Reply With Quotethat's how all the roundy round v drive's are set up.
Looks Very Nice!
But how are the motor plates mounted to the rails? Am I missing something?
HBjet
In this pic you can see one mount... it's the frontmost starboard mount, very clean job...
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...ort_Engine.jpg
BJH
that's how all the roundy round v drive's are set up.
Socal
Congrats on the ride. One of the cleanest installs I've seen. Looks like the motor plates attach to the sides of the angles? Is the hydraulic steering your design? Very nice!
Looks Very Nice!
But how are the motor plates mounted to the rails? Am I missing something?
HBjet
Randy,
Look right on the front of the plate, he has angle mounted horizontally from the plate to the stringer. Defintely a very clean setup. Lots of forethought going on there.
Joe,
On the steering, if I recall correctly, he's using a sea star hydraulic helm, hydraulic hoses and the bimba cylinders you see actuating the steering arm. I'm going off of memory because when he posted this a year or two ago, I was very interested in it. It was one of those things that I could see working in "theory" but wanted to wait until someone else had done it before I threw down $500 for the helm only to find out there may be a problem. From a drag race standpoint, the only issue I could maybe see is that with hydraulic helms, the wheel does not always return to the same spot, so knowing where center is on the rope could be a trick, but perhaps he's found a way around that too. I'd definitely like to hear some first hand stuff on how the system works out on the water at speed.
Either way, damn nice job on the whole boat.
Chris
Thought I would share this with you jetters. As some of you know, I rigged 90% of the CPs from 1982 through 1995. I took on a little part-time project about 2 years ago and finished it recently. It runs out of Aha Quin and should get a little respect once she's dialed in...........
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...7Frnt_View.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...417Cockpit.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...417Transom.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...STB_Engine.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center...ort_Engine.jpg
You mean to tell me that Mr. Scotton didn't do his own rigging?
Thanks for the comments.
The steering is made up of some off the shelf components and some custom pieces that I made.
Off the shelf parts:
Teleflex Seastar 2.4 cubic inch / rev helm pump
Aurora 3/4" x 3" S.S. Cylinders
Custom parts:
Cylinder anchor plate that is connected with the bowl bolts
90 deg S.S. bulkhead fittings on transom
S.S. Clevis Ends on cylinder rods
I ran nylon tubing from the helm to the bulkheads then S.S. braided outside the transom.
The full sweep of the nozzle = 1 rev of the steering wheel. Standard steering is usually about 1.25 to 1.5 revs lock to lock.
HB............your question about the engine plate mounting was answered above by Crazy Hippy
In my opinion, and for obvious reasons, this type of mounting system is more rigid and provides better engine support (directly over the top of the stringers) than the standard 2" x 2" angles bolted to the side of the stringers. Also, this system allows better access to the bilge area for mounting a fuel filter, oil cooler, etc. plus servicing is easier.
db
man that is one nice rig.............great job
You mean to tell me that Mr. Scotton didn't do his own rigging?
Has he ever?
I bought the blank from him and built it for a friend of mine.
Very clean! I really like to see all hard lines. The seats look a little dated and I like the center console. I would like to see an Inteledash (spelled wrong) and get rid of all the gauges. Great job.
SoCal, that thing is bad-ass!
That's got to be one of the cleanest rigs I've ever seen. Everything about it says "detail". Absolutely beautiful!
I'll bet those blower drive pullies get swapped real quick.
Enjoy!!!
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