out

I use interlux bilgekote... the yma102 I believe it is. It's all just brushed on, it flows beautifully and is easy to work with (and pretty forgiving on me so far, but requires alot of prep work like any paint)

I did at least luck out on my deal with the boat... got it super cheap ($3k in a divorce sale because the wife was in charge) and it's already painted, had a nice trailer and a brand new bravo on it, but the interior was probably in worse shape then yours. Almost none of it is reuseable. My goal by the end is to make it look like at least a 2010 even though it's an 89, but I enjoy the project.





It's one of those looks good from afar but believe me it's far from good so far

Im getting ready to start on my own project. The dash pod is coming out and converting to a sit down boat with a center console. Monster gauges will go where the stereo is and switches, controls and stereo will go to a center console. Also rewiring the entire boat. first pik is my boat, second pik is similar to what I am going to end up with...

Nice guys hell yeah. I got mine really cheap but as you could see it was no gem when I got it. Motor only had a few hundred hours on it but a cracked head caused hydrolock. Yeah I could go big block but the ls can pump out 1200 hp lol. I'm only wanting around 400 tho. And its so light compared to the old big blocks. I have a post going on whats needed to swap an ls.

Been following the LS thread with interest. I have a friend in town who owns a wrecking yard, though I would like close to 500hp. There is only a foot difference but size wise I am quite a bit bigger than a scarab 21

The ls can move very well. There is a 24' skatter with twin 5.3's. He hits 105 I believe. Like I've said the ls is the wave of the future. The old 350 has had its day in the sun. Now its time to catch up to the rest of the field and become a bit more modern. Had to believe but tue ls has been around since 99 and we are just now seeing them in boats. Like maybe the last 5 years they are finally catching on.

Just a small update I didn't get far enough on the dash to warrant any pics yet. But those are hand polished with 3000 grit sand paper for about 6 hours its astonishing what you can do when you have nothing else to do lol

Anyone know who has the livorsi arched base plates? The one place that had them were out of stock. I want a polished one instead of my cheap plastic one.