Story behind a 1984 454 HO “Super Beast”
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Printed Date: March-06-2025 at 8:12am
Topic: Story behind a 1984 454 HO “Super Beast”
Posted By: Crmaverick
Subject: Story behind a 1984 454 HO “Super Beast”
Date Posted: April-05-2020 at 2:34am
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I wanted to put together a thread with the story behind my boat. It’s a 1984 2001 with a factory high output 454. The original owner added late 80s SN graphics and “Super Beast” graphics above the swim platform. Last summer I found out I had lake rights to the private lake next to me, so after skimming market place I ended up with this boat one week later. I bought the boat off the second owner, who owned the boat on Crystal lake in CT since the late 1980s. The shifter wasn’t working, the neutral pin was frozen. I rebuilt the shifter and went through the motor, tuning it up and adding a marine distributor. It turns out my friends dad on my lake used to ski behind this boat in the 1980s. I met Keno and Gottaski along the way on here and they were a huge help with some troubleshooting. It also turns out Gottaski used to ski behind this boat in the 1980s and put me in touch with the original owner. I happened to run into Gottaski on Webster lake, he recognized the super beast graphics and flagged me down. After this I met the original owner on the other side of Webster lake, I let him take it for a rip, for the first time in 30 years it ran just like he remembered it. He told me this boat was special ordered with this motor, only because he knew someone, the average person off the street couldn’t order a 2001 with the 454 HO. He remembered a bunch of intricate details about the boat and said someone he knew spotted it on Crystal lake. He also remembered my friends dad that used to ski behind the boat. I’ve been going through the boat the last few weekends, getting ready to quarantine on the lake. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dPAUx5KNJ564YpljmG1NL1RqAVIGZ_XZ/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dPAUx5KNJ564YpljmG1NL1RqAVIGZ_XZ/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I5qUjEhDxEFuQKYuYARVRmqQKaF1K5e-/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I5qUjEhDxEFuQKYuYARVRmqQKaF1K5e-/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXjDwQe_24RcVxJGoGHqW0Edf623sXBB/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXjDwQe_24RcVxJGoGHqW0Edf623sXBB/view?usp=drivesdk |
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Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: April-05-2020 at 3:50am
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Very Cool Boat thanks for sharing. As anyone who plays with engines knows, There is no replacement for Displacement! Big engines rock! Looking forward to your GPS mile per hour numbers, I bet they are mid 50's. ------------- |
Posted By: Fabcon
Date Posted: April-05-2020 at 8:24pm
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Very cool boat and great story. ------------- 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1984 Barefoot Nautique (Parting Out) |
Posted By: GottaSki
Date Posted: April-05-2020 at 10:16pm
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Nice Mav Thanks for filling in the blanks and gaps for everyone One can get to know the original owner here, https://youtu.be/2vV-cQRGe90" rel="nofollow - a barefoot set with Lenny ------------- "There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worthwhile as messing around with boats...simply messing." River Rat to Mole |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: April-06-2020 at 9:00am
Like the video says"one tough dude" that Lenny  And at least you got Lenny's input that the boat ran "just like he remembered it" so maybe some of your issues are just indication issues and nothing else. |
Posted By: Crmaverick
Date Posted: April-06-2020 at 9:10am
He still barefoots which is impressive. What video is that? |
KENO wrote:Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: April-06-2020 at 9:17am
| The one in GottaSki's link right before my last post |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: April-06-2020 at 11:42am
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Barefooting behind a 2001 will toughen one up, no doubt about that lol. We were discussing Lenny this winter after those videos made the rounds on IG. Didn’t realize he was from Webster or had owned this boat. |