Hey guys just wanted to give you all a heads up on boats to watch for with PPS engines. One is a 50' NORTEC. Not sure if the boat has a name yet but I will find out. Another boat is named WARCRY and will be kept at the Ozarks. Another is running at lake Havasu,AZ. And like always FLAT BASTARD will once again compete with the IHBA at Firebird lakeAZ. We qualified second at the Coors light world finals and will go at it again in April. Enjoy the pics

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James, thanks for the added updates on the projects ! WARCRY v-drive set up to # 4's OR 5's ? kooooooool :D J

Keep the pics. coming !

Jim,
I've seen and heard your workmanship up close & personal and it's 1st Class all the way.


Let's see some vids from the test cell also.

Ken

Ken what's up ? how are you and Gerry doin ? anything new goin on with the 46' :cheer::sport009:

those drive on warcry are # 4's. told builder not to run with that much power.
i raced the boat from 90 to 96 on the west coast
barry
warcry3

bottom pic was in ventura ca in a popra race we were just comming up on bob norskog to pass him
driver barry g.
paul abreu throttles (psa marine)
mike rebilini nav
paul neufeld crew cheef
we raced with a four man crew

barry
warcry3

we are using the torque meter system on the engine that moniters torque as you pull power. After talking to the customer and mercury racing we decided to only put down about 750 ft.lb.tq to the mercury drives. Plans are to upgrade the drives in the future. What we wanted to was upgrade everything inboard now to minimize what would need to be done when installing better drives. We really had very little room to do what the customer wanted. Here are some more pics.

we are using the torque meter system on the engine that moniters torque as you pull power. After talking to the customer and mercury racing we decided to only put down about 750 ft.lb.tq to the mercury drives. Plans are to upgrade the drives in the future. What we wanted to was upgrade everything inboard now to minimize what would need to be done when installing better drives. We really had very little room to do what the customer wanted. Here are some more pics.

Hey Barry, how much power were you putting to those drives. Maybe this will help us determine what would be a safe amount of power to pull.

I seem to remember these two Mercs fitted, back in the day..
Mike

look at pic's below they were the eng we were running
750 hp merc racing efi with brodix heads. torque was 675lbs
the drives are 4,s with 5 shafts. they were freshined up at psa marine 510 865 4191
questions call paul @psa(throttle man) or mike reb, plat member mikiedreb (navagater)
both helped build this boat.
barry

look at pic on mikiereb abouve for eng in warcry 50

Ok now for the forward hatches.


They are put in position and fine lined to match EGO Graphics
Design.

Notice the Polished forward scoops. this will capture fresh cool
air and force it in the engine bays. This should allow for a cooler engine bay.

The air will exit at the rear of the stern via billet vents.

Stay tuned for the prep and airbrush work on these hatches.

My plan is to get them done over the weekend.

Ok here we go!

I Red Scotch brite the hatches before anything.
Then Washed them with prep sol.

The green tape lines (Fine Line) stays down all thru the painting. Then I will pull them before the clear.

I put down a violet base then sprayed the Tropical blue.

Hey Gerry L@@kin good Bro :cool-smiley-011:
ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I picked up a 100 dollar Airbrush at Bear Air.

It looks like Steve at EGO used Black for the drop shadows.

He is suppose to stop by and check up on me.
By the time he gets hear I will have screwed it all up:D

I also sprayed some swatches so I could match it closer.

Its alot harder to match when your not blending into ajacent
panels.

Considering I,m a monkey with a airbrush I figured I better practice.

Stop by with some Corona!:D

Remember the more ya drink the better it looks.

Ok I got the blue and the purple done today.

Tommaro will do the orange to reds

Gerry i got a voice mail from Arti said he will be there im also going to be in the area so i want to stop by say hey see you talk to you as little bit about my motor and yours haha ill bring carona u let me know how much.
MIke

Man you are one Talented some biatch.. Looks great

Looks Great :D

Ahh any fruitloop can do this Sh@t!:D

Here we go.

Here is the yelo base.
Followed by tangelo orange.

Who ever came up with the idea of using fine line for the white lines was pretty smart makes it so much easier.


Ready for clear

Clear coated!


I,m going home!

Gerry Pimp good looking all i have to say and glad to see you guys been a while.
-Mike

Gerry
It looks great!
Ed

Great work... keep it up!!

Mike Thank you for the refreshments yesturday!

That in combonation with the clear coat had me feeling pretty
good!:D

Gerry anytime as i said im just a PM or Phone call away i dont know much about the turbines but i am great 4 labor. You tell me what to do ill do it. And as for Donzi thanks for not killin me last year. Haha hell of a way to meet but no problems.
-Mike

Lookin good Gerry!!!

Boy you are GOOD:D, I wish I would have stayed longer, but I will be back maybe friday or over the weekend to get on the frame. art:p PS IT LOOKS REAL FINE!! a work of ART!!

What a great project, almost poker run time. :drink:

Here they are in place.

Gotta do some body work to the old hinge holes.

They match better then I expected.


Next is the massive polished stainless exhaust tips.

I guess being a used car salesman you are used to slapping some paint on something to make a quick sale.:D

But you are pretty good at the painting.

This is an awsome build.
cant wait to see the MPH##########'s
:ernaehrung004:

Awesome job Skater Bro :cool-smiley-011: Caronas & Clear will do the trick and a few Jaeger Bombs for good measure :D
ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!