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  1. Jet Boats
    Just curious if anyone knows the weight of a Hondo Pantera jet hull? Is this hull considered a medium lay-up?
  2. Jet Boats
    My dad purchased a boat that came with a SBC 350. IT's not a merc, looks just like the typical SB you'd find in an old muscle car. Were changing the oil and i'm curious as to what weight oil would be good to put into it since we really know nothing about it. As far as we know, this engine is...
  3. Jet Boats
    What does a Dominator 12-S Pump weigh ? With Droop, FTN nozzle assy, inducer , Stainless Impeller and Jetaway ? Basically the whole enchilada , gonna weigh my boat with it stripped down and trying to get a Bare Hull weight......but this stuff has already been installed ... I Figure MPD...
  4. General Performance Boats Discussions
    I own a 26 Daytona with 540 twin whipples, on avgas, guessing maybe 1100-1200 hp. yes it goes fast, but I don't really get that seat of the pants acceleration blast that I crave. I run a BBlades 32 thru a 1:39 XR ITS bravo, top speed 125 or so. i read about these guys with the dcb Mach 22 twin...
  5. Jet Boats
    Hello All, I have a 21ft Nordic Jet, full interior, 455 Olds with Logs. I filled it up with gas the other day on both sides and went and weighed it on the trailer. 4000lbs. Is this around what I should have suspected? It has a competitive tandem axle trailer, does anyone have a guess to what...
  6. Bob Teague
    I installed a gm ls style 5.3 in my 19 ft scarab. Its fun but i am vary curious what the oil pressure, oil temperature and oil weight should be. Its a bone stock 2006 ls style 5.3. I am on the line of putting a set of high compression heads and nasty marine profile cam in it. But right now its...
  7. GN7 On the Dyno
    if you had the choice to save weight on the piston or connecting rod which would be more important my logic tells me in the piston the reason I ask is that I haven't ordered pistons yet and I might go with a longer rod to save on piston weight Its for my 396 that im building I bought some scat...
  8. Jet Boats
    So if I was to take the subfloor out of my 19' CP about how much weight would that take out of the boat? Its 4" tall and carpeted and I don't believe any water stuck in it because it looks glassed in pretty well. I remeber a while back Slow Burn took his subfloor out and said it weighed over...
  9. Jet Boats
    January 31, 2014 Hello People, What is considered to be a heavy race boat with all equipment installed Willis
  10. Outboard Church
    Ok... so needing an excuse to drive around with no purpose, I thought I'd see what kind of mileage I'm getting. All conditions the same: trim (plate down, motor neutral) fuel load, time of day/temp, route, etc... Only difference was addition of 160 pound passenger. last Thursday (solo) -...
  11. V-Drives
    I was wondering what a bare hull weighs ?all makes. I have an 18' nescher that I was able to lift the hull by myself with the back foot of the hull on a cart and me lifting at the bow to remove from the trailer .
  12. Paint and Fiberglass Repair
    what is the perfered weight to cover a floor and surround a bulkhead in a trihull. gonna replace a mussh floor soon in a friends boat and just need to know what weight glass to buy to cover it.
  13. Greg Shoemaker
    Are fiberglass hulls today lighter than those made from the 70's? I was told the resin today is lighter/stronger.
  14. Outdrives
    Were using a 3.0 140 HP Mercruiser engine in a project and need to know the fully dressed engine weight (minus drive) , anyone ?
  15. Boat Parts Classifieds
    17in tall, 18in deep, 18in wide, each seat weights about 5lbs. $200 obo + the ride from cypress tx, 77433
  16. Greg Shoemaker
    I'm sure this has been studied before, but is there any kind of measure on how much horsepower is robbed by each pound in a jetboat.
  17. Paint and Fiberglass Repair
    I have my tx-19 at a reputable fiberglass shop and the bottom of my tx is so light and flemsy that they want to mold 1/4 round laying parralell inside the strakes and fiberglass over them for stength?? Someones previous work had paint sticks in there, wtf!!! Is this normal and the right way to...
  18. GN7 On the Dyno
    Hey guys what about does a cast big block ,alu heads,innercooler,cmi big tubes,blower full of fluids turn key about weigh??? Thank u
  19. Jet Boats
    whats the aprox weight of 18' bonneville,460,two axle trailer,gas. do most of the trailers for this set up have brakes?thanks
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