NEW 350 HP CHEVY ENGINE - 1991 Malibu Competition Ski Tow Boat - Will It Start? | BOAT RESTORATION 

Awesome video! Great channel! Can’t believe that you “only” have 7k subs… hidden jewel; way to go 👍🏽

I'm finishing up an old Nautique restoration and am installing the engine this week. Slept about three hours last night. It's pretty easy watching videos about it.

The shaft seal should have a slight drip otherwise it will overheat. There are newer styles that are dripless. You should probably change the packing inside anyway and get the drip rate set correctly.

Not repairing the OG captains chair is crime! that pattern is so cool! Amazon chair is lame! but i do love the ending shots of you cruising on the lake.

Cool project i had a customer that put a built 383 in his 86 malibu skier it was a beast ....didn't go much faster than 60 but it would get there quick and pull the whole dock and ski team around the lake. Malibu did build the Corvette boat with a 383 Indmar it was a ripper @ 60 mph also.....shaft angle and hull design limit the speed these hulls will achieve they are not designed for all out speed but for pulling and wake shape ....its a slalom hull so flat and smooth is what is needed often the hull will have a hook in the rear to help run flat and as speed increases more down force is put on the nose of the hull to keep the boat flat and smooth for a good slalom ski wake after extensive bottom work the boat went 60mph ...the Corvette boat had a trim plate that did the same thing and was hydraulic controlled ....maybe go up 1 pitch range and to a 4 blade ACME . 5000rpm is your wot goal.

Hey man. Cool build for sure and love what you’re doing. My concern with your engine is the use of automotive parts which is a huge issue for ya if you were stopped and checked by authorities. Massive fines for that. Additionally, marine engines don’t use HEI with vacuum advance. I get that the parts are less money but there are major differences between auto and marine parts. Other than that, good stuff. If ya have questions I’m happy to help. Be safe and have fun!

You’re killing it dude keep up the good work

I bet your neighbors are loving you.

I'll be honest. My last custom built boat which was a Triple pontoon. I wanted to build myself cuz I wanted to have a bit of a different layout then normal and i wanted a longer boat and for it to be a inboard outboard setup. I ended up finding this company that sells the pontoons in fit together pieces made of a special polymer that's like a light color and they have several to choose from. But what's really cool is that you can put lighting inside the toons themselves and they light up and I've never seen anyone else have it. And I get so many comments on it. The other thing I did was on the front each pontoon has thrusters so that I can turn on a dime if needed. And then on either side of the main engine are two electric motors that actually go inside the toons and thru the back that can be ran together or one at a time and believe me sometimes it's nice not listening to my ridiculously loud olds 454 that's cammed out and supercharged around 850hp and yes it drinks at idle about 2 gallons an hour. I've never tested it above 70mph because it gets super squirrelly but still handles good. I imagine that I can easily hit 100mph which is saying alot for a 28 foot pontoon. That's also got a swim platform and secondary helm on the second floor. I also decided to try the new fencing design that isnt steel but ultralight aluminum frames with polished acrylic panels that are black and depending on how you want it the acrylic can fade to not be see thru or to allow the lights in. I wanted from the mid seating which are double wide couches with backrests to the rear end minus 2.5 feet so you still have a rear platform to fish off of or to get to the ladder for the secondary platform. I also have an enclosed bathroom with running sink and toilet. My point being this. A ton of folks do ls swaps for their boats but it's so boring. Honestly I'm in the works of building a 1950 to 1960s old mahogany style chris craft. But with something that's much lighter and having a teak deck and floor. But to power it. I want to run twin rotary engines from the newest style rx8s. You can really put a ton of power thru them sometimes up to 1000hp they are indestructible and they want to be revving easily between 8 and 10k. So they would work great. I know they did a version of these for jet engines but I wanna do prop driven. We shall see. I really wish more people built custom boats. One day I'd like to build my dream houseboat using these custom pontoons. There really is no cheaper options. And living on the water is where me my wife and two boys want to be

Awesome video really enjoyed it. Thank you for for sure. Tiny Houston MS ( Len Price )

Great Job Ben and a sweet looking Ski boat too...have fun...!! I'm Steve from Ohio BTW

I think 350 horsepower from a bone stock Chevy 350 with a cam is pretty optimistic especially with marine headers on it. I think 275 would be a more reasonable number.

Sounds SOooo Good! Nice Ride!

Great video

The starter mount can be disassembled and refitted with the new starter Just take apart your old starter u will see what I’m talking about

Nice boat🤘😎🤘

The MEMS is the computer that does those warning lights on the dash

Engine will run better it proper temp. Install a thermostat. My indmar 650 chevy runs a 180.

definitely needs a thermostat could solve your richness issues , not sure if that heater is heatercraft unit or not. should be easy hookup or to get the parts.

I didn't see a heat exchanger, so can you explain why it has a raw water pump and a normsk engine water pump? Thanks.

Great job. I don't think I've had an inboard boat that didn't have a seep at first run. Always carried a couple large adjustable wrenches to tweak when needed.

Just started watching your videos. I love boats and have been working on my 2001 Bayliner Sport for 3 years now. She is almost finished but I still have a ground issue somewhere ? When I put on my nav lights my gages freak out on me? Also, after running the boat hard for a few hours, it will act funny, Like the alternator will start to over charge and gages act up again? Any way love the content, keep up the great work man. If you have any ideas on my project/problem don't hesitate to throw me some of that knowledge brother! (CHEERS) #miilerltelife

Got the same boat and going to be rebuilding my motor soon. What cam and carb did you go with?

Hope you used marine parts and not just automotive. Marine carbs have j-tubes, marine fuel pump have a sight line that runs to the flame arrestor. Should be a hard line running from fuel pump to carb. Marine distributor and starter which are spark isolated. There are important safety reasons as to why these parts are different.

If you need some barefoot, waterski lessons, let me know forwards and backwards, toehold surface turns

Awesome channel! New sub! Was going to smash that like button, but it was at 69! Couldn’t do it!😂

I have the potential to pick one of these up for 1500 bucks basically in your condition, needs a motor. Should I buy it?

nice vid my guy. what is that tune playing in the background 14:50

What kind of top speeds are you hitting?

do you mind sharing where you got the engine?

I know your on a budget but i would of went fuel injection

Why did you rename channel?

Such a cool boat. Ending wasn’t lookin good.

You did a nice job bud!

You never even call me by my name..........

Put a thermostat in it ask engine builder not good to run too cool

Do you want to sell your old exhaust manifolds and elbows?

that boat is made specifically for towing a skier on a single ski in a straight line in smooth water. Its very good at what it does, terrible for everything else

Maybe jusrt get a 350 mag mpi and save some time and avoid malibu

I don't think Edelbrock makes a 650 marine carb, so guessing that's a regular automotive carb. This thing will be a timebomb using automotive parts. Just look up boat explosions from fuel vapor on youtube, and you'll see what I mean. That carb, mixed with a automotive starter, that's a huge recipe for disaster.

@Makin Motor Moves Awesome video how could we contact you?👍👍👍👍