Jbears 351

We'll get this sucker to ten pages yet!!!!

I just wanted to say it was so nice to see everybody again. JBear and MM's boats certainly rock! We have to set up a time to do that again when I don't have other commitments, otherwise I would've brought the Skier out there to play too. I would love to cruise with you guys. I'm sure that would be a gas. Oh yeah, I found out that the Gardens ski show was changed to 3:30 instead of 3 like I was first thinking. A little while longer and we would have been able to see it anyway. I would have loved to be able to go you guys to Harborside. I'm sure that was a blast too.

aaahhh piss on them john ... lets shoot for 12 pages.

well we'll just have to take some pictures at the boat show and photoshop john into them then.

87 just be fore warned i use the same prop your's should have on it and I only have a small block ford and can turn the prop at 5500+ rpm

I'm not doing a figure eight race in my boat, My brain cell count is a little hight to qualify for those types of races anyway. Love to watch them on the track but that's as close as I'm getting.

87 which ACME did you order?

The barefoot figure 8 races are one boat only pulling 2 footers, more of an endurance contest for the footers then a boat race, particularly when you come back around and hit your own wakes.

Larry, I am in on the figure 8's!

I think what we need to do is have whoever wins the boat races pull a large barefoot line or better yet have the runner up running alongside with another group. A race pulling footers would also be a blast, the fastest foot run I have ever had was around 55mph, the faster you go the easier it is to stand, just don't catch a toe!!

79, the acme I believe I ordered not a 100% is the acme 1260. But will check when I get home to be sure. Bill said it should be good for upto 5200 rpms.

nope three blade. Have to write everything down. To many number go threw my brain a day to keep them all straight. Ten or twelve different addresses a day will do that to you.

Bill at acme told me the 1260 would have no problem on the bfn. I told him I plan on upping th ponies next year and he said as long as I don't go bigger then a 5400 rpm operating cam it wont matter.

I don't really have a desire to spin a big block over 5400 on regular basis anyway. All the power you need at under 4700 hundred. But it's nice to have that extra top end.

'79, the 1260 is a new 3-blade. I believe its 13x14, .105 cup. It should work nicely on the big blocks.

All the BFN's are 1:1 boats- I dont think they ever matched a big block up with the 1.23.

Chris, youre close. The 470 is 12.5x15, .105 cup. I ran that most of last year, in addition to the 422 (12.5x15.5, .105 4-blade). Im going to be trying a few new props this year from both Acme and OJ.

    Jbear, I dont recall the boat to lean so bad when we were in it.......



                                      Jeff...

Looks like you are down in a wave

I made a copy of the pic, cut out the boat, enlarged it to cover the original, pasted it on top of the original and tilted it. Trying to make it lean with Chris up there in the front.

(referring to the boat not any passengers)