2001 HTM SS-24 1000hp

[Unitek]

2001 SS-24 HTM rigged by Jim Wilkes in 2004. 210 hrs on hull, This boat is a 93 octane turn key boat. asking $65k
It has a short deck 565 BBC built by Jim Wilkes at Wilkes Marine (90 hrs) have dyno and build sheets for the whole boat. 13qt Moroso oil pan, 1000 hp oil cooler with thermostat, Marine Machine Billet Sea Strainer, Stage 3 intercooled procharger 10+ psi, Fresh Brodix Aluminum BB2 Xtra Heads, Comp Stainless rockers with Stud Gurdle, custom grind hydraulic roller cam, Victor Jr. intake, New HP1000 carb setup for blow thru by Nickerson Performance, EMI thunder exhaust, msd btm ignition with billet distributor, lots of chrome and billet bling on engine Imco full hydraulic steering with dual rams, XR drive with sport master lower built by Jim Wilkes, 3 labbed Stainless props (26p, 28p, and 30p), dual optima blue tops, cd player with (4) 6x9's and a pioneer amp. Boat sits on a tripple axle trailer with chrome fenders and drive guard in the back that has just been fully serviced. Boat also has 100 mph bimini top. Also has full cover that straps to the trailer NO SNAPS.
The fastest I have ever run this boat was 110 with 6 people on board and 3/4 tanks on GPS in roughly 3/4 of a mile. ( I live on a 550 acre lake in Indiana lol )
The reason im selling it is my wife is scared of the boat and wants something she can drive also :D
Boat is located 30 min East of Chicago.
I have title for boat and trailer in hand
708 769 6364
mvb93@aol.com
Thanks,
Mike
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[Unitek]

couple shots on Lake Michigan about a month ago
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[WETTE VETTE]

Very clean boat ! T T T !!:D :D

[Daytona100]

Bitchen boat. Good luck with the sale. Mike:D

[Unitek]

Price adjustment and open to partial trades :D

[Unitek]

T T T For one fast and gorgeous ride ! :)

[Unitek]

To The Top for Wednsday

[cjordan]

You can't sell this boat until you take a shot at the...Eliminator..:) :D

[Unitek]

you want no trouble lol

[Hardly Satisfied]

Sweet boat

[Unitek]

Man this thing gets moved back fast !

[kadair55]

This boat is not as the owner describes. I drove 750 miles to purchase this boat only to find that the owner told lie after lie about this boat... This boat is not turn key ready like he says it will need a lot of work and money to make it right.. This trip cost me alot of money and he didn't even offer to pay for my lost expenses. I plan to alert the administrater about this tread on this boat. If anyone is interested in this boat please pm me for more info. I drove from alabama to almost chicago and rode in this boat so please contact me first. Major disappointment.

[Kachina26]

This boat is not as the owner describes. I drove 750 miles to purchase this boat only to find that the owner told lie after lie about this boat... This boat is not turn key ready like he says it will need a lot of work and money to make it right.. This trip cost me alot of money and he didn't even offer to pay for my lost expenses. I plan to alert the administrater about this tread on this boat. If anyone is interested in this boat please pm me for more info. I drove from alabama to almost chicago and rode in this boat so please contact me first. Major disappointment.
Speak up, what was wrong.

[Unitek]

Well, here is my side of the story.
Kevin and his friends did drive up from Alabama and came all the way to my home town only for my boat to have problems. I havent driven the boat in over a month because our lake is shallow and very small which Kevin can agree to. I purchased a 1000 dollar Nickerson stage 5 blow thru carb for the boat after our trip to Hardy Dam because I didnt care for the way the boat idled and came into the secondaries when it nosed over off plane. I ran the boat on the hose when I installed the carburator set the idle and left it at that. The problem with the boat was I had the Vacumme lines crossed for the boost regulator and the pressure guage ( the regulator was supposed to be on top of the carb in the box and the pressure guage was supposed to be under the carburator in the manifold) so the boats fuel pressure was fluctuating on the guage.
It was very unfortunate for me to have some minor problems with my boat the day someone came to look at it, it happens to the best of us. Im very sorry Kevin and his friends came all that way only to see the boat with what happened.
On the same note, he came all the way that far because it was part of our deal. I agreed to a low offer for the boat if he came all the way up to get it. Since the boat had trouble and he came all the way that far I took another 7 thousand off the price that we had agreed to make it 100% worth while to buy the boat. As far as paying him any kind of money for the trip, he told me they were going to eat lunch then call me with his decision on the boat, only for me to call him and he is already 50 miles down the road.
Kevin is 100% right, its a 1000 hp blown BBC. There is nothing turn key about them no matter who builds them and who you buy them from. They require alot different maintance than a bone stock 502 mag, there are plugs to check and carb adjustments to be made at times and thats just the nature of the beast.
The boat will be at Lake Cumberland Ky for the poker run in September. I will be boating with it all week from Monday to Sunday and I invited Kevin and his guys to stay up with me the whole weekend with my friends and myself to go boating with us, drink beer, hang out, stay the night on me.
The boat is in excellent shape which Kevin can agree to but to have minor problems, there is nothing I can do about that.
I also forgot to add that since we found the problem, we ran the boat Yesterday to have it faster than its ever been. Its raining up here for the next few days, but once it clears, im gonna make passes and video tape them from the inside of the boat with the days current newspaper and post the videos on here to show there is no problem with the boat
Thanks
Mike

[kadair55]

I would never had made that 750 mile trip if I had known all that.