Interesting setup! Always a few kinks to work out. Back in the early 80's, father in law ran across an 18 foot Slickcraft, with a 4 cylinder Chevy/Mercruiser setup, that didn't get freeze plugs pulled for winter, so got the boat/trailer for a song! Put a 455 Olds, with Barr Marine water jackets on it, and 9inch exhaust out the back. Mercruiser outdrive couldn't handle the 455 though. Got a salvaged Mercruiser Alpha One, from a Cigarette, than burned in a marina fire, but outfruve was in the water. Then it was game on, with the stailess cleaver prop! Was hard to launch, as it was so rear heavy, so had to jam styrofoam coffee cups in the exhaust, to keep water out of the manifolds when launching. Dangerously fun, on a smooth lake (had to wrap your arm around the steering wheel BEFORE opening up the secondarys)!! Never got a true number on top speed, but with a 27 pitch prop, you KNEW you were cookin'!! Just had to take the opportunity to share. Y'all be creful and have fun!
Big Motor, little boat No beam width, Don't get Cocky for Speed. Wear a Life Vest On ALL RUNS, Tied to Kill Switch. The unkown Happen Quickly, BE prepared NOW. Good Luck.....
@@Gruin it's been in the water for 4 years. It's a 66" beam and it's very stable at WOT. I only wear a life jacket running up shallow strong current rivers
any flat water WOT run videos? Like the series and content. I have an 18ft v hull like this. Going to copy the hanging on the mic from the windshield support. You're also inspiring my to get out my old car audio gear for a 2nd Chapter. PPI, HiFonics and Focal components just collecting dust...
That’s a good looking 4x4 square body w/hips you got there too! I’ve had 2 half tons and one 3/4 ton square body and I kick myself for selling them when I was in my early 20s….just HAD to have a new one at the time!
Those Corvette filter regulator work great when hooked to stock fuel pump its designed for. Dont talk crap if you don't know. I've used em on several vehicles. If you're using a non factory or jacked up pump don't use this regulator. Period.
@@disolejunk I used to use them all the time and I've had several of them fail. Not a serious regulator they're legitimately a POS and I'll never use one again. Doesn't cost that much more to buy a proper regulator
Inboard boat motors and car engines are different. Boat motors have more torque and water manifolds. If you tried to put a boat motor in a car you will have problems overheating.
thats not a gate valve so make sure its wide open , also consider the gps the motor actually requires . and maybe a thermostat. or heat exchanger. best wishes . mapbe a P C issue
No idea yet the bottom needs a bunch of work, the engine needs tuned and the pump needs a wear ring. Haven't ran it past 50 mph. We'll find out next summer
As far as your cooling system goes, Your water restriction is in the wrong place.. You said it's just after the water pump. That's not what you want to do.. You want the entire water system under pressure you need to place your restriction After the exhaust manifolds some place just before where the water goes overboard. You need to slow down the volume of water moving through the cooling system, give the water time to remove the heat from the block and exhaust manifolds.
Like I said in the video the entire system needed re routed at this point, and it has been. I originally had two gate valves after the engine, and I ended up putting them back on to restrict it just before the risers. I found out later that even with those valves almost all the way closed I still couldn't get even 100 degrees water temp. I'm not having a problem removing heat, I'm having a problem getting the engine to run any hotter than lake water temp. I ended up reinstalling a valve right at the pump and slowing it down ahead of everything to finally get some temperature
There's a big debate about it. Most people have thermostat housings so they run a restrictor plate to build pressure in the engine to keep air bubbles out. But most use a gate valve right at the pump to regulate temperature
New subscriber here. I'm just glad I stumbled across ur channel. I'm really excited for more boat videos to come. Def would love to see alot more boat content. But other than that great work and dedication towards the channel. Ur doing an awesome job. So with that much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤.
Yeah most are left hand steer because they have a gas pedal and they need room on the floor for it. I'm not a fan of gas pedals I like to set the throttle and cruise. My other jet boat a '78 Cobra jet also steers from the right with a hand throttle
Haha no I don't think so. Ol hips has been a great truck man. Daily drove it for ten years up until recently now it only gets used for work- towing trailers, hauling camper, hauling firewood
Nice job looks fun I'm doing a starcraft starchief over, wanting same motor set up one day. Has an old iron duke mercruiser 190 hp. Have to settle. Great looking boat you have.
Don't know yet haven't ran it past 50 mph. I'll find out probably next season after the bottom gets finished, engine gets tuned and the pump gets rebuilt
Yeah the power is pretty good considering it's still running on the factory truck tune. You could definitely tell that with some tuning it would run much better it was very confused lol. And yes I planned on at least doing a mild cam in the near future. I have several 6.0s in the garage too so that's another option in the future if I wanted more power
