Anybody into hot rod boats???

[JACKED88]

Lets race!!! What ya got??? My little so called hot rod is a 1986 HydroStream Valero YT with just a slightly tweeked 240+ hp Yamaha 220 Special outbaord pushin it.

 

I'm definately into boats considering I have about 8 of um. Had my computer not crashed a couple of months ago I'd have pix of all of um. As it is I'll have to take some more before I can post um.

Wait ....... I do have these videos of me actually winnin a few races at the Winter Nationals held here in Houston on tha San Jacinto River every year. These races were short hole shot runs only an 1/8 mile long. Most of us internally stock motor guys are only runnin about 80 through the 1/8th.

Ya know, I keep lookin at those vids and it sure doesnt look like we're runnin in tha upper 70's to 80+ mph just past tha markers but thats what my GPS was tellin me every pass. Oh well, pretty cool huh. No doubt its way too much fun for an old fart like me to be havin. Not to mention a little dangerous too but we don't tell tha wife that part. She don't care much for that boat. She likes my 21' Chaparral that only goes about 40 mph. That and her little waverunner and a 16' Tahiti ski boat I fixed up and had to give her. :roll: (thats kind of a funny story I'll share some other time)

 

More later.

Robert

 

BTW, there's a lot more vids of all the other boats that were at tha race. Just click on one of those small pix at tha bottom of those vids.

[HellCreek]

Hi, Robert,

 

My 1984 SF-180 Skeeter with a 200 Mariner has been radar clocked at 85 mph, and that's fast enough for me. :eek:

 

-Tom

[1990 Pioneer 4x4]

That first vid looked like; a little faster or a gust of head wind, and ya could have flipped er over... :cheers:

[JACKED88]

Hi, Robert,

 

My 1984 SF-180 Skeeter with a 200 Mariner has been radar clocked at 85 mph, and that's fast enough for me. :eek:

 

-Tom

No doubt 85 mph is haulin @$$ on water. I know you had your hands full of wheel in a 180 at that speed. The only thing I don't like about goin fast is gittin past tha chine walking. After that is hold on tight and hope like hell you don't hit somebody elses wake. My boat doesnt like waves/wake what so ever. Thats why we usually run in tha river where the waves disipate onto tha banks pretty quickly.

 

Have fun but be carefull out there.

Robert

[JACKED88]

That first vid looked like; a little faster or a gust of head wind, and ya could have flipped er over... :cheers:

Naaa, It wasnt gonna go over. I was just playin with tha trim button. My boat wasnt designed to compress enough air under it to make blow over. That and its actually pretty heavy compaired to tha race hulls you see blow over sometimes.

Admittingly I've almost lost it a few time due to chine walking at about 70+ but I've never felt like it was getting enough air under to blow over. In fact, I've even run it into a light breeze in an attempt to git more air under it and therefore make it go faster. Tha less boat or drag you have in tha water tha faster you can go. Hence the design of tunnel hull boats. The idea of a tunnel hull is to compress as much air as possible under tha boat so it lifts tha boat out of tha water. Tha boats you see blow over are actually flying with no more than just the prop touchin tha water. In some cases they start flyin just a little too high and before ya know it, up and over they go.

I'm pretty confident that won't happen in mine.

 

Happy boating!!!

Robert

[pilotblake]

I have an 18 foot Tahitti Jet boat with a built Ford 460 and wide open exhaust. I don't have any pictures on this computer, but it is loud and a riot to drive

 

edit: Found a couple on the wifes camera.

 

 

 

 

This one is older, but we pulled in a stranded pontoon. Not the most fuel effecient tow vehicle. :doh:

 

[HellCreek]

Hi, Robert,

 

I never had a problem with chine walking in this boat. A SF-180 hull weighs in at around 1800 lbs. Add the motor, batteries, gas, and the driver, and you are well over 2000 lbs. I do have a hydraulic jack plate, so I can tweak it on the run. That 85 mph was with a 25 pitch Pendergrass prop. Also, the boat was only about a year old at the time.

