1976 24ft superboat, . help

[joneill]

I would recommend you go directly to the source, John Coen owner of superboat, I have found him to be helpful many times. 631-226-1761, best of luck I saw the boat on craigslist and liked it,

[allpointsmarine]

i liked it ALOT also
thanks

[bskater18]

I had old 200's on my 24. Thought it would be faster but only made it to 70mph. Had good acceleration with 26p choppers counter rotating but drank the fuel hard. Now has a 300 verado. A lot better fuel econ and great torque with a 4blade. I lost about 5mph but should get it back after a few mods..

[allpointsmarine]

hopefully it works out, i will try to call john coen but i dont wanna bug him with questions on a 1976 hull

[tux974]

Send him a bottle of good Rum and a large bottle of coke with a note saying, have a few questions, will be in touch.... If I remember correctly 76 is when he started building Superboat's. It was always said, twins were a real handful to drive due to the 7' beam.

[steve123]

John said a 24 with twins is the worst handling boat out there. The boat is to Narrow.

[skatermike24]

I had a few 24's both with single and twins, I would go single alot less headaches, because of the narrow beam, it wanted to chime walk alot up top. Listen to BSKATER18!!!!!!

[tux974]

IMPO, If the price is right and the boat checks out then buy it. Sell the motors or used them for double anchors and install a single 3.0L, you will like the way they run through the snooty waters.

[JohnR]

Probably run good with a 300x, no?

[tux974]

Probably run good with a 300x, no?

Sure! 300PM, 300X and 300XS.
Superbash bought his new with a 300X and he ran it well! Mine came from new with a 300PM and runs very well, a tick above 70

[allpointsmarine]

if i do get this boat, i wanna make the old 82, 150s live again.. just to run it like it was
may be a waste of time but from what i understand these old engines are built to run, by merc racing
i guess wait and see. i still havent seen boat in person yet and im sure its in need of serious help

[allpointsmarine]

not really sure i wanna even get into it, being so old

[allpointsmarine]

does anyone know this boat at all.. i actually found an old write up on offshore only.
superboat guy was guys screen name thread was, my intro and my old superboat. i dont know how to do link to it..
didnt know if one of you guys have actually seen this boat in person

[quicklt1]

Did you buy it?

[allpointsmarine]

not yet ...