Project Double Trouble!
- Thread starter SteelyDan
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Finished Business
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That's a great build. Brings me back to building mine and finishing broke also! lol But they are well worth it. Real nice!
79 Jimmy
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Great work! Your a skilled craftsman with a keen attention to detail. That boat will serve you well as I've always felt if you take care of your machines they will take care of you. Hope to see you out on the water, should easy to spot you. Did you make those DE stickers or get them made, I'd love a set for mine?
James
James
capt. crunch
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Nice work Dan! She's a beaut!!! What do you think you put into it? $$$ Roughly
SteelyDan
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The boat as a whole no comment lol but got a smokin deal on the motor and ordered everything online to US address for absolute cheapest price possible. Podding it cost 7K total and recovered $1200 from the old drive so $5800 out of pocket to do this and a crap load of hours and Luckys.
SteelyDan
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Go ahead man, Mine looks good from far but its far from good lol
buzzbomb
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I will start my own thread as soon as i get a chance to down load some pics. Dans boat is a full custom mine was just a a full clean and detail,re power,re wire and all new top and electronics and rigging. It started as a bare 1979 hull,so not as much blood and sweat and money as Dans lol.
SteelyDan
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Props
Well we are playing the prop game now. Test run went good except we found out in a hurry that we had a prop from a smaller gearcase like a 115 on there so there was no seal to the gearcase allowing exhaust gas to exit around the prop instead of through it causing heavy cavitation!
Picking up a solas aluminum today for testing, the cool thing with a solas through Precision Propeller is you can keep swaping them out at no charge untill your happy! We'll likely go to a stainless after we find the correct pitch for our boat.
Stuck between:
Solas Titan 4 blade
Merc Enertia
Merc Merage Plus
Merc Vensura 4 blade
Apparently the Vensura is the old merc Offshore renamed and the Titan 4 blade is considered a direct knock off of the Offshore prop
Well we are playing the prop game now. Test run went good except we found out in a hurry that we had a prop from a smaller gearcase like a 115 on there so there was no seal to the gearcase allowing exhaust gas to exit around the prop instead of through it causing heavy cavitation!
Picking up a solas aluminum today for testing, the cool thing with a solas through Precision Propeller is you can keep swaping them out at no charge untill your happy! We'll likely go to a stainless after we find the correct pitch for our boat.
Stuck between:
Solas Titan 4 blade
Merc Enertia
Merc Merage Plus
Merc Vensura 4 blade
Apparently the Vensura is the old merc Offshore renamed and the Titan 4 blade is considered a direct knock off of the Offshore prop
SteelyDan
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Will do for sure 79. Starting off with a Solas Rubbex 14x17. Had a good conversation with Gary who started precision in 61. What service! Hes retired and he went out of his way to call me and discuss props for my hull. They will be getting my business from here on out for sure. I haven't looked at the rev 4 yet. Were going with something with high rake because were running our anti ventilation plate 2 inches up which is what we are basing our desisions from
SteelyDan
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Prop Talk
Well the Solas Rubex 14x17 test was a big surprise. With a target rpm of 5600 we only hit 4750 WOT at 39mph. I took the prop back and will be trying out a 15.5x13 tomorrow afternoon. With a 13" pitch that totally eliminates the Stainless Merc props because they are not offered in pitches that low.
I did however find a prop called a Turbo Ultima 4 blade that I can get with a hub kit for $358 US shipped to my PO box. Half the price of a merc and sounds exactly what Im looking for and is available in a 13" pitch.
http://www.turbo-props.com/products/turbo-ultima-4-series_ultima
Well the Solas Rubex 14x17 test was a big surprise. With a target rpm of 5600 we only hit 4750 WOT at 39mph. I took the prop back and will be trying out a 15.5x13 tomorrow afternoon. With a 13" pitch that totally eliminates the Stainless Merc props because they are not offered in pitches that low.
I did however find a prop called a Turbo Ultima 4 blade that I can get with a hub kit for $358 US shipped to my PO box. Half the price of a merc and sounds exactly what Im looking for and is available in a 13" pitch.
http://www.turbo-props.com/products/turbo-ultima-4-series_ultima
