Look what followed me home!

Pete advised me to keep it original and stick with the factory PVC exhaust ;)

Still in process. Look at my post called The Skylark Files. We got side tracked with college and job changes things like that but it is back in front on the chopping block in the barn. Hope to get it running this winter and float it in the spring.

I got it for free out of a yard it had been sitting in for 13 years. The lady talked to the owner and he said if we could move it we could have it. It took two black dodge trucks and one car trailer and it was home that evening. Sadly both of those trucks are long gone but the boat is still with us.

Not at all. I doubt the engine ever ran like that. There was soneone that didnt have a clue that did that engine conversion. Probably why it never made it to the water.

I am going to run either 3 or 4 inch probably 3, and I would think it will make most of its power around 4300 to 4800 but that gets awful loud so i will see . I wonder what prop will work best for me .

peter1234..you should wait until the last 30 seconds to place your last bid, so you dont jack the price up to high, I was going to bid on them because I need the Elbows, but I wont ,Good Luck!

just a stock 350 with a holley and alum intake and some ignition should take you to at least 270 hp at a minimum. my skylark had at best 160 hp with the buick v/6 and although i gained appr 80 lbs with a v8. I would think you will hit the mid 50s . Cut the wheel at 45 and you will realize. its enough for anyone in a 16.5 boat. have fun and that is a great color . definitely in my top 2

What kind of parts does that chebby have on it larry? The motor im planning on building will be pretty healthy.

MM, like Larry said, Ive ridden and driven his Tique- its no slouch. With 2 people in the front (and none in the back) it will still bounce pretty good, so the hull is fast- and my experience with Chevies is that they breathe pretty good on the top end. Id be curious to see what the GPS says, but I wouldnt be surprised if it were in the 51-53 range.

I know.   I had hoped to GPS it this fall to verify, but ran out of opportunities. We'll see in the spring. Really not sure. Tim's driven it at WOT and feels its comfortably over 50 but we'll get the data.

reidp wrote:    Somebody on this Site needs to get a GM running good.

Reid,

I usually sit out the speed dicussions for two reasons. (1) not really a goal of mine as long as I have enough to foot with and (2) I'm not the least bit mechanically inclined so I can not be responsible for or take any credit for any performance enhancements to my boat.

That being said, my stock chevy moves along pretty good (assuming the speedo is even close-I've never GPS'd it) I guess the older small hulls have an advantage, but I am always seeing the threads on the quests to crack 50, with the old small hulls (with fords?) probably doing that out of the factory.

Fuzzy shot of my speedo. Since the numbers can't be made out, there is a clear picture of the speedo. Based on what I read and hear, that's not to bad for a stock set up, is it?

After LG there was some accounting going on of who beat who. I wasnt in the mix, but I bet I might have at least been in the top 10 if I had "lined it up"

Reid Id love to do that but were refering to this boat as the budget build. Id have to locate a bell housing manifolds and a marine t stat housing for it wich would be more than we want to spend on it now. Im a mopar guy but this chebbys going to run good when im done with it;) GL next year? haa. We all know it would run like a raped ape with a mopar in it

Peter, Get this it has a nice sherwood RWP but the clown that dropped this motor in it bolted it to the floor and lined it up with the pulleys on the motor Im going to have to get some plate steel and a plasma cutter and fab up some brackets to mount the RWP in the correct way.

Next topic ill start will be about the motor to see what we can get going as far as speed goes I think it might get painted off white marine to pay tribute to the Universal buick that once served between the stringers:)

heres a few pics. The transom doesnt look near as good in the picture as in person due to flash and a cheap digital camera.
70 cuda in the background.

the bent rudder:(

A frosty beer:) and the 69 coronet R/T peeking over the bow.

I'd try GlenL if you haven't already, as they offer the header type like Phats has here.

Vortec 350 in the Skylark? Huh, that should go pretty good Peter. Before long we might be calling you Peter Peter, Mustang Eater. Somebody on this Site needs to get a GM running good.

Oh, and Phats, why not a std rotation Mopar small block for that beauty?

no raw water pump?
I wouldnt mind finding some of those exhaust manifolds so i dont have to raise my factory cover to clear my merc cruiser manifolds

what about fun?

Nice project! I wish i could find a boat like that here in the netherlands!