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superdave013
03-12-2003, 12:48 PM
I snapped this pic at the ski races last weekend.
Me being a v drive guy and all you know I liked this plate set up.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/166Picture_007-med.jpg
superdave013
03-12-2003, 12:50 PM
Hack Job, now is the time to set your boat up like that!
Blown 472
03-12-2003, 12:56 PM
Looks like it has and injected ford in it. eek!
HammerDown
03-12-2003, 01:32 PM
Wow, there sure is alot of stuff eek! going on with the back of that boat...I kinda like the cup holder myself! :D
AZKC
03-12-2003, 01:45 PM
Dual cable steering?? Is that an improvement, if so what does it correct?
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/166Picture_007-med.jpg
KC
hack job
03-12-2003, 05:27 PM
dave that is bad ass. i though that , that boat was a v-drive but i guess i was wrong i only said that beacuse it had the cav plates on it that is bad ass. but a little over kill for me.
MikeF
03-12-2003, 06:33 PM
Funny you would post that pic SD! I put this photo into the Circle Racers pictures a few nights ago wink :D .
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/153JM4-med.JPG
DUCKY
03-12-2003, 06:36 PM
AZKC:
Dual cable steering?? Is that an improvement, if so what does it correct?
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/166Picture_007-med.jpg
KC That's Calgo steering. It has no slop, and it turns friggin quick. like 1 turn lock to lock.
RandyH
03-12-2003, 06:36 PM
It would appear that the ride plate adjusts with the Cav. plates. Must be critical for those ski racers? :confused:
DUCKY
03-12-2003, 06:37 PM
I saw a ski racing sterndrive last summer with v-drive style plates. It just allows you to "put the brakes on" and bring the nose down in a hurry.
hack job
03-12-2003, 06:58 PM
my morse will turn about that fast maybe half a turn more each way. wink
[ March 12, 2003, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: hack job ]
superdave013
03-13-2003, 05:10 AM
hack job:
my morse will turn about that fast maybe half a turn more each way. wink But your Morse is not near as smooth and easy to turn. I have the big dual morse in mine and wish I had that Calgo set up.
I bet that guy can drive that jet with one finger if he wanted to.
Over kill on the plate set up?? Come on, that what it's all about I thought? Tell your pops he can come on over and whip all that stuff up on my lathe. Whould cost more time then money doing it that way.
superdave013
03-13-2003, 05:23 AM
hack job:
dave that is bad ass. i though that , that boat was a v-drive Now you know why he couldn't keep up! :D
Who am I to talk. Top dog had a single engine with twin out drives. eek!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/166Picture_028-med.jpg
Blown 472
03-13-2003, 06:29 AM
MikeF:
Funny you would post that pic SD! I put this photo into the Circle Racers pictures a few nights ago wink :D .
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/153JM4-med.JPG Is that Jack's boat from mpd??
hack job
03-13-2003, 09:00 AM
dave your killing me i would have to spend way more time and money for that to work for me. an di just got the steering cabel mounted in mine again along with the ehlm so iam done as far as that gose maybe next winter. lol
i would love that set up , but the time is just not there. i want to take mine out in a month or so. wink :D
superdave013
03-13-2003, 09:30 AM
hack job:
dave your killing me i would have to spend way more time and money for that to work for me. an di just got the steering cabel mounted in mine again along with the ehlm so iam done as far as that gose maybe next winter. lol
i would love that set up , but the time is just not there. i want to take mine out in a month or so. wink :D LOL, If you did it then our boats might be done in about the same time. As it stands now you'll be ready before me AGAIN :rolleyes:
MikeF
03-13-2003, 09:32 AM
Blown 472, Yep! Took a bunch of pictures of it a few weeks ago. Might not be there for very long.
:cool:
MikeF
03-13-2003, 09:34 AM
superdave013: AGAIN :rolleyes [/QB]HaHa! :p
hack job
03-13-2003, 11:21 AM
now you got my point i dont need to add any more work . ill be ready and next season ill think about things like that :rolleyes: well maybe a blower first. wink :p
Bense468
03-13-2003, 05:30 PM
I think the old jet spectras came with the cav plates on them back in the day
beached 1
03-14-2003, 06:29 AM
Bense468:
I think the old jet spectras came with the cav plates on them back in the day My 73 does. Sorta. But they are just straight and not adjustable.
Squirtcha?
03-14-2003, 09:12 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong. Just as an observation, it seems like on a semi-v hull with a shoe/rideplate setup, the cav plates wouldn't even be in the water while under way and in a straight line, 1/4 mile style? Maybe just for the hole shot? I could see the roundy rounds using em cuz they'd touch in the corners.
Most the Southwind tunnel dragsters I've seen have the fixed cav plates but seeings how they're flat across the back they'd be in the water all the time.
Maybe I'm missing something here?
[ March 14, 2003, 09:16 AM: Message edited by: Squirtcha? ]
hack job
03-14-2003, 02:25 PM
dan on that boat it was a ski race boat and it makes many turns so i would imagine that they woud need them as for the drag race thing iam not too sure it would seem like it would be moer wetted surface and that would seem bad and that they might darg in the water. but in this application they are needed. wink
Squirtcha?
03-14-2003, 04:11 PM
Thanks for the clarification Hack. I don't guess I've ever seen a ski race before. It's raced on some sort of oval course? The only ski racing I've ever seen done is that Catalina thingy and that's pretty much a straight line deal.
I'd definitely opt for the driver's position rather than the skiier. It'd have to hurt like hell to crash at 100 mph.
Hot Shot
03-14-2003, 06:57 PM
SuperDave, whose rig is that and how do I contact him?