Topic: Lot's of folks asked so here's a start.....long read, sorry. (Read 5438 times)

BIG PAPA · « **Reply #25 on:** November 26, 2004, 10:16:41 PM »

Wow what a ride

I was into speed when I was young, still like to go fast but now around 65 is OK

Back in the 70's I had a 16 ft. skeeter starfire with a 235 Evinrude that had enough mods. for about 86 mph. Had to put around 80 pounds xtra in the nose just to control the lift. I think that would scare me now

papa $:{_$

dave the dope man · « **Reply #26 on:** November 26, 2004, 10:20:44 PM »

Now Papa, I know you ain't scared on nothin.......Dave

225HO · « **Reply #27 on:** November 27, 2004, 12:55:14 PM »

Thanks folks,

It's took a while and emptied my wallet a couple of times....LOL

Mike, I allways thought the Stroker would be a better "fishing" platform because of the extra length and width of the Stroker compared to the Bullet and still get the same performance.

When putting the two side by side I noticed that the Stroker is pretty much the same lenght as the Bullet. Fit and finish of the Stroker didn't seem to be as well either. The stroker does have a slightly bigger front deck, but the dual console of the Stroker really seemed like it would get in my way. The rod box lids were very small. The Bullet more than made up for the minimal deck space that was lost by being a single console and just designed better from a fishing point of veiw.

Dave,

I'm running with around 18 - 20 lbs of water pressure when really strung out. typically around 1 1/2" above the pad and into the 90's The faster you go the better the pressure with this lower is what I've seen.

Papa,

16ft and 235HP would scare anybody....LOL.... that was a wild ride I'm sure. I don't think I'd try it....LOL

Mike Cork · « **Reply #28 on:** November 27, 2004, 01:18:04 PM »

I have only seen on Stroker up close and it was a mean looking machine, but it wasn't what I was looking for so I really didn't get into the fishablity of it. From what you say sounds like it would have been an easy dicision with anyone.

Do you run a temp guage on your motor? Wondering if with all the extra water porting if that brought your temp way down but then the hot burning fuel brings it back up. I take it the cooling system had to be improved to handle the higher compression?

225HO · « **Reply #29 on:** November 27, 2004, 09:30:42 PM »

Mike,

I run a dual EGT(Exhaust Gas Temature) guage in the dash. I put this in place of the speedo because a speedo is usually wrong or broken. The sensors to this guage are drilled into the adapter plate just below the powerhead in the back of the moter under the lower pans. One is drilled and tapped into each side 1,3,5 and 2,4,6 bank in the exhaust cavity to give a reading of exhaust temps right out of the motor. I'll try and get you a pic of this to show you where these need to be drilled. this gives me the temp of the exhaust air coming out of the motor. You'll be able to get a little bit of a peek of it in the pics on the first page of the post looking at the dash. It's to the right of the digital tach which is the farthest to the left.

I also am still running the OMC/BRP SLOW system too that will give me an over heat warning.

The cooling mod was actually done way before the heads. This turns the system to more of a hi volume low pressure system than hi pressure low volume and also distributes the water better around the block to cool the cylinders period.....regardless of being stock or modified.

The dry stack (from what I understand) is done by Wayne Taylor to keep water out of the exhaust cavity to 1: keep water out of there when you come out of the throttle as this could actually suck water back up into the motor on deceleration (his mid has no devider between water and exhaust as the stock mid does) and 2: Upon doing this the air can leave the block free'er and faster creating a bit more HP (Wayne claims 10 - 15 depending on how good air is able to come into the motor to begin with) over stock.

Hope this answers some ?'s

Brandon.

Mike Cork · « **Reply #30 on:** November 27, 2004, 09:54:42 PM »

Yeah it does thanks man. Why did you go to a digital tach? Are your RPM's that critical now? and on that note what is your red line now?

BIG PAPA · « **Reply #31 on:** November 28, 2004, 09:13:37 PM »

Quote from: 225HO on November 27, 2004, 12:55:14 PM

Thanks folks,

It's took a while and emptied my wallet a couple of times....LOL

Mike, I allways thought the Stroker would be a better "fishing" platform because of the extra length and width of the Stroker compared to the Bullet and still get the same performance.

When putting the two side by side I noticed that the Stroker is pretty much the same Lent as the Bullet. Fit and finish of the Stroker didn't seem to be as well either. The stroker does have a slightly bigger front deck, but the dual console of the Stroker really seemed like it would get in my way. The rod box lids were very small. The Bullet more than made up for the minimal deck space that was lost by being a single console and just designed better from a fishing point of view.

Dave,

I'm running with around 18 - 20 lbs of water pressure when really strung out. typically around 1 1/2" above the pad and into the 90's The faster you go the better the pressure with this lower is what I've seen.

