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'89 Commander open bow jet... high and dry

Originally Posted by 78Southwind

Looks bitchen...throw up some pictures of the bow seats.

I'll take some tomorrow. The bolsters on the bow seat backs are kinda cool.

Originally Posted by slowride

I'll take some tomorrow. The bolsters on the bow seat backs are kinda cool.

It's tomorrow...

Originally Posted by 78Southwind

It's tomorrow...

Is for another 8 hours too.....

Tic Toc ...Tic Toc ...Tic Toc

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It's still tomorrow......

Checked it out today. She a beaut...

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Originally Posted by Rickybobby

SR

Very nice rebuild, cant wait to hear the results of freeing up the exhaust. Thanks for taking the time to post up the story and pics. Filed this one away for future reference.

Hard to tell how much difference the exhaust made (didn't have the GPS with me), but with 4 people, 4 chairs, ez up, and coolers I'm spinning 4300 rpm now (picked up around 600 rpm).

This boat really could use a new intake manifold. I'm thinking a Stealth or RPM Air Gap......

Looks like I may have a manifold lined up, but the next repair/upgrade is a 105 amp marine alternator to be installed next weekend. I need to rewire the charging circuit for the increased capacity though. I'll be using 8 gauge as there's no way it will be putting out 105 amps and require 4 gauge.

Posted this in another thread for feedback, but the red is the existing wiring (10-12 gauge), and blue (8 gauge) is the addition to handle the increased capacity. Seems like a simple solution to re-doing ALL the wires in the charging circuit unless I'm missing something.

Originally Posted by slowride

Posted this in another thread for feedback, but the red is the existing wiring (10-12 gauge), and blue (8 gauge) is the addition to handle the increased capacity. Seems like a simple solution to re-doing ALL the wires in the charging circuit unless I'm missing something.

whats the box with the 4 connections?

That's the buss bar on the back of the engine. I only put 4 terminals on it for the circuits I was talking about, but it also has o/press, distributor, tach, etc terminals on it.
Installed the alternator and it works flawlessly. It's so much nicer having a high output alt with dual batteries than the single battery that was in the Circus boat. I can keep the stereo cranked all day and KNOW I have enough juice left to start up again.....