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01-13-2023, 03:09 PM #16Junior Member
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Does anyone have any experience with 2.0 v6s. A buddy of mine gave me a 81 that im going to tear down and freshin to put on my vector. Thought about maybe cleaning up exhaust chest and switching to horizontal front half. Would any of that be worth it without touching the port heights?
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01-13-2023, 03:31 PM #17
Loop charged V6 thats very reliable. It depends how fast you want to go. I loved my 2.0L i have a couple now not in use just because i couldn’t resist lol. This just came up in another thread but basically if you go full mod you can wring about 200hp out of them although bottom end will suffer. Most common mod is mill the heads to 145 psi and run premium fuel. Leave the rest alone, save the money to put towards a 2.5. A really good set up on this hull with a healthy 2.0L should run 80ish
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01-13-2023, 03:43 PM #18Junior Member
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Yeah i brought the heads to work to cut, ill prally just leave it alone other then heads, maybe reeds and stuffers. I have a fingerported 2.4 with 7 petal front half and wh-15 carbs when im ready for more power. Figured the 2.0 would be a good starer motor to learn the boat. I have heard some wicked 2.0s im guessing they we cut on a lot tho to sound like that
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01-15-2023, 10:08 PM #19
Nitro Rat on here is the 2.0 guru.
sounds fun.Last edited by rgsauger; 01-15-2023 at 10:15 PM.
1990 Shadow bass boat w/ 2.4 200 Merc. Totally resto'd boat and love it!
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01-16-2023, 06:51 AM #20Junior Member
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Seen a few of his post on here, gunna look him up thanks!
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05-02-2023, 06:12 PM #21Junior Member
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Haven't had much time to work on the stream lately but took a few days off of work and got stringers and some of the core in
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05-02-2023, 06:44 PM #22
Very nice work!
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05-02-2023, 10:54 PM #23
Your glass work is pertier than my glass work.
1990 Shadow bass boat w/ 2.4 200 Merc. Totally resto'd boat and love it!
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05-03-2023, 08:55 AM #24Junior Member
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Lol thanks rgsauger, but pictures are deceiving! Got a few air bubbles i need to grind out and patch but im happy with it! Its not perfect but i think it will be a solid boat
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Got a shop built so im hoping to make some good progress on the boat now. Started sanding the automotive paint off just to see what im working with and man theres is a lot of stress cracks. From the tip of the nose to the transom just about! Not sure if its worth grinding each one out and glassing over them or just putting a layer of csm over the whole surface
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12-05-2023, 04:20 AM #27
I feel that one. I ran 1708/1ox csm over the entire hull to solve mine. Faring that took a looooooong time. When the core goes the hull flexes all over the place puts stress cracks everywhere. Plus there were plenty of softish areas. When you strip the paint and gel down to raw glass any areas that are whitish are toast
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Yeah and whats crazy is i dont see many stress cracks at all on the bottom. A few around the pad area. Everything is on the top cap! Unless its just the gelcoat that has a lot of small cracks in it
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12-06-2023, 08:16 AM #29Junior Member
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For the top cap. If i were to grind all paint off and get it to the gelcoat then cover with a layer of 3/4 oz or 1.5 oz csm. Would that prevent the cracks from coming back out? My idea was to cover with a layer of csm then roll on a layer of waxed gelcoat or duratec primer then start fairing from there.
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12-07-2023, 09:15 PM #30
Thats what i did. Iirc i used 1oz csm and laid it over most of the edges. I did grind out the bad ones and filled them with kitty hair first to speed things up. On the hull i layered csm to fill ground out areas but it took a lot longer to fare. I didnt have any stress cracks on the middle of the deck so nothing there other than duratec and the splashwell i glassed over most of it with the transom work. Did the exact same layup process; i ran the csm and hit it with a single coat of waxed gel then block sanded the hell out if it. My arms still have knots from all that sanding
Last edited by LakeFever; 12-07-2023 at 09:17 PM.
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