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rpmsrup said:
Picked the boat up yesterday from KMG, and WOW it turned out great, they did such a good job Im super pleased with it, We went with paint instead of gel as the pink we wanted was not coming out the way I wanted, the pink and blue look so much better in person, now its time to drill the fresh back transom, thats the part that is scary for me, View attachment 1410104 View attachment 1410105 View attachment 1410106 View attachment 1410107 View attachment 1410108 View attachment 1410109 View attachment 1410110
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Man this came out awesome and cool to see some love on a Mach 26. Keep the photos coming
 
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So I finally got some time to bring the boat back home and start some of the rigging, I have been in Glamis mode so that has been eating all my time up, I had all the hardware chromed or polished, I like the old school look, started with all the cleats and fender hangers, I also had to move the tank vents because of the new inside side gunnels, then moved to the trim tabs and new steering column and switch panels, put some of the interior in it to start the mock up for the shifters and cupholders along with speakers. I have decided that Im not going to hang the motors nor rig those as I don't have the time to get it done for desert storm, But I did set it to be done by my buddy Andrew who runs Interceptor boats in they are doing a great job out there, so hopefully it will go to him by late Jan early Feb.
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Did you have the tunnel tabs before this upgrade started? If so, what were the benefits you saw and the reason for them? I have the same boat with 300X motors and I am thinking of adding these purely for planing purposes. With the 30P 4 blade bravos it takes forever to get on plane.
 
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NeedlesRat said:
Did you have the tunnel tabs before this upgrade started? If so, what were the benefits you saw and the reason for them? I have the same boat with 300X motors and I am thinking of adding these purely for planing purposes. With the 30P 4 blade bravos it takes forever to get on plane.
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Do it. I tried driving my boat without the tabs to get on plane and it really sucks. You wont regret it.
 
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NeedlesRat said:
Did you have the tunnel tabs before this upgrade started? If so, what were the benefits you saw and the reason for them? I have the same boat with 300X motors and I am thinking of adding these purely for planing purposes. With the 30P 4 blade bravos it takes forever to get on plane.
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Yes had them before just for planning, never have to use them while running
 
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did this 26 come from DCB with thru-hull water pick ups?.i know some did and some didnt for raising/surfacing the outboards to the moon.Not talking about transom P/U,these went thru bottom of boat
 
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mattyc said:
That looks great! What parts did you have to make and what was already available? Obviously the in control you had. Who did the chrome?
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The 2 main pedal assemblies I used were the N-Control and STR setup, ended cutting both up and marrying them together, I have a little chrome shop here in riverside that does it for me
 
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did this 26 come from DCB with thru-hull water pick ups?.i know some did and some didnt for raising/surfacing the outboards to the moon.Not talking about transom P/U,these went thru bottom of boat
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Im not sure if they did I know mine doesnt have it, hopefully I wont need to go back and do that
 
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rpmsrup said:
Im not sure if they did I know mine doesnt have it, hopefully I wont need to go back and do that
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every setup is a little different,with 450s its gonna be ALOT of trial an error as your the first that i have heard of...with that said,those lowers/bullets are FAT with any V8 and the farther they go up the more efficient they get..thats were thru hull or transom mounted cooling pickup comes into play as lower P/Us run dry..pretty simple setup,just drilling thru bottom of boat is worrisome,then its just a flapper valve and plumbing to motor
 
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Moving Forward with this Pile. unfortunately it didn't playout the way I thought it was going to Andrew and the boys at interceptor are just to busy with all the new boats right now so I decided to just build myself, as I should have in the first place, so this weekend I installed the brackets and hung the motors ( what a pain all by myself), but managed to do it, only problem now is not sure it will fit in the front garage at my river house, it about 8ft tall sitting there
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Coming out awesome. Very interested to see how it performs and can’t imagine the increase in speed and overall performance. What are you doing to counteract the added weight to the rear in comparison to the 300’s, or will it not be noticeable change in CG?
 
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NeedlesRat said:
Coming out awesome. Very interested to see how it performs and can’t imagine the increase in speed and overall performance. What are you doing to counteract the added weight to the rear in comparison to the 300’s, or will it not be noticeable change in CG?
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I've been weighing all the parts I took off and weighing everything going on and its not a crazy difference yet, maybe 200lbs so far, I also moved the batterys up front under the dash to help a little
 
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Those old brackets had to weight a ton.
 
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