Shoreponders motor LIVES!!

[Talon2.5]

yes folks this poor guys day finally came :cool:

[Talon2.5]

2 stroke smoke :D

[Talon2.5]

and off he goes............TO WORK :eek: :mad: will do the lake tommorrow ;)

[H2Onut]

O yeah,

Another lil Merc been to The Godfatha for a blessing;)

Now off the Rev Pounders For some Hail mercs...

To the Lake Tomorrow for baptism.....


GREAT JOB POUNDER AND TALON !!!!!!!!!!!:D :cool:

[Jeff "Yammer"]

Good to see Pounder. Keep us posted.

Jeff

PS .... got your PM. At least you can actually read what a post is about !! Thanks .

[Maureen M]

Good to see you up and running - enjoy the lake tomorrow!

Maureen

[Wile E. Coyote]

Ohhh Yeahhh thats what I'm talkin about!!!! Congrats! Now go get it wet.....

[mr.clean]

:cool:

[ShorePounder]

Now can I take a nap?? :D :D got up at 6:00am after going to bed around 1:00 or 1:15am :o Yeah, I was working on the boat that late. I think I wrapped it up around 12:30 or so. When it lit off it was all worth it. I got my second wind after it ran for a bit. We had a couple of bugs to work out, but all in all a relatively painless first time. ;) Tomorrow should be fun. I close at Auto Zone tonight so I'l get home around 9:30 or so. Throw the louvers on the cowl temporarily and that's about it for me and boat work.

Thanks for the compliments. It already feels good to have a running boat again and I haven't even dumped it in the lake yet :D

[VectorPat]

Congrats Pounder!!!!! Its always a good feeling when you hear one fire up for the first time no matter how many times you have done it:) ;)

[Tom D.]

Congrats!!!

Tom

[Rickracer]

Come on Bubba, you kin sleep whin ya gets old. :D :D :D

[Talon2.5]

hey rick i bet he sleeps good tonight hahahahaha man he busted his butt this week!!

now all the waiting, searching, machining, painting, building is done and he gets to spend gas money :D

i must say though it was a pleasure helping him, the ole reverend put in 110 percent to get to the end result :cool:

P.S. hey joy i'll stop calling now to see if he's getting stuff done :D

[B.Mac]

Great job fellas!!! That is one cool lookin' hull Pounder! That combo oughta' get 'yer blood pumpin'. I better do a little more tunin' on the 'ol Looper before I come after that thing:eek:
B.MAC:D

[Instigator]

Only thing I see wrong with picture #1 is---
I think the motor needs to be a bit higher;)
Looks awesome Pounder and keep us posted!
Hope to be able to run with you in a month or two.
Does Bboby know yet that the party's at his house:eek:
Gary

[175checkmate]

Congrats guys, looking at the running pictures it seems to me that the mid recieved the talon2.5 exhaust mod. Or I am seeing things. Again great job.

[action17]

bring it on Gary i'm not scared!! congrats Pounder!! thats awesome my brother!!!

[actionXflows]

good for you pounder cant wait to see it in sanford

[ShorePounder]

Hey Gus, good eye!! That's the mid featured in the tutorial :D Sounds pretty nasty in the water too :D I LIKE IT!!!

Gary, thanks bro, no need to tell Bobby about the party, when we show up with the beer, he'll get the hint ;)
Oh and the motor needs to go up another half inch

Thanks Mac, bring that Looper on. We'll take turns making each other look good in front of our friends :D : D

Got the boat wet today. Had to replace the switchboxes, and fix a carb glitch, but other than that, all was good. Spent the day running out of Alligator Lake Mike's house. Mikey's back and doing well. Sure was good to see him. As usual his hospitality and generosity were unmatched. I ended up getting pulled back to the trailer on the rope because the dumbass that wired the boat (see my signature) didn't wire the fuel gauge sending unit and promptly ran out of gas late in the afternoon. But hey! I can't think of a better reason to have to be towed back than that. If I'm being towed because I ran out of gas, that means I got to do some serious cruising and the boat ran well enough to burn through the whole tank. After a little celebratory dinner after I got home, all is right with the boating part of my world. :D

Next stop....East Lake?...Kissimmee River?... Gotta log a few more hours before Sanford. ;)

[H2Onut]

Da Motor

Is a singer for sure, what a low end punch


You DONE GOOD Rev Pounder

Great to see the gang again and ESPECIALLY Gator Lake Mike

The guy is such a class act.....so glad to see him on the mend.

Skip, Pounder, Big D xStream, Hydrostream Dave alisoooon man
and the rest... C YA in Sanford.

[Talon2.5]

ok pounder which body of water next weekend? :D after we adjust max timing of course ;)

was a fun day!! i got smoked outa the hole by pounder(he will probably kick my boats butt when he completes breakin) and theres no way i can keep up with H2Onut off the line!! he lays boat lengths on me in a heartbeat!!

but a very fun day at alligator mikes place!! he still enjoys the company, and has a heart of gold!!

syndicate get together here we come :cool:

[big D]

It was fun to run the ole Punkin again and to watch Slip have to play catch up off the line!!!he!!he!!I"m ready for the river,seemed a few others were also,Just think another six pack and break in will be over,LLEETT HHEERR RRIIPPP!!!!!!see ya,Dennis

[Instigator]

First day of running with very few glitches is a good sign in deed!
Congrats Pounder!
Great to hear Gator Mike is at home and doing better!
Gary

[heath brinkley]

now run dat bitch !!!!:D

[Hot Shot Merc]

Thats awsome i was watching the thread to see how things went.Glad to see shes tight.A bunch of us are going to the winterhaven chain this comeing sunday, we changed our plans from lake tarpon.I'll be breakin in as well as a few others why dont you join us?:cool:

[mr fun]

congrats! sounds like you boys been enjoyin the fruits of your labor, here here! EASY on that high R deal till 10 hrs says THE GODFATHER who's been at this stuff for 40+years. lookin foreward to sanford, take care, fun out. :p

[H2Onut]

10 hours of break in ROTFLMAO

Well it got a little more break in than Charlies Motor..But not much:eek:

[mr fun]

don't come cryin to me. the clock is tickin. and she ain't in nobody's favor. :rolleyes: fun out.

[Talon2.5]

hey mr fun :D

we ran it a little hard a few times but for the most part pounder kept her on the low side, we still have to re-set the max timing and check jetting before he goes into the high R's

hows your action? you guys ready for sanford? :cool:

[mr fun]

ran about 2 hr since palatka, gonna put a impeller in and a little poxy on the lower, nothin major. i bought a peterbilt and have been quite busy trouble shootin her, she's only got 480000. mi and i'm a changed man, powersteering and a fuel guage, i feel like a big pussy ;) fun out.