potential 390 project...need input from the community
 

came across the old Benjen 390 hull on trailer in south texas. boat is in good shape, on a nice trailer. need power and drives. originally a #6 boat, so that complicates things if i wanted to put some Merc power and bravos on it.

My question for you guys since i've got no experience with a Sutphen hull - how are they for a poker run setup type boat, and what speeds do we think are realistic out of a 390 with some beefed up 500's and bravos?
the cost of 6's makes it difficult for me to want to take on a project, but i know where to source motors and some bravo drives. would likely close in the cabin, and do a 4 seat PR type setup, similar to the 33 that was recently redone with LS power (big fan of that).

thoughts?

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Cool project, is it glass or kevlar ,, year ? Ive never been on one but from what Ive heard and read their a pretty fast hull

its all glass. could be really neat, i'm just trying to learn more about them before I make a decision. Dustin has some power for it, BUT the conversion from 6's to bravos would be costly so trying to feel that out. dustin also has some bravos and boxes that could work, but transom would need to be redone.

Plus moving the engines back and relocating / aligning everything............might upset the handling ? not sure

yep. was thinking i could leave the engines where they'd be for the mounts, and use some custom driveshafts instead, but it would definitely change the weight bias.

adding 6's to the project kinda throws it out of the park.

Yep, its a whole different game moving to a #6, props alone are 10x the price of bravo's.......I dont know what the going price is to plug and recut a transom

i feel like that'll be cost prohibitive, but i'm looking around.

What do these weigh?
Sick Stinger just parted that out last year.
IMO, if you can't swing # 6's for it, roll on by.
After the trouble of all the transom work I'd guess you'll eat Bravos up with that, even XR's
Unless you lollygag around at 2000 RPM all the time.
So there's that headache.

factory was 7600lbs. thoughts on NXT's? would save me redoing transom.

The nxt's in the classifieds are almost as much as the #6's

Similar boat poped up today
6's too
but never rigged !
might save aome $ depending on how much work is needed on the one you found


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^^^^ this
if you don’t want it I might be interested.
I would have picked it up from Sick but didn’t have time to make the trip north at the time.

That's what Google told me also. Is that where you got it also?
I'm not buying that just yet.
Maybe that's with no power or drives.
Hopefully some knowledgeable Sutphen guys chime in.

The owner used to be on here.
Think it said 1000HP a side and he was at 107MPH.

Well what do ya know, that unrigged Facebroke ad had this photo of a brochure. Courtesy of that guy. :drink:
Claimed 8550 dry with 500's and Bravos.
I was guessing heavier than that.
Bravos regardless. Good luck.

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since this was orignally rigged with 6's, it would be heavier for sure.

Hoodoo 2.0 its all yours if you want it. not wanting to spend #6 money on a 'could run good, if i throw 80K at it'

What are they asking for it ? does anything else come with it

its honestly too good of a deal to be true, IF the hull and stringers are all fine. he's asking 10800, WITH the trailer it sits on. partially rigged, just needing drives and power.

possibility for transom to be bad, BUT if youre going to pay to convert it to bravos that has to be done regardless. i figure depending on weight and power, with maybe 600hp per side and bravos it could be a low 80's boat, prob upper 70's tho if its 9000lbs.

I figure that trailer has to be worth 6K easy.

30-35K drives
12-16K transom assemblies
35-40K engines
5-7K trannies
8-10K exhaust
10K misc

Buy Moses TG turn key, add gas and go.......lol

whos moses and whats he got? always liked a gun.

the build sounded way more fun before I had all the expenses in plaintext in front of me :poopoo:

Not sure if its still for sale ?

https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...gun-price.html

i actually do like that quite a bit, minus the "break out" on the side. a good candidate for a fresh dustin interior.

I have a video on our YouTube channel (NorthEast Powerboats) of BenJen's 39' firing up in Connecticut in 2014/15. The title of the video is 'Sutphen 39 Dominator Startup' - it's LOUD. (Can't post links yet as it's a new OSO account but worth watching)

I know that boat, I was on it with Herb, Ben and Jimmy Knowles one summer, Herb was getting it around 110 mph I think so, that boat will run the best with #6, it’s a total beast with 1000hp a side, with bravos you will never achieve that.
I was in talk with Dave but USCG registration was teared up a bit but enough to give me a trouble with export,
im glad someone got it,
welcome to Sutphen family,
nothing runs line Sutphen.

My 390 is the one on the brochure with the lightening bolt, bravo XRs on boxes I run 92-93 with 780hp per side. If setup properly it will run fast w bravos and give decent reliability obv depending on how it’s driven/throttled.

Do anyone know if this boat was sold?

I just looked at the un-rigged one here in MD for a friend, its in real nice shape, never rigged, interior and cabin is great, deck needs re-clearing. but a great solid boat.

Can’t you share contact if you’re fiend is not buying it?

its in the fb ad, or put in the persons name on the ad..i dont have the guys number.