tripps

and as far as that theory about hp=mph,the pad gives us a little xtra,were lucky!!! tripps

ziemer

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With a solid 800hp it should run every bit of 80. I had an 88' with stock 330's and it was a solid 75 mph boat. We would turn 26" 4-blades Hydromotives around 5100 with light fuel. Plus with small blocks, you're going to weigh less too.

The 30' is a great boat. With the right amount of trim, it will get up on the pad like a small outboard V-bottom.

There's also a guy down here in FL with I believe an 83' with outboards. His name is Tom, he had the real nice 22' that was completely redone and sold a couple of months back.

JERSEY DEVIL

had that same boat in the outboard version real nice always wanted the io version with that deck ever want to sell let me know. bruce

ttrm007

Ok, I've started to dig in a bit. The cockpit has been completely gutted. The wood frame of the bolster was quite weak so it had to go. I wanted two seats up front and access to the cabin anyway. With some batteries hooked up, the dash comes to life and both engines turn over (after a little pre-lube). I haven't put any fuel to it yet and think I'll pull the Holley's apart first to at least inspect.

Next step, cut the dash back to its original location as it has been moved back about a foot.

Anyone have access to some good throttle/drive controls? I'd like to upgrade to something a little newer style.

I need a hatch for the cabin too...

I'm pretty sold on the idea of a couple 383's. I think I can build good ones (dart heads, forged internals, etc...) pretty reasonably. It would be tough to put it in and go 45mph!

Oh well, back to Ebay to collect stuff I'll be needing.

1HYPER1

PM Me what you need I have some throttles and shifters as well as some other parts I might even have a entry door set up from the factory for my 320 Velocity.

Chris Sunkin

Well, I'm glad I poked my head in here when I did!

The boat's VIN is VMX32056080H

Tha boat was originally purchased from Velocity by Jessop (Jay) Smith and was raced as "Putt-Putt" to a national championship. When he replaced the boat a few years later with a 34 Cobra, the boat went briefly to a body shop owner in Eastlake by the name of John Grbovac. John changed the name to "Serious" and did a cheapo paint job on it. I bought it as a project. Basically the motors ran briefly and when disassembled they were absolute garbage. The drives were in pretty good shape but they were totally redone. The boat was stripped to the gel and repainted with Amerflint- the toughest and hardest-to-apply paint known to man. The "Serious" graphic was redone by a local artist. Literally everything on the boat was redone. I'm guessing the rubrail screws and all external hardware are still hex-head.

I still have the bow tank from it sitting behind my shop- if you want it... I'm guessing it still has the giant Wolverine trim tabs?

At one point, the boat had a pair of destroked BBC turbo motors in it with Banks intercoolers- about 600 HP each. I had it to 113 mph and had 800 rpm left- too fast for me. The boat finally ended up with 355ci small blocks w/ tunnel rams. It went via a broker who was a velocity dealer at the time in one of the far-west Cleveland suburbs up on the lake.

The boat ran 75 with the 370 horse motors it had in it when it went. The only way to get big blocks in on those centers is to use Mercruiser manifolds. It really is a small-block boat.

I sold it in the summer of 1989, right before my son was born. I still have the original title.

P.S. That is the original dash location.

Here's the original Putt-Putt on its way out to the racecourse-

JUPITER PULSARE

Very cool old boat!! I believe the early Velocitys were built in Pompano Beach. Steve Step should chime in on this one. He was really active in racing back then!

Chris Sunkin

Yes, Steve was in Pompano at the time the boat was built and a few years afterwards.

tripps

Love to hear the old stories about 30's,guess im livin in the past tripps

JERSEY DEVIL

i am interested in onejust like yours if anyone knows of one please let me know [email protected] thanks bruce