 

-Tom

[JACKED88]

Hi, Robert,

 

I never had a problem with chine walking in this boat. A SF-180 hull weighs in at around 1800 lbs. Add the motor, batteries, gas, and the driver, and you are well over 2000 lbs. I do have a hydraulic jack plate, so I can tweak it on the run. That 85 mph was with a 25 pitch Pendergrass prop. Also, the boat was only about a year old at the time.

 

-Tom

Thats a pretty heavy boat. Just think what that motor would do on one that weighs half as much. A hydrolic j/p is tha one thing I don't have yet. That and hydrolic steering. My plate is manual with 6" of set-back. I'm runnin a Bob's nose cone with low water pickups at 2" below tha pad. Any higher and I git too much cavitation when I take off. I can actually run quicker in the 1/8 mile if I run it about 3 below (better hole shot) but I loose a couple of mph on tha top end. Personally I like having a better hole shot than running wide open top speeds. I could change my set-up a little and run a higher pitch prop and get into tha 90's but I'd loose that set you in your seat hole shot it has as it is. I may do it one day just to be able to say it'll run 90+. I'm run a Prformance Propellers 4 blade 24 most of tha time. Great hole shot prop but probobly not tha best for top speeds. I also have a Yamaha 3 blade 27 but its actually too much prop and won't let tha motor reach optimum rpm's. Been lookin for something like your runnin in a nice 3 blade 25 but havent found one in good condition or one that I can afford. Its rediculous what ss props cost. I'm thinkin about just having a little work done to my 24 and stick with it.

[JACKED88]

I have an 18 foot Tahitti Jet boat with a built Ford 460 and wide open exhaust. I don't have any pictures on this computer, but it is loud and a riot to drive

 

Nice lookin Tahiti. Jets are definately fun as long as you can afford to keep gas in um. What am I talkin about? I don't git crap for gas mileage outa my little 240+ hp 2.6L outboard either. I've run 20 gals through it in less than 2 hours.

Whats that other boat in tha garage? From what I can tell it looks kinga like my Chaparral.

[HellCreek]

Thats a pretty heavy boat. Just think what that motor would do on one that weighs half as much. A hydrolic j/p is tha one thing I don't have yet. That and hydrolic steering. My plate is manual with 6" of set-back. I'm runnin a Bob's nose cone with low water pickups at 2" below tha pad. Any higher and I git too much cavitation when I take off. I can actually run quicker in the 1/8 mile if I run it about 3 below (better hole shot) but I loose a couple of mph on tha top end. Personally I like having a better hole shot than running wide open top speeds. I could change my set-up a little and run a higher pitch prop and get into tha 90's but I'd loose that set you in your seat hole shot it has as it is. I may do it one day just to be able to say it'll run 90+. I'm run a Prformance Propellers 4 blade 24 most of tha time. Great hole shot prop but probobly not tha best for top speeds. I also have a Yamaha 3 blade 27 but its actually too much prop and won't let tha motor reach optimum rpm's. Been lookin for something like your runnin in a nice 3 blade 25 but havent found one in good condition or one that I can afford. Its rediculous what ss props cost. I'm thinkin about just having a little work done to my 24 and stick with it.

 

I have 4 props: a 24 and 26 pitch Turbo, the 25 pitch Pendergrass and a 17 pitch Turbo, which I use for pulling skiers - talk about hole shot! :eek: Just in case you didn't know, or for the other guys, a SF-180 Skeeter is an 18-1/2 ft long fish and ski model. I used to do a lot of bass fishing, and I liked it because the heavier boat really handled the rough water. It has been a while since I did any white-knuckle river runnin', though (61 yrs old), so the 17 pitch prop pretty much stays on the outboard. It literally leaps out of the hole and handles like a sports car and will still hit 45-50 mph at 6000 rpm.

