The Hondo is Done

[Dragboat Dad]

We are pretty much finished with the Hondo, we still have a few odds and ends to finish up, but it runs and is ready to hit the river.
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We still have to polish some things, finish the plate set-up, find a tach, etc... If you can believe it, it fired right up and runs like a champ. It had to be the smoothest assemble job we've ever had. Thanks Sangerboy for the manifold, carbs and scoop, they worked awesome

[Hud]

The boat looks good guys!! C'mon!!

[Speedin' Ian]

The above post was written by me, I forgot to log my pops out.

[dmontzsta]

Looks awesome! Be sure to take more pics once it hits the water.

[Sangerboy]

No problem Ian , It's good to see the parts are getting used, rather than sittin on a storage shelf in my building Can't wait to see it run. hey Ventura County I think we need an IHOP conference and Casitas run here pretty soon

[Speedin' Ian]

I posted something in the gear head section, but figured I'd check here also. What is the highest compression you guys run on pump gas and what do you set your timing at? We are running 10:1 and wanted to try and keep it on pump gas if we can. It is a pretty mild motor with some tall gears, so we won't be bumpin' too hard.

[HotHallet]

Lookin' good Ian! Can't wait to see her run! We will be at Needles next weekend if you want to bring her out and hang!

[Fired Up]

She looks good once again. Glad you had the time to put her back in shape. And yes, we do need another membership meeting of the Ventura County Hot Boat chapter.

[Speedin' Ian]

Lookin' good Ian! Can't wait to see her run! We will be at Needles next weekend if you want to bring her out and hang!
We will be at the river, the Kings River that is. I guess we'll have to wait until FC2, but don't expect this boat to start the world on fire, lookin' to hit about 80.
She looks good once again. Glad you had the time to put her back in shape. And yes, we do need another membership meeting of the Ventura County Hot Boat chapter.
That sounds good to me also. When do you think you'll be back in the boat Fired up?

[Cousin Bob]

I can't wait to see it at the river.
We were there this last weekend, and the river was dead. Everyone must have been recovering from Memorial weekend or something.