Project 75MPH Starflight.......

[B.Mac]

Sold the 8" Panther electric scissor jack & 5" solid extension and went to a manual 12" Plate.......

I was afraid to continue to run the 8" plate with another 5" extension for a total of 13" SB. I'm gonna miss the push button jacking though.........

This bad boy is solid........
B.MAC:D

[jmdank]

B do you have some secrets up your sleeve??????????????????

[B.Mac]

She can run as deep as 4" under to as high as 2" above the pad now........

Motor ready to be picked up from the machine shop, 1 new 0.15 over piston, other holes honed, new rings & boyesen reeds goin back in...........

[B.Mac]

I'll cut the heads to 135-140 lbs, boyesen 7 petal reeds, G-force tuner, and a fresh powerhead.......

I think part of my problem before was uncontrolable chinewalk @ 70.....I believe that was due mostly to the combination of two incompatible plates AND a scissor type jack in 2' chop......
She runs fastest in nice rough chop with no wakes.

Here's my beast before surgery.......
B.MAC:D

[action17]

hey BMac Devon says just bring it on!!!!! looks good glad to see everything going back together!!

[baddjonny]

Getting ready to rig my starflite with the 200 zuki 10" jackplate and the helm is a old quicksilver duel rack setup looks like 16' is about rite mabye 17??? also need remote control cables what are you running ??
thanks
jon b

[novalves]

Two more inches is night and day no bs I tried 8, 12, 14, & 16" on mine!!!

Can the Broad tail or at least saw the left side flush with the cavatation plate the prop spray (rooster tail) lifts the stern.

8 or 10 petal cages even when mounted in a 14 petal front half will have noticably more bottom end & mid range power without loosing any top end power in engines running 7500rpms or less.

I have proven this to myself by doing same day back to back tests on both 2.4s & 2.5s

Changing only the intake & and also comparing manifolds with or without cross drilling.
Personaly I like cross drilled intakes on my stuff (but I also like playing with every hole tube jet & orface in any carburetor) you know the obsessive compulsive competive thing

[Reese]

Bmac/BL's neck of the woods for a week long dive trip in the keys...hope to see that new Mercenstien running well when I get back...:D

[B.Mac]

Nothin' worse than gettin' whipped by a V-4......an OMC- V-4:eek:
I'll tell ya what? How 'bout if we race accross Sarasota Bay @ 75 in 2'-3' chop? If he can whip me then, I'll buy an OMC:D ;) :p

badjohnny......I'm running the original quicksilver (rideguide) dual rack .........works fine for me. I just adjust one cable in and one cable out so there's a hair of tension on each when static to eliminate any possible slack. The cables are 14' 6" but just barely reach 13" of setback (had to use cable a stretcher) I would go with 15' cables for dual rack system.

novalves.......I believe it! These things LOVE setback. I'm planning on padding the bottom after the season so I'll keep her @ 12" for now.......besides my cables are not long enough to jack her up centershaft after I pad the boat and cone the nose @ 14".

Here's my pad model:D
B.MAC:D

[B.Mac]

Pad.........just a few minor adjustments like this 14" pad I found on this fishin' boat at Alligator Lake........
B.MAC:D

[B.Mac]

Just enough to get me all the way up and out like this guy's fishin' boat.......:D
My wife won't let me have this one:(
B.MAC:D

[action17]

we'll just use this boat to race in sarasota bay let me know if your interested!!:D

[pyro]

BMAC, read my reply to your other thread, KEEP YOUR LOWER UNIT STOCK! If you cone it, you'll regret it. Take it one step at a time.