77 Ski Tique Restoration
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Topic: 77 Ski Tique Restoration
Posted By: Mille1sj
Subject: 77 Ski Tique Restoration
Date Posted: August-11-2019 at 11:51pm
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I have wrapped up the restoration of our 1977 Ski Tique. Last summer we found a lot of soft spots in the floor and rotted stringers so we thought it was time for new stringers and floor. I thought I would upgrade a few engine components while it was out of the boat. We found a bad valve that then lead me down the path of new heads, I continued to follow the rabbit hole that lead me to a roller cam, custom cut composite distributor gear and pretty much everything else on the engine. As some of you know, the roller cam then left me on the hunt for either a bronze or composite distributor gear. I learned that they don’t exist but with enough searching, calling in favors and hundreds of phone calls across the country, I had some composite gears made. In the end, it was worth it, this boat was purchased new by my wife’s father in 1977 and has remained in the family (with the exception of a few years from 2003-2005). My wife and her brother learned to ski behind this boat and I am planning to get my kids behind it next season. So here is what stringers and a few upgrades lead me to. New stringers, floor and carpet New interior Picked up a Mirror from a CCF member, ours has been missing for many years. The top deck and gunnel have been gel coated, including the dash where there was once a radio. I had the original speedometer converted to gps and chromed by Nautical Laugic. New platform I made from a few nice pieces of Burmese Teak I picked up at a local saw mill. Removable platform brackets from alloy marine. Roller cam ground for slightly better low end torque and wider power band, I didn’t go too aggressive on the grind. Upgraded to GT40P Heads Roller Lifters 1.6 Roller Rockers Block was line bored and honed Block bored .030 over Hypereutectic Pistons Crank was ground and balanced, I know some will say that’s a waste of money, but I though it was worth doing while the engine was apart. High volume oil pump Original Dual Diaphragm mechanical fuel pump rebuilt by Then and Now New water pump Rebuilt Sherwood Water Pump Edelbrock Performer Intake ACME 1210 Prop New shaft and coupler Before Photos                After Photos          Distributor gear  New carpet   Cam   Finished Project        Thank you to everyone on here for your assistance and knowledge. I spent some time on the phone and emailing with KENO trying to workout a few electrical issues. I appreciate that people are will to help someone they have never met. 
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Posted By: samudj01
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 12:03am
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Beautiful! ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 12:26am
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Absolutely! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 6:39am
Absolutely again!  Now enjoy all the work you put in.  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 8:45am
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All I can say is ..........The nerve of some people, starting a long winded discussion on original PCM engine and manifold colors and then not even using those colors. I like your color choices And I have to say it Steve,You know it's coming .............. I hope she can "Fly like an Eagle" Now that you've done the legwork, it's time to see who else is interested in those gears you have for a RR roller cam setup Congrats on a job well done |
Posted By: Mille1sj
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 11:07am
I had no idea there was so much passion behind grabber green, john deer green, "butt ugly green" (I believe that was one comment), etc. I am very happy with how it turned out. I will try to get some RPM vs Speed info this weekend. I think my tach is off a bit. I set the idle at 600 rpm using a shop tach, My tach on the dash is reading closer to 900. |
KENO wrote:Posted By: GottaSki
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 11:08am
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Outstanding, looks great!! I'm sure it was an ordeal but you solved a lot in short time ------------- "There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worthwhile as messing around with boats...simply messing." River Rat to Mole |
Posted By: Mille1sj
Date Posted: August-12-2019 at 4:41pm
For a moment, I thought that roller cam was going to be an expensive paperweight. |