 

The day I hit 85 mph, Richard Pendergrass was promoting his new prop on Pickwick lake in Northeast MS (on the TN river), and my brother-in-law and I happened to be there. I had already bought and installed one of his props and asked him if he would clock us with his radar gun. He agreed and the rest, as they say, is history. At the time Staniless Steel performance props were selling for a whopping $350.00 each. :thumbsup:

 

-Tom

[JACKED88]

Thats a pretty heavy boat. Just think what that motor would do on one that weighs half as much. A hydrolic j/p is tha one thing I don't have yet. That and hydrolic steering. My plate is manual with 6" of set-back. I'm runnin a Bob's nose cone with low water pickups at 2" below tha pad. Any higher and I git too much cavitation when I take off. I can actually run quicker in the 1/8 mile if I run it about 3 below (better hole shot) but I loose a couple of mph on tha top end. Personally I like having a better hole shot than running wide open top speeds. I could change my set-up a little and run a higher pitch prop and get into tha 90's but I'd loose that set you in your seat hole shot it has as it is. I may do it one day just to be able to say it'll run 90+. I'm run a Prformance Propellers 4 blade 24 most of tha time. Great hole shot prop but probobly not tha best for top speeds. I also have a Yamaha 3 blade 27 but its actually too much prop and won't let tha motor reach optimum rpm's. Been lookin for something like your runnin in a nice 3 blade 25 but havent found one in good condition or one that I can afford. Its rediculous what ss props cost. I'm thinkin about just having a little work done to my 24 and stick with it.

 

I have 4 props: a 24 and 26 pitch Turbo, the 25 pitch Pendergrass and a 17 pitch Turbo, which I use for pulling skiers - talk about hole shot! :eek: Just in case you didn't know, or for the other guys, a SF-180 Skeeter is an 18-1/2 ft long fish and ski model. I used to do a lot of bass fishing, and I liked it because the heavier boat really handled the rough water. It has been a while since I did any white-knuckle river runnin', though (61 yrs old), so the 17 pitch prop pretty much stays on the outboard. It literally leaps out of the hole and handles like a sports car and will still hit 45-50 mph at 6000 rpm.

 

The day I hit 85 mph, Richard Pendergrass was promoting his new prop on Pickwick lake in Northeast MS (on the TN river), and my brother-in-law and I happened to be there. I had already bought and installed one of his props and asked him if he would clock us with his radar gun. He agreed and the rest, as they say, is history. At the time Staniless Steel performance props were selling for a whopping $350.00 each. :thumbsup:

 

-Tom

I have several props but only one that performs very well. I threw my 19 on just for kicks and it acted about tha same way as your 17. Awsome hole shot but it'd only do about 60 mph. I like my 24/4 but wish it had a little more top end. Hence tha need for a worked 25.

61 huh. I'm 52 and know several guys older than either of us that are still racin or runnin fast boats. (100+mph)

There aughta be some river racers in your area. You aughta find out where they meet/run and check um out. You'll be amazed how fast some of those guys outboards can run. Especially when their sprayin nitros and pumpin out 500+ hp.

 

Robert

[pilotblake]

I have an 18 foot Tahitti Jet boat with a built Ford 460 and wide open exhaust. I don't have any pictures on this computer, but it is loud and a riot to drive

 

Nice lookin Tahiti. Jets are definately fun as long as you can afford to keep gas in um. What am I talkin about? I don't git crap for gas mileage outa my little 240+ hp 2.6L outboard either. I've run 20 gals through it in less than 2 hours.

Whats that other boat in tha garage? From what I can tell it looks kinga like my Chaparral.

 

 

It's an older Rinker Cabin Cruiser. I love the body lines on it, and it is great for windy days as the jetboat is not. We also take our dog out alot and he likes to get out of the sun in the cabin, as well as coming in handy for over night river camping. Not a speed boat, but for a big bodied rig it keeps up with most of the boats on our lake. I have a hard time buying something new, as we spend most of our time tied up with other boats and I watch them freak out over every litlle bump and wave.

[freakjeep93]

the boats I'm used to pull lobster traps and scollop drags outta the bay of fundy and mght do 15-17 knots.... there powerful though.

[Grant]

Little boats with lots of horspower, I like it.

 

I have resurected a 1973 Formula F-260C they only made them for a year. 28' 6200lb a pair of 5.7L chevy 350's new in 2009. 60mph

[h20loo]

Not a hot rod but it is hot. A 16' Correct Craft with a stroked 351 inboard with Aluminum heads, intake and exhaust with straight thru hulls. It ran 51 GPS last year with a Holman Moody 302. Should touch 60 this year- fast enough for barefooting LOL!! My dream boat is a Sweet 16.

[Automan2164]

 

 

 

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Rob L. ;)

[pilotblake]

What can I say, I like red :cheers: