Re: New to me Skater.
 

The cat's out of the bag!


Here is the rugs supplied by

Custom Marine Carpet. 269-684-1922

You cut a pattern and send them to him he cuts it to fit
and supplies the snaps.
It is a true grade marine carpet with a rubber backing.

This is color Royal blue.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Gerry,
I've got to hand it to you, that's quite a project that you bit off, and it sure looks like you're doing a great job with it!! :drink:
Stay motivated, she's a beauty!! :drink: :D :D

Dan

Re: New to me Skater.
 

I wish I had the same support from my wife! :eek:


All I have been hearing is you spend to much time and Money on that big tub!
I have to admit I have been getting frustrated with vendors.
I have come to the conclusion that it only really matters
to me. Anyway back to the "TUB"



Here is the King demon bowls finished with self etching primer
and Imron paint.

I like to mod the carbs.
blowermods
1-1 linkage
boost referance
tunnel ram floats

Re: New to me Skater.
 

What do ya think my customers say when they come in to buy
a vehicle and my desk looks like this? :eek:

Re: New to me Skater.
 

I got one together. Just waiting on Blower belts
Should be firing it up friday night.

If all goes right I will set it in the boat Saturday.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Hearing the sound of that one firing up should speed up the build on the second one ! :D

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Dennis when I fire it up i set all the alarms off on the cars here at the dealership! :evilb:


Here is the picture of the Keith Eickert
Blower fuel rails. This is a schweet setup with return ports
and fuel pressure sender ports.
A nice clean installation.


Thanks to Brian at CP Performance on great pricing.


Gerry

Re: New to me Skater.
 

OK three things had to happen today to place on in the boat
tommarro.

1) receave mark up tailpipe from Randy at stellings.
GOT IT.

2)Receave the fittings for the fuel rail . I always start
the engines before they go in the boat.
These came in.

3)The blower belts I ran on the old heads are not long enough. The Blower shop sent them but UPS misdirected
them in CT..............Great! SETBACK.
Called Ron at the Blowershop had him send two new ones
SAT Delivery. THANKS RON!
I will refuse the others.

The reason I want to get one in is for the sake of the tailpipe
mark ups . Ya know how long it takes for custom tails
this time of year?

Waiting for the belt.
one goes in one goes to the DYno

Im going to get a beer!

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Here is how us yankees put a motor in a boat. :evilb:

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Yo G, How many tran-sexuals did you plan on fitting in that thing?

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Quit making fun of my pit crew. First poke-her run we are
going naked running our Nopper Marine shirts. :evilb:

Could use some help Thursday night. Can ya get a pass?


There will be plenty of fridge in the beer.


Gerry

Re: New to me Skater.
 

yes...correct....the shop we are in has a stone floor and hoist could not go in there..excavator :D ....

Re: New to me Skater.
 

So now I take a perfectly good boat and drill 4 5and a half inch holes in the back of it for the custom 5 inch tails.

I gotta get some trim rings with gaskets.


They are 19 inchs apart on drive center line and 11.5 inches
above drive centerline. This should put them right above the
water at idle.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Why dont you buy a real boat and stop ****ing around...Jerry is gay, so very very gay!!!! HOMO :evilb:

Re: New to me Skater.
 

LOL

Do you find spanking ya monkey helps when its on the state house steps?


You vendors are all alike :rolleyes:

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Im impressed, keep the pics coming.

You will love the ride, nothing beats a 46 skater

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Are you going to put rainbow stickers on the side of that sled?

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Heres some rainbows.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Well its gonna rain up here for like a week.
Cant really do anything while its raining.


I decided to take a look at the #6,s.

They appear to be early sixes with the ugly skeg
after closer look I think they maybe converted
dry sumps.

They polish up real nice.
Gonna spray them the lexus blue.
then install the uppers which have been converted
to 1.33 to ones. I have a set of 17x32 4 blades to start
with.

Just ordered a 5 gallon pail of the Torco MTF
gear oil for them.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Wow, you polished the heck out of those bad boys. That is what I will be doing in a couple weeks.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Dennis just take some 600 wet sand then move to 1000
then get out the wool pad with some 3m rubbing compound.


Wala shinny sixes. Dont know how long it will last though.



Gerry

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Ok here is the drive shafts now I can start the drive guards.

I think if one breaks it will sink the ship.

So lets build something rowdy.



Lets start with 1/4 plate

Cut a wedge out of it.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Had some 6 inch shedule 80. Plasma cut it in half
Dam thing was under tension went flying in the air :eek:

Will use two halfs got to figure how to join them
maybe big clamps or otherwise weld tabs and use bolts.


There is one more support going towards the drive.


after im done with this I will paint it the Lexus Blue.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Well it stopped raining for three hours today and i threw
these on.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Here is the drive line guards after two days work.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

For a used car salesman, you are not a half bad boat Rigger.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Yeah my favorite tools are a torch and my plad necktie


SUP MON?

Send me some real drives will ya.

Verdict still out on these.
Just noticed one of the Steering rams is seeping
fluid. So I ordered the rebuild kit from merc.

135 dollars for three o rings. God my ARS hurts :evilb:

Re: New to me Skater.
 

If that $135- for three 0-rings hurts, better leave it on the trailer. No telling what's next and it won't be that cheap.

How much does an oil change cost?

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Actualy just ordered a 5 gallon pail of the TORCO MTF
for 97 bucks.

Do you know how many 30 packs I can buy for a 100?


What Mercury drives fail? I better be careful of what I say.
Because everybody uses them. That means there the best right? But I will ask
How many right angel gearsets can you get in one drive? :rolleyes:

You and I had a conversation on converting this to the Arnesons. If these drives fail. You know who I will call.

Now go take Howy,s Aston out for a ride! :evilb:

Gerry

Re: New to me Skater.
 

I'll be on it in two weeks. Will post pics (if they come out as good as yours). :D

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Those do look like the old skegs, if they are and you want a quick 5+ mph, swap them or send them to herring. Its not much $$ for the speed. That and props are worth alot.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Yeah its on my list for next year.

I wanna see if this tub actually floats first :D

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Looking like your getting pretty close.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

It will float and you will love it.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Keep up the great work & pics!

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Still waiting on tailpipes.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

Maybe next weekend will be ready for a shakedown
run.


Still need the arestors.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

That boat is coming beautiful. I like your work. I've been following this from the beging. Good luck.

Re: New to me Skater.
 

yo cave did you dyno the new mills?

Re: New to me Skater.
 

nope he's in jail. :evilb:


They should be in the 500 hp range :drink: