2001v-drive

Take the 2001 plaque off then and send it to me.

Marty Mabe
610 Ladford Lane
High Point,NC 27265-2871

Got the seat bases done and built the motor cage.The interior is very roomy

RainDog wrote: I hope you could find time to bring the boat to the reunions next year.

It is looking really good! Are you going to use those rear ballast bags you have in the picture? It looks like it is right up against the exhaust manifold. With your skills you could weld some killer stainless steel or aluminum tanks to put back there!

akabulla wrote: It is looking really good! Are you going to use those rear ballast bags you have in the picture? It looks like it is right up against the exhaust manifold. With your skills you could weld some killer stainless steel or aluminum tanks to put back there!

I am going to use the 550 bags so I have more storage when there empty and to make easy access for maintenance.They actually fit pretty good.

eric lavine wrote: not to critique the beautiful job, but thats alot of weight hanging off the aluminum bellhousing, and i would guess there would be some deflection because of it. correct me if im wrong, but id do remember on the v-drives the brackets go to the Walers gear box??? BTW im posting a pic of the Hurth 630v apart for future reference, its apart but you can see the precision, I like the Walters also, i just I had a problem with the people that run Walters

Eric I agree with you about hanging the V-drive out their but on the otherside of the story we did not use supports until the suppersport with the Walters gear. The walters supports are not very adjustment friendly. I had enough in 99 or 2000 and came up with the supports that were used until CC went over to the PCM V-drive. These utilized a regular motor mount and trunion assembly.

Eric you got get away from the Hurth Cool-aid their is a reason they call them throw away units.
Me, I like the Casale 10* units will take big horsepower and thrust.
Then again they go in a completly different beast.

This V-drive conversion is turning out to be rather trick!! (old School lingo) thanks for the up dates.

Keep in mind I did the first V-drive on the sport while working at CC, However the mule that I put it in was a plywood deck on a 93 Sport hull Beast. Those were the day's.

Any updates??!! I'm anxious as I am sure a lot of people are... sorry if I am too pushy but this project is great and I really enjoy following it!

Kyle

More awesome work. I really like the graphics and the way you incorporated your name. You definetly deserve the recognition.

Is your sundeck going to be 1 peice?

Will the sundeck be powered lift or manual. Great Work!!

The hinges are off a truck bed cover but theres a company making them now for custom applications.I just had these laying around so want not waste not.

F&F,

This is an impressive and ambitious project! Congrats on a great job!

Question: Who will be the first to do this in a BFN?

haven´t gone through the 13 pages yet...but any ideas of adding extra ponies?
with that config I really think you will need them...
merry x-mas...
Kapla

Comming from you I take it for granted

Christmas has got me screwed up big time.I have been fighting with car dealers for a month trying to replace my wifes car as a christmas present.She still hasn't figured it out yet.Next week I will get back on it.

I had a plastics guy stop in with quite a few samples of his products and the marine uses, its called king plastics i believe...sundecks, swim platforms even non skid flooring. the real cool stuff was the multi-color, the center was a different color so you could mill or engrave into that color, its polyethylene, it could be welded for custom engine boxes etc..the multicolor could be made into a real custom deck. I'll post the website when i get to work