Instigator
10-23-2001, 10:23 AM
Boat is a '77 and is on a bottom jig in the garage getting recored and rigged right now.
Setting it up as a race boat with foot throttle, trim on floor and cable/pulley steering.
Motor is a 1987 GT 200 bridgeport OMC motor.
Sent the block out to Al Stoker where he added finger ports and poked it to 3 liters.
Am doing my own porting, have already cut the factory heads and also cut down the stock mid section to 16" and added a Bob's snout.
Have big bore carbs, light weight flywheel, and 10 amp stator.
The motor is also on a very strick weight reduction program.
I have a box marked "dead weight" for all the "stuff" I've pulled, am at about 35 lbs so far.
Will run on race gas and am being quoted 320 - 330 HP's at 83 - 8500 RPM reliably.
Have access to a dyno for development of a couple of ideas I have also??
This project started out as a top end rig, and will still spend most of its time there but am now seriouslly considering doing a couple of ODBA races.
Went Balls to the wall on this project when I started it this Spring, but after spending a ton of money and time already I've slowed down a bit.
Combination of cash flow problems and wanting to be very carefull in my port lay out since I only get one chance to do this right!!
My goal was to have this thing done in time for this Summer's "Rumble on the River" so I could screw with some of you Merc guys, but just ran out of time and money!
Next summer it will be done and dialed in time for the Rumble!!
http://www.essbasetools.com/rumble/index.html
Setting it up as a race boat with foot throttle, trim on floor and cable/pulley steering.
Motor is a 1987 GT 200 bridgeport OMC motor.
Sent the block out to Al Stoker where he added finger ports and poked it to 3 liters.
Am doing my own porting, have already cut the factory heads and also cut down the stock mid section to 16" and added a Bob's snout.
Have big bore carbs, light weight flywheel, and 10 amp stator.
The motor is also on a very strick weight reduction program.
I have a box marked "dead weight" for all the "stuff" I've pulled, am at about 35 lbs so far.
Will run on race gas and am being quoted 320 - 330 HP's at 83 - 8500 RPM reliably.
Have access to a dyno for development of a couple of ideas I have also??
This project started out as a top end rig, and will still spend most of its time there but am now seriouslly considering doing a couple of ODBA races.
Went Balls to the wall on this project when I started it this Spring, but after spending a ton of money and time already I've slowed down a bit.
Combination of cash flow problems and wanting to be very carefull in my port lay out since I only get one chance to do this right!!
My goal was to have this thing done in time for this Summer's "Rumble on the River" so I could screw with some of you Merc guys, but just ran out of time and money!
Next summer it will be done and dialed in time for the Rumble!!
http://www.essbasetools.com/rumble/index.html