Papa,

16ft and 235HP would scare anybody....LOL.... that was a wild ride I'm sure. I don't think I'd try it....LOL

Shoot before that boat I had a 14 ft. tidecraft stick steering boat with a 125 evinrude. decided to get rid of it when one day while attempting to take a turn a little too fast

the steering cable (rope) broke at about 40 mph. made several end swaps and skidded into a tree. Lost a couple of rods and some tackle, had a few small contusions

but I just tied the rope together and went home. Never took that boat out again after my wife found out about that

That is when I convinced her that the 16 ft. Skeeter would be a whole lot safer, steering wheel, and 16 ft. instead of 14 and she never asked about the engine because we put a 150 cowling on it and never told her

papa $:{_$

Rowdy · « **Reply #32 on:** November 28, 2004, 11:38:18 PM »

Guys

BJ has another cool hobby I think a lot of you might find interesting, he mounts fish for wall hangin' Even the fiberglass ones...Does a really good job on these too...

MotherNature · « **Reply #33 on:** November 28, 2004, 11:46:10 PM »

BJ, you been holdin' out on us

I would love to see some pictures! I have one that needs some TLC cause she is about 15 years old, can you do anything to help her out?

Rich Boger · « **Reply #34 on:** November 29, 2004, 08:08:22 AM »

BJ, good thread dude! Real nice of you remaining a man of honor and keeping those prop pictures top secreat. Hey, give me a call----I lost that number you told me not to lose! LOL Hunting season has made that happen a lot lately. LOL

225HO · « **Reply #35 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:50:48 PM »

Ok folks,

I've allways wanted a custom cowl paint job and finally decided to do this myself. I'll do this step by step here and we'll se how it goes.

The first thing was to strip the old decals and sand the cowl with 400 to get her ready for new paint.

225HO · « **Reply #36 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:53:17 PM »

After she was stripped I needed a base coat of red to match the Bullet.

This is 3 Coats of PPG Bright Red.

225HO · « **Reply #37 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:55:48 PM »

After the red had "kicked" I sanded with 800 and applied flame graphics with fine line tape and masked the rest.

225HO · « **Reply #38 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:58:00 PM »

I then shot with a neutral black over the unmasked areas.....3 coats here.

225HO · « **Reply #39 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:13:03 PM »

After the black had kicked I sanded with 800 and masked off for a checkered flag look. I shot this with a linen white and faded into a slate silver into a silver metal flake. This is obviously before I shot the paint and looks alot worse than it is...LOL

left_turn56 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:14:27 PM »

HMMMMM...that would look KILLER on the SeaSprite
!!!
left_turn56

225HO · « **Reply #41 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:18:31 PM »

This is after the final shot's of silver and removal of the tape. This is with a sanding of 800 to smooth out the painted flames. You can see "slightly" in this shot of the fade from white to silver in the checkered flag pattern.

left_turn56 · « **Reply #42 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:21:16 PM »

could you do one in a chalky, pea green...with brush and roller strokes to match the hull??? Seriously...nice work!
left_turn56

MotherNature · « **Reply #43 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:22:27 PM »

That is awesome BJ!!!!!Now all we have to do is get a boat that would warrent the flames

Outstanding Job!

225HO · « **Reply #44 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:27:36 PM »

After the top of the cowl was done I basically went through the same process with the pans of the cowl.....Sand, Shoot red. I also did some decal work on the pans in white. I added the Johnson logo on the pans and the SS logo for Short Shaft. Now these are all painted and no vynal stickers here. this is with 4 coats of clear and you can't feel a single line between graphics. She may not be the best but I'm happy with her. The next few shot's is of the cowl and pans complete on the boat.

225HO · « **Reply #45 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:29:58 PM »

Opposite side view.

225HO · « **Reply #46 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:32:24 PM »

This is the back view, after looking at this pic I have come to the conclusion that I need to strip and paint the "225 H.O." in solid white unless ya'll think it look's okay.

MotherNature · « **Reply #47 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:36:46 PM »

From the picture it is hard to tell. There is a bit of a glare on it from the sun light but it looks like it fits right in with the color of the boat... I just cant say how great the paint job looks. How many man hours do you think it took to go from start to finish?

225HO · « **Reply #48 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:38:02 PM »

This is at an angle from the front and you can see very well the fade between the white(on the front) to silver(in the back) of the checkered flame's. Thought this would be a nice custom touch as these may look lik decals but I know you can't buy them like this.....

Until next time....

Catch a lunker and let it go.....and nothing beats a day on the water..........NOTHING!!!!!!

Brandon

left_turn56 · « **Reply #49 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:39:27 PM »

Very cool way to add a personal touch to you'r rig!!!
left_turn56

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