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samudj01 
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 Posted: January-26-2018 at 8:23pm |
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Can’t wait to see that in person...white lake?
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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SNobsessed
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Posted: January-26-2018 at 8:24pm |
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Will the gas credit card handle those carbs?
Really cool stuff! |
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: January-27-2018 at 12:04am |
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Beautiful!
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M3Fan
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Posted: January-27-2018 at 11:12am |
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Super cool, guys. Wow!
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2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
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81nautique
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 2:05pm |
They're a bit much Bruce. The originals would have been WCFB Carters with about 375 CFM each depending on the model. The Edelbrocks came on the engine so we'll run it as is and try to tune it the best we can and go from there. The other option is to go with a single four barrel like on mine but these look to cool not to give them a try first. |
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81nautique
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 2:06pm |
yes as long as it's Todd's and not mine we should be just fine 
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Riley
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 2:15pm |
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The duals are cool. I'd try disabling the secondaries before going to a single.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 3:27pm |
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Alan,
I see the Hemi was an option for the Commuter so, did CC Todds dog house big enough for it? |
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81nautique
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 3:37pm |
LOL, Hell No Pete! She's got broad shoulders. Doghouse is on our list, luckily the motor change came about before the upholsterer started. |
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81nautique
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Posted: January-29-2018 at 3:41pm |
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Pete, I'm curious as to how the Commuter will ride as the motor sits about 9" forward of where the Hurricanes sits. The Hurricane rides bow high which is cool but it won't turn hard unless you cut the throttle a bit and get the nose in the water. The Commuter MIGHT ride a little flatter and turn better, hopefully we'll find out this spring.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: January-30-2018 at 10:22am |
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It will be interesting to find out how the Commuter rides but I'm guessing it too will be bow high. Maybe not as much as the Hurricane but all the hulls back then ran bow high. I'm going to take a guess that when CC decided to make the Hurricane runabout, they knew with the engine farther aft in the same Commuter hull, there would be a bow high issue so they decided to tack on the hull bottom/transom extension built in trim tab!!
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62 wood
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Posted: January-30-2018 at 12:09pm |
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Havent been watching this.... Very Nice !!!
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Gary S
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Posted: January-31-2018 at 12:20pm |
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Yea, you've been spending way too much time on Lawn Tractor Fan
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: January-31-2018 at 1:01pm |
Gary, Now we know what Steve did with that marine engine he's had sitting around for years. 
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62 wood
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Posted: January-31-2018 at 1:35pm |
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Heyyyy...great idea Pete! .. .nuthin rong with a lil rednek enjineering.. lol
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Gary S
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Posted: January-31-2018 at 2:58pm |
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There is one on the Milwaukee? Craigslist sure looks like his, if not someone stole his picture 😳
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weitekampt
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Posted: February-26-2018 at 1:23pm |
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Just a quick update on the boat....this weekend Alan came down and got the exhaust hole for th 6cly glassed up and smoothed. After a little paint you will never know it was there. The wiring is basically done and the engine turns over. Plumbing is all but done. Exhaust is connected and ready to belch out a bunch of music! It is about water ready. We need to get the ol girl off the dollies and on the trailer to make the trek to the paint booth where we will lay down the final coat of varnish. Wood Windshield templates are cut and ready to be dropped off to make windshield glass.
I'm not good with posting pictures so I will work on getting some up at some point. But the boat name will be created this week and applied the following. Its goign to be be neat when it is done. Can't wait to share it with everyone. Alan has been the backbone of this project and can't thank him enough!!! |
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illiniball2000
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Posted: February-26-2018 at 2:04pm |
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Getting close!
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Beer is my friend
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81nautique
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Posted: January-23-2020 at 11:42am |
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With the talk of Todd's Commuter in the Collegian thread I went back to look at this thread and realized I never added photos of the finished boat so I found a few Todd sent me a while back. I'll try to find some good ones of the motor. One thing is for certain this thing is a head turner and it's a rocket ship with the Hemi in it.
 
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: January-23-2020 at 12:02pm |
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BEAUTIFULL!!
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Posted: January-28-2020 at 12:34pm |
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One of the sweetest marine engines I’ve seen, beauty.
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Donald80SN
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Posted: January-29-2020 at 2:58am |
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I love it
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Posted: April-08-2020 at 10:33pm |
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Was just admiring Todd’s Penn Yan over on Woodyboater Nice work Todd and family!!
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