what is the current v hull used for sst 60 ?

[scud]

who makes a v hull for sst60 engines or is that even a class anymore ?

[Mark Poole]

V bottom racing is about gone. Used to be a class here in the south that was called Formula V. It was for E class and J class boats. There is a 13' Critchfield in the boat for sale thread. That is the best running V bottom for a 3 cylinder OMC.

[Skoontz]

If you can find an old 13' Checkmate ( I wish I never sold the one I had to the knit wit brother of mine) they ran good as well.

[Tomtall]

To my knowlegde this class is no more. The numbers slowly dwindled away after the SST60 was introduced and boats were made to try and run that engine. Very fast and running on the edge for a 14' V hull. Very cool to watch every year at Kankakee.These are a few examples of boats made for that class.

[scud]

I wonder if these boats are still available ?. I have owned a 13ft allison and
a critchfield inthe 70s and 80s . I want to get another and continue with the modifications I have been thinking of and refining in my mind over the last 20 some years .I,ve driven many performance v bottoms a few around the100 mph mark and still to me nothing gives the thrill of wrapping this little hull around you and contoling it with body motion as well as the steering wheel besides at my age going slower seems to make more sense .So that is why i want one and if the price is reasonable i want to get a new one . thanx for the help.

[Mark Poole]

I used to have one of those boats, mine was built by Danny Critchfield in Florida. I know that these hulls were popped several times after Danny was killed. If I had mine back the change that I would make would be to put some deadrise angle in the flat pad. These boats had a wide flat pad that was flat all the way to the transom. That was great for straightline speed but in race conditions it could trip the boat in rough water. Been there done that. 5 to 6 degrees of v in the pad plus a small step notch at the transom would be my first choice of modifications.

[Skoontz]

that Vees went by the wayside. I love driving the Vee personally, it was one of the most specatular hull designs in APBA, old family E, Family J, Family S, and so fourth. Nothing prettier when one comes by nose in the air, walking on a 3" hunk of bottom.

[Mark Poole]

Well as much as I love the Mod-VP class, the decision to let V's and Mod V's run together back in the 80's was a mistake. Die hard V bottom racers finally gave it up against Mod-VP. A friend of mine wanted me to build an E class Mod-VP way back when. Would have been a lot of work for a short lived class, as E and V60 soon died off after that. I see those ads also talk about racing for $10,000. In the mid 80's those rigs could be put together for under $4000. (with used engines) That of course was before mandatory safety cells.

[KG4]

Formula v is still big in Minnesota.The twin city power boat club has a website and there is a few for sale there.I will post the link.

[KG4]

www.twincitypowerboatracing.com

[Skoontz]

"These boats had a wide flat pad that was flat all the way to the transom. That was great for straightline speed but in race conditions it could trip the boat in rough water. Been there done that. 5 to 6 degrees of v in the pad plus a small step notch at the transom would be my first choice of modifications"

Look at an old Switzer stepped transom hull. They had exactly what is described here. But, the smallest, a Super Hugger was 16'.

[scud]

I'm starting to get discouraged I can seem to find a boat any closer than Grove OK which is $ 950.00 frieght away from Daytona Beach . perhaps I'll go v4/hrdrostream if so how much would you pay for my 15" 3 cyl exhaust housing and clamps anybody ??