First ride 38KV
 

2013 First ride of the year! Come on summer!
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Nice looking ride !!!
Jim

looks good i cant wait till the wether brakes here and get wormer.

Beautiful Scarab! Love those colors!

nice ride

Beautiful boat!

Love the Name lol

So whats that thing run with 800's????

Thanks guys!

Mild- Im running 1:34 Imco Lowers and 32 Maximus labbed props.... I'm more concerned with my cruising speed than top end. I switched the gears last week from 1:50 to 1:34 and only have one ride with them but at 3500rpms its mid 60's and at 4000rpms its 80-82 on gps. Im sure I will only turn them at 5000rpms in the summer with a load and so on. The boat has ran low 90's before the gear change and over the winter I took out about 200lbs out of the boat in a battery and refrigerator etc. I'll take a good (to me) cruising speed b/c here we have long runs to get to the lake,sand bar etc. I hope this helps. thanks

Bas ass looking boat!

Wow! Love the paint. Wicked cool.

Awesome my friend! Looks good without the center rail.........!

Ran my the other day----should be a season this year.

^^^^^thanks! I still have a few more things to do but its getting there! Good to hear yours ran good. Its about that time! Will you be at the Tickfaw 200 or Texas Outlaw Challenge this year?

Sounds like a runner! Just curious, why the gear change? Did you notice any acceleration loss with 1.34?

[QUOTE=MILD THUNDER;3898947]Sounds like a runner! Just curious, why the gear change? Did you notice any acceleration loss with 1.34?[/QUOTE

Its called "Friends with Benefits" A good friend of mine bought the 399 Skater V Rod so he's in the big leagues now so he gave me some lowers off his old boat! ha ha

It accelerates just as good to me But im not hard on throttles.
My boat isn't made for acceleration if you want to get in a boat that accelerates take a ride in the Skater 399! ha ha

[QUOTE=MrSneakAttack;3898957]I hear ya. Only reason I asked, is a buddy of mine has 1.34 imco's, he thinks they are what are causing his lack of acceleration. He wants to switch back to 1.5's. I don't think its gonna be as dramatic of a change as he thinks acceleration wise.

[QUOTE=MILD THUNDER;3898963]I stayed with the same size props that I had on my 1:50. Did he prop down? If so that my be what he's feeling. Lots of noise but not going anywhere?

[QUOTE=MrSneakAttack;3898969]He only ran it like once with the 1.5 gears. But the day he did, he only had 30p props on. The boat accelerated very hard, and spun to 6500RPM. Then he changed to 1.34 gears, same 30p props. Turned 6000, but acceleration wasn't as good.

I been trying to explain, that he's not comparing apples to apples. He should have tried 26's with the 1.34 if he was wanting to compare the acceleration part of it. But he's got a couple buddies telling him he needs to go back to 1.5's, and it will get that super acceleration back. I know there may be a slight advantage to a 1.5 in acceleration, but nothing imo compared to being underpropped 4 or more inches of pitch. But, I haven't messed with ratios myself much. I don't care much about acceleration is a big offshore boat, as long as its within reason.

I think its nature of the 42' boat, with procharged engines. They just don't make low end like a roots or screw blower. BTW, sorry to get your thread off topic. Love the KV scarabs!

My favorite KV! Gorgeus!

I still kick myself in the A$$ for not buying your boat when it came on the market. Seems like you've had great luck with it. Its also a beauty.

no problem on the thread! yeah that makes sense what you are thinking. Again i'm super easy on my throttles. However my acceleration and your acceleration may be different. I come from a 900hp at the prop 26ft cat and to me that accelerated good. My boat does accelerate but you get my point. The old Scarab will holds it own! ha ha ......now 10yrs ago I would jam the throttles break the drives and go again like it was nothing lol

yes Jet Lag is a great looking boat! He cost me by taking my bow rail off and painting the whole top deck white we are about to paint my fairing white like JetLag!

Old Jet Lag just had a "mid life" redo and touch up. Going to add a new rub rail soon, still looking for a set of race hatches to switch back and forth with the sun pad as needed. Probably repaint the top deck after this season to the original teal/aqua...and then new upholstery on the seats/bench.

I will admit I found a good solid hull that was taken care of....had the boat for 5+ years now and she is been turn key and very enjoyable to own. No regrets! I love the 38KV's!

One nice thing is the fact I found Lil' Bill at Victory Marine who has the experience and previous restoration work on a few 38KV's. I highly recommend the folks at Victory Marine!

yes your boat is mostly all original and very well taken care of. I think i will go the other route and that is a old school race boat theme. large race hatch (maybe 6 pack) and race style dash with full dual gauges across the whole faring. this will be done next year on the offseason. Does Lil Bill still have a KV? what power?

....and I get first dibs on your hatch!

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[QUOTE=JetJock;3901428]....and I get first dibs on your hatch!

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yup and the price just went up! i just repainted the hatch solid white and it looks good!

Lil' Bill at Victory Marine redid a 38KV for a customer. The boat looks new! I am sure if you call him he can fill you in on the details (the owner owns the NXS race boat/team) boat is stock 38KV.

Im running mine this week.

10-4 yes i'm familiar with lil bill and the KV and NXS boat! the prop stop is opening this weekend so we are running also! cant wait!

You're boat always grabs my attention when I see it down in south LA. or in FL. Sweet ride!

Thanks!

Ready to break out her stable!
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I never get tired of looking at a 38KV Scarab.

That boat started a lot of us into the Go Fast Boat world!

Sweet! I'm sure I'll be seeing it at Tickfaw 200 if I still go. Are you going to Smokin' The Sound the weekend before?

if you make it to the tickfaw 200 holla at us! im not going to sts b/c im on call that weekend! maybe next year!

Will do. I'm not sure if I'll be in my boat or with someone else. My boat may be sold by then.