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Forum: General Q & A
09-01-2009, 12:41 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 23,239
Posted By paulr

Holy 5.5 year old thread! Seriously, check the...

Holy 5.5 year old thread! Seriously, check the dates! 2003 into 2004. Most online forums don't like it when you dig up old threads from the grave.

Memory gets a bit foggy, but this "new" Scarab...
Forum: General Q & A
02-05-2005, 09:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,619
Posted By paulr

Re: loose hydraulic steering

I'm probabily going to be calling the mechanic on this one; when I put it away last there was no visible leakage of any sort but I'm not in the habit of checking my levels when I come in. Needless to...
Forum: General Q & A
02-03-2005, 08:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,619
Posted By paulr

loose hydraulic steering

Hello,
I purchased a 30' Scarab a while back and it's been sitting for a while and I finally had a chance to get it in the water myself. Everything works fine, except the hydraulic steering is VERY...
Forum: General Q & A
04-02-2004, 02:19 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,552
Posted By paulr

Are you inboard? I would think 16P would be a...

Are you inboard? I would think 16P would be a little high for a 13500 LB boat with a 1:1 ratio doing 660 HP (I did some searching and found only 34' gran sports, so I am asuming that's what you...
Forum: General Boating Discussion
03-28-2004, 07:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,076
Posted By paulr

Alpine makes the best decks PPI (Precision...

Alpine makes the best decks
PPI (Precision power) and JL make the best amps, and JL makes the best subs ( W3 / W7 Series). You may be able to find something just as loud or louder, but it won't...
Forum: General Q & A
03-24-2004, 01:13 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Thanks. Does anyone have any experience with...

Thanks.
Does anyone have any experience with the cav plate models ? Do they cause / have any problems of their own - I would think they could cause some extra drag at low to moderate speed as...
Forum: General Q & A
03-24-2004, 10:12 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Yeah, I could see that being a problem (props...

Yeah, I could see that being a problem (props falling off during a turn). I'll look into that silent exaust - if I do a project it'd be easier to adapt one of those systems to work with my dry exaust...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 11:50 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

as long as you have a flame arrestor over the...

as long as you have a flame arrestor over the carb on the third engine, and the exaust sealed all the way outside the boat, there would be a very marginal increase for the chances of an explosion,...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 10:28 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Wow brian, that's Quite a setup. It looks rather...

Wow brian, that's Quite a setup. It looks rather slick, too. Haven't found too much mention of it on the internet, but I am still searching. Found the main listing. That's a good idea with the...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 10:04 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

If I Can find suitable 12V units, I may go that...

If I Can find suitable 12V units, I may go that route. Still not sure exactly how I would mount them, part of the appeal of the origional jet drive idea would be that nothing would be visible with...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 09:30 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Briefly searched but didn't find anything, I'll...

Briefly searched but didn't find anything, I'll search again in a bit. I guess I've never seen anything resembling a "performance" trolling motor. I found an equation online, and based on it, i would...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 08:35 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

hydraulic steering on the drives, so it'd have to...

hydraulic steering on the drives, so it'd have to be an external system (which could get messy with trimming the drives). Could probabily get it to work with some engineering. However, I don't have...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 08:14 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Through the hull is what I've thought about, I've...

Through the hull is what I've thought about, I've just been wondering about where. You need a pretty big hole to get water in, but I don't want to be forcing water into it from forward motion and...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 07:50 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Why I wanted to go with a jet drive - Figured...

Why I wanted to go with a jet drive - Figured there would be little or any drag. Just raise the two TRS's out of the water when you wanted to use it, and I might even be able to get it on plain. I...
Forum: General Q & A
03-23-2004, 07:34 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,658
Posted By paulr

Adding Third Engine (lower HP) for docking / idle / etc.

Something I've thought about, that I would love to hear anybody's opinion / information on - would be adding a third engine - not a third engine of equal performance with a third stern-drive, but a...
Forum: General Boating Discussion
02-10-2004, 09:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 871
Posted By paulr

Manatee Zones / 25mph ?

Hello,
I live in Lee County, Florida, and boat a lot on the caloosahatche. I was just wondering if anyone follows the 25mph regulations, what general opinions are, etc. I know I am "guilty" of...
Forum: General Q & A
02-02-2004, 08:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,284
Posted By paulr

my $.02 on audio: for marine, Clarion makes...

my $.02 on audio:
for marine, Clarion makes good decks and components. For Amps, I run Precision Power, and for subwoffers, I run infinity (good), but am upgrading to JL (The BEST).

Stock audio...
Forum: General Q & A
02-01-2004, 08:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,396
Posted By paulr

Thanks; All of these kits would work fine even if...

Thanks; All of these kits would work fine even if I upgrade to 540-600 CID blown engines? Either way I will be cooling my exaust since it's closed. I've thought about adding some radiators for pump...
Forum: General Q & A
02-01-2004, 06:18 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,137
Posted By paulr

Running Dry exaust would be a good idea too......

Running Dry exaust would be a good idea too... That way you contain the salt water to the exchanger. You still want to flush it, but it's nice not to worry about your block rusting away if you go to...
Forum: General Q & A
01-28-2004, 10:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,396
Posted By paulr

What type of cost are we talking? $500? $5000?...

What type of cost are we talking? $500? $5000? The scarab has dry exaust so it should be possible to include the water jackets on the exaust in the closed cooling - Just hook the water jackets into a...
Forum: General Q & A
01-28-2004, 09:28 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,396
Posted By paulr

Closed cooling / Electric Water Pumps ?

Hello,
It looks like I will be getting a new boat, a 30' scarab (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2453858863) - There are no water pumps on the engines, so he must be...
Forum: General Q & A
01-27-2004, 09:51 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 941
Posted By paulr

I just run my amp's in the cabin, haven't had any...

I just run my amp's in the cabin, haven't had any corossion problems *yet*.
for amps:
JL is the best, but by far the most expensive. Anything JL is prettymuch the best.
PPI (Precision Power) is...
Forum: General Q & A
01-27-2004, 08:45 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 23,239
Posted By paulr

I'd love to see some pictures of how it went and...

I'd love to see some pictures of how it went and how it looks :)

but yeah, I can't really rebuild a boat at my house, and something that runs as soon as it hits the water but still has upgrade...
Forum: General Q & A
01-27-2004, 07:28 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 23,239
Posted By paulr

Thanks to everyone for all their advice on hulls....

Thanks to everyone for all their advice on hulls. I have decided that with all the respective costs, building a boat from scratch will wait for several more years, if I ever attempt it. I found a 30'...
Forum: General Q & A
01-12-2004, 08:28 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 23,239
Posted By paulr

Love the strongbad icon ragtop. Wow, thanks for...

Love the strongbad icon ragtop.
Wow, thanks for all the responses. For everyone's information:
1) My origional fountain offer came from my post...
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