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    Show some more pictures of the 4-60 next to the...

    Show some more pictures of the 4-60 next to the looper!!!
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    Thats one of them foreign jobs with Yickifigion...

    Thats one of them foreign jobs with Yickifigion bolts and metric fasteners and such...
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    Feast your eyes on boat C-87, the same number in...

    Feast your eyes on boat C-87, the same number in an older boat in a recent thread powered by a 4-60/ Speedifour Evinrude... 5000 spectators? Holy crapola that's what needs to be today.... Is the...
  4. Thread: prop finish

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    Ron let me axe sumpin. Is it not easier to see...

    Ron let me axe sumpin. Is it not easier to see stress cracks and would be trouble areas with a polished prop?
    Don Hendrich would polish my props and then sharpen the edges so you would get a...
  5. Working as a garbage man was one of the best...

    Working as a garbage man was one of the best $85,000 a year jobs I ever had. Ran into my share of crap, got stabbed once shot once in the CHA housing projects. Tossed a crap head into the hopper of...
  6. Bill, we liked that prop a lot on her Merc. It...

    Bill, we liked that prop a lot on her Merc. It was a mo fo to plane but it did work well on the shorter courses once she was up on plane. We ended up getting a new clever from Dewald and that one...
  7. Molto bene. Sono confuso Piranha. Si desidera...

    Molto bene. Sono confuso Piranha.

    Si desidera eseguire un 23 "un'elica emersione? Ora abbiamo bisogno di un guru elica di intervenire ma permettetemi di approfondire qui. Mia comprensione di...
  8. The attachment won't open. Dont worry about the...

    The attachment won't open. Dont worry about the English/Italian My Italian is pretty bad as well, have not used it since 1988 so bear with me here. .Non ho usato il mio italiano a partire dal 1988...
  9. If the engine runs well as it presently is leave...

    If the engine runs well as it presently is leave it be for the time being. You will be amazed at how much you can gain by getting the boat to lift from the water with a good propeller. That 17"...
  10. Piranha, though I am not familiar with you exact...

    Piranha, though I am not familiar with you exact boat brand but let me tell you that it looks like a splash ( copy) of a boat that was very popular in the US in the 70's/80's called the Sidewinder. ...
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    When I asked the great folks at OMC that when I...

    When I asked the great folks at OMC that when I put the solids in my 99 cubic inch 140 the answer given was that the harder of what they called solids rubber still had a little give, and it was true,...
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    Sticky: Record Props

    Sidestepping the thread from Rons "Record" prop line.

    I was over at Don Hendriches home in Lake Villa, Illernoyzz picking up a chopper prop he worked his magic on for me....He was at his kitchen...
  13. Before I put solids on my 140 crossflow, I would...

    Before I put solids on my 140 crossflow, I would have to do the psycho-billy reverse counter steer to keep my Vee hul from doing the chine flop. I installed solids, which at the time OMC's solids...
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    If you contact Socal Speedshop they can most...

    If you contact Socal Speedshop they can most likely hook you up with anything you may need. The V-8 was a more popular lakester motor but there were some pretty fast flat sixes in the 40's/50's/60's...
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    Muncie died in October of 1981. It stuck in my...

    Muncie died in October of 1981. It stuck in my head because Bill always had a boat at the Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Place and everty now and then would make an appearance. I got to talk to him...
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    The 15 and the 15 racing engines all used a...

    The 15 and the 15 racing engines all used a rubber spray that insulated the grounds from the ignitriion down to the body of the motor. There are 2 or 3 I forget how many separate multiple stranded...
  17. Thread: water pumps

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    Have you ever started the motor out of water and...

    Have you ever started the motor out of water and run it for any length of time? And has the motor always been pumping when it was on the boat, like are you running it high on the transom?

    The...
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    Lake pipes

    Gene, do you remmebr the Lake pipes with the covers on low tension springs, so when you goose the motor, the cap opened, then clsoed at the lights for when the cops were around? Add steel pack...
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    Just drive by Sparks Marina yesterday. Looks...

    Just drive by Sparks Marina yesterday. Looks like a fun litle pond with a sandy beach. I live 33 miles up the mountain from there so i truly hope you can make this happen. There are loads of fun...
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    Dave and Ed, thank you. I have a source for...

    Dave and Ed, thank you. I have a source for Sitka down in Corona, they sell aircraft woods and Sitka is one they stock. White pine, Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine are available here at Truckee...
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    Mark that looks amazing! I'm not going for...

    Mark that looks amazing! I'm not going for ultra light weight here, but obviously weight is an issue. I want to be able to be fast and strong. I think I'm going with 1/2" marine plywood capped...
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    Thank you so much for the detail Yellow Jacket! ...

    Thank you so much for the detail Yellow Jacket! Do you have an old Yellow Jacket? We used to sell them back in the day. I loved their boats and was saddened to see then go when the fiberglass...
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    I should be OK at the check points I'm putting a...

