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thatguy
08-20-2007, 06:46 PM
OH BOY!,
After 1 full year, a wasted cam on fire-up and re-pulling to get the coupler in, finally got the Miller in the water.
WORTH THE EFFORT!!!
Took it to Shasta first, my god the water is low! Fired up, took it easy for a while, no real wide open blasts. NO LEAKS!!!
Couple days later went to Whiskeytown. (Saturday)
Blasted around a little then got into some hot laps with a hondo, a Tahiti, and A picklefork of some kind. We raced around some shoal bouys, maybe 300-400 feet apart. WOW!! Boat went straight to 5200RPM, set flat and straight, and ROCKETED straight to the bouy. Spun on a dime, and BAM! straight back on set and literally missiling to the next bouy. Don't know how fast but I could not be more pleased. Even my Wife could not believe that something I built ran like that. By lap #3, I was lapping them and we quit.
Never missed, popped, sputtered, nothing. Ran like a freakin' swiss watch.
Damn I am happy!!!
Tommy

hoolign
08-20-2007, 09:36 PM
OH BOY!,
After 1 full year, a wasted cam on fire-up and re-pulling to get the coupler in, finally got the Miller in the water.
WORTH THE EFFORT!!!
Took it to Shasta first, my god the water is low! Fired up, took it easy for a while, no real wide open blasts. NO LEAKS!!!
Couple days later went to Whiskeytown. (Saturday)
Blasted around a little then got into some hot laps with a hondo, a Tahiti, and A picklefork of some kind. We raced around some shoal bouys, maybe 300-400 feet apart. WOW!! Boat went straight to 5200RPM, set flat and straight, and ROCKETED straight to the bouy. Spun on a dime, and BAM! straight back on set and literally missiling to the next bouy. Don't know how fast but I could not be more pleased. Even my Wife could not believe that something I built ran like that. By lap #3, I was lapping them and we quit.
Never missed, popped, sputtered, nothing. Ran like a freakin' swiss watch.
Damn I am happy!!!
Tommy
Congrats!

BobbyB
08-21-2007, 02:11 PM
looks clean!

dmontzsta
08-21-2007, 02:48 PM
In bench racers, with a title like that, I was expecting something else. :)

Kim Hanson
08-21-2007, 04:39 PM
In bench racers, with a title like that, I was expecting something else. :)
You would :D :D .........( . )( . )........CueBall !
Sound great Tommy............( . )( . )............:cool: :cool:

thatguy
08-21-2007, 05:19 PM
In bench racers, with a title like that, I was expecting something else. :)
You Know, as soon as I hit submit I knew I had f*cked up!!!:D
PS- Thanks guys, I am stoked!

GoCiggie31
08-21-2007, 05:56 PM
congrats....nice lookin boat and engine package.
btw..whiskytown and lake trinity are awesome alpine boating...you a lucky man

thatguy
08-21-2007, 06:09 PM
congrats....nice lookin boat and engine package.
btw..whiskytown and lake trinity are awesome alpine boating...you a lucky man
Thanks!, Haven't been to trinity yet but it is on the list!
Tommy