distantthunder

I had a 292, warmed over 454’s, no blowers, 26P props spinning over 5k. Low/mid 70’s any day of the week. Miss that one. Start a thread in the Formula section and you will get tons of input.

Griff

Why didn't you just spend the 40-50k you are considering spending on this boat on a different one??

IMO, you would still be much better off to sell and upgrade to another boat rather than putting significant amounts of $$ into the 33 year old one.

BTW, if you do an advanced search search my screen name and 525SC and you will find tons of info.

resurrected

I agree with Griff, if you already want a bigger boat, don't spend a penny on the 292, and make the move when you can.

FORDFORMULA

. Thank you for your reply and for the info. As far as the boat at the time it was all I could afford and it go my family into boating. Also I just love these boats more than newer ones. Plus I like to make things my own. Besides I won't have to spend that kinda money. Horse trading for most labor and parts. Getting boat painted by a buddy and getting apulstery done by another buddy's relative. Most other work I will do my self. Boat should be worth more than what I put into it especially for what I gave for it. I shouldn't have to spend more than 10k for all I want to do. And it will take a long time to find the boat that I would want to upgrade to. So until then I will be in a nice boat that will be worth something. May not ever even upgrade do to to many variables that would have to take place for it to happen. Love the looks of a sr-1 357 but I hear the 311 is far better than it and the 292. I still love my boat and can't wait to get these things done. The nice thing is I have a nice boat to use now that I can upgrade in stages as funds are available and my investment hopefully will continue to increase.

distantthunder

I loved my 292 and would go back to it in a heartbeat, however, my current 357 is an absolute monster in the bay and it would be hard to get rid of her. I too enjoy the vintage birds so I can understand where you are coming from. I know the older boats don’t hold a candle to the new models but for me, it’s perfect.

throttleman

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just posted a pr of 420 complete

kreed

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I had a 1992 31 Cigarette Bullet about 10 years ago. I went through the 525SC engines and upgraded the cams. They dynod @ 575 each. The boat would run a top speed of 82 in the ocean, and 80 on flat river water. I dont know what your boat weighs, but I believe the Bullet was about 8500 lbs. I was running 28P lab finished props from Bblades...Hopefully this can give you some idea on what your speed #s might be. Cool project...good luck!

throttleman

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sorry for the wrong info , i have a pr of b&m 250 super chargers of one of my customers engines complete from carbs to intakes with pulleys $5500 + ride [email protected]

adrenalinejunkey

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I have 177 intakes, carbs and flame arrestors if you need any. Intakes are $500 each, carbs are $500 each and arrestors are $350 each.
mid you’re interested text me. I’ll do a package deal at $2350. Might have some belts too.
508-631-4784

Inrecovery

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I have a pair of 174 B/m Blowers, intakes, belts,lower pulley and 950 carbs, 3800 for the pair. also have Pair of 454 (gen 4) 4 bolt mains, all forged parts TRW pistons, gm crank, rods two blower cams, new heads in boxes, 2.25/1,88 flywheels, balancers, 8k can ship or pu in Pa 17055 717 554 9967