    I should be OK at the check points I'm putting a valve cover on the head. We've also got Donner Lake which thinking about is a better choice and free launching. If I like the boat I'm building 5a...
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    Its going to be a 12' mod VP 54" wide with a 14"...

    Its going to be a 12' mod VP 54" wide with a 14" wide pad. The tunnels on each side will be 12" wide, 4"thick deep at the front and 3" deep at the transom. The boat will have right hand drive...
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    Material Selection

    If you were going to build a boat would you use mahogany planking or Sitka Spruce for the framework? Or in a yet other harebrained scheme would you use 3/8 Marine plywood for the bottom bracing and...
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    Ive seen a 224 in a car before...But then I guess...

    Ive seen a 224 in a car before...But then I guess what I'm after is this. This boat is listed in the museum as a former 7 liter and high point champion I beleive 1962 is on the tail...Sorry for the...
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    Hudson

    Hudson Marine motor, removed from a 31' Hacker Craft for restoration
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    Chrysler Marine engine in a 21' Chris Craft

    Chrysler did not change a whole bunch from the motors they ran in cars...
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    Hudson Marine motor

    Many of these powerplants were under square, and huge cylindered. Ther 6 volt ignition and cold water intake for cooling kept them running cool, but plugs fouled badly at the altitudes of Tahoe, so,...
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    Wizzconsin Marine motors

    Twin ignition, Wizzconsin motor...Essentially it was a pony motor for a sail boat
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    Fageol 44

    This gem is coming along...
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    McCulloch Diesel

    First for me, anyone else see one of these?
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    Evinrude twin cylinder two stroke inboard motor

    I knew the Johnson Brotehrs began it all on the Wabash river with a bronze 2hp inboard, but, anyone ever see one of these? Sam?
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    7 liter Hydro, APBA champ in 1962

    This boat uses a Studebaker motor....I am not sure Studebaker ever made a 7 liter motor....Anyone know whose it was?
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    Most of the boats in the museum annex, Truckee, Ca.

    Some pretty amazing histories, including a boat tailed boat which won the ran against a locomotive, 2.25 hours to run 150 miles. The engines, twin Scripps V-12 aircraft motors.
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    Packard PT boat motor and transmission

    The design is what nearly got JFK a general court marshall. Navy orders were that all boats must remain idling, and in gear. A PT boat did not use a clutch to shift, therefore the motor had to be...
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    Speedboat racing

    In the hey day, Obexers marina now 100 years old, held boat races next door. This is the sign they used to promote the sport. Hanging in the Museum are a 4-60 Evinrude, a PO Johnson, and an A hydro...
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    Mini Motors

    They allowed theese out of the glass cabinet for photographs. Enjoy all ye radio control freeks!
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    A few motors of the weird...

    I am a volunteer at Lake Tahoe Maritime Museum. Aside from moving displays I help with resotorations of motors and boats of a different era. With the permission of the director, I've got a few...
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    I dont think the torque will come in to play as...

    I dont think the torque will come in to play as much as if the size is there. More size is more torque. The thought behind motorcycle engines is that stuff is available with about any hop up bolt...
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    Have plans for a 12' cracker box type boat that I...

    Have plans for a 12' cracker box type boat that I wanted to power with a 600cc Suzuki Katona motor turned sideways. I put a lot of thought into a smaller inboard, and felt the weight ratio to power...
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    Do you mean Kings nuts and Bolts just outside of...

    Do you mean Kings nuts and Bolts just outside of San Dimas? If so they saved our rear ends at Puddingstone a few years back...
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    OEM paints

    Seaway used to have most of the colors if you want to drop $10 a can. In my opinion, the second who ever switched to the brand they have from Tempo, who I think went out of business, the paints went...
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    The 99's had CD breakerless ignitions, under the...

    The 99's had CD breakerless ignitions, under the flywheel. Dad had a few quite choice words when someone left a key on and he touched a plug wire.... 50/60/75 HP V-4s had that rectangular...
  45. If I am not mistaken, City of chicago moved it to...

    If I am not mistaken, City of chicago moved it to NavyPeir because of the high rent district at Marina Towers...But at Navy Peir, they called it the Air and Water show, which still was going when I...
  46. I remember that too....they always would launch...

    I remember that too....they always would launch inboards with a crane, but the Chicago river was the first time I saw outboats launch from the crane as well.
  47. As I ecall, you guys were practicing around 7AM...

    As I ecall, you guys were practicing around 7AM and whizzed right by Marina towers...In this time frame, Merc had the stackers and every one of the soon to be yuppie scum called to complain about the...
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    We used to get that when owners would let the...

    We used to get that when owners would let the fuel stay in the carbs and they would gum up on the low speed jets....Boil them, blow them, should go fine.
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    You cant get over sized bearings, but, you can...

    You cant get over sized bearings, but, you can hard chrome the journals and remachine them back to spec. There are shops that specialize in nothing but crankshaft welding, repair. One place I know...
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    Didnt Wartingers boat use a two speed gear box,...

    Didnt Wartingers boat use a two speed gear box, or was it when he hit the nitrous when the boat started getting squirley before it smoothed out?
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