1250 superbp

[baldad45]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-M-PXqdOVU My first ride in Molinari with 1250 superBP Octber 1982. This boat at one time belonged to Oley Berkis the 44 was painted over as was the orange paint job . One of his daughters posted a picture here in those colours.Glen

[Old fiberglass]

Cool stuff....got to love that throaty BP sound !! Sounds like you shifted it into gear at the dock. Do you recall what RPM's you were turning ?? Still have the boat ??

[Raceman]

What was the kilo record for that class? I'm guessin' upper 70's or low 80's????? I remember when I first started foolin' with J Production, the JP kilo was 76 and the Sport J was mid 80's if I'm not mistaken. It'd be cool if APBA had those old records listed by year somewhere so it'd be easy to see how they progressed. I remember SJ took about a 10 MPH leap fairly suddenly when the low water pickup gearcases and cleavers came along.

Really cool video. Thanks for sharing.

[largecar91]

Cool ride!! Old Fiberglass is right, shifting a Bp lower with the engine running is like scratching your fingers on the chalkboard!:eek:

[T2x]

Cool ride!! Old Fiberglass is right, shifting a Bp lower with the engine running is like scratching your fingers on the chalkboard!:eek:

and you had a 50-50 chance of blowing up the lower unit.

[baldad45]

I don't recall the shifting rpms ,this was the 1st time I ran it and the gears did blow. I'm not sure if I did it or the mechanic from the dealership I bought it from. The motor belonged to the dealer and was being used by one of his mechanics on the Molinari. Motor had never been for sale before ,they acted a little odd at the time . I knew I had a problem when I got home the next morning grease was leaking out the side of the case. It took out the propshaft seal leaked water in and froze splitting the case. Got a SSM from Fred Wolfe that winter and ran it that way after that. I have 2 good BP cases and most of the parts to rebuild them.I have another video taken the following summer after I refinished the boat with the SSM I'll post them soon.I still have the Molinari ,it's close on my list of rebuilds! Glen

[Mark75H]

It'd be cool if APBA had those old records listed by year somewhere so it'd be easy to see how they progressed.

To go thru the archives and make up a list of the records for each class year by year would be a monumental task. It would probably take someone a month to do.

If you'd like to pay, I could do it :thumbsup: