First Shakedown

[420HOA]

Resting easy after her first shakedown

 

[oldschool]

Bad ass! How about some details?

 

[sintax]

Resting easy after her first shakedown

thats one bad bitch....

I want ALL the details.

 

[jmeads]

video of shakedown or it did not happen. lol

 

[LazyLavey]

won't play

 

[Outdrive1]

Boat looked great on the water Glenn.

 

[BUDMAN]

Damn!! That’s a bad bitch.

 

[420HOA]

video of shakedown or it did not happen. lol

 

[420HOA]

Boat looked great on the water Glenn.

Rides nice Turns nice Floats nice and level
The only one I've owned that did all three

 

[lenmann]

Definitely need some more pics.

 

[420HOA]

Definitely need some more pics.

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

Beautiful Job sir, the best thing is at a glance its so clean and then you start to see all your fabrication, I remember when you mocked up a transom in your shop, what a build!!!

 

[Boat211]

Looks great Glenn

 

[SPECTRABRENT]

Nice!! More pictures!!

 

[cofooter]

Beautiful boat!

 

[420HOA]

Nice!! More pictures!!

 

[BamBam]

What happened to the build thread on this? I remember progress from start to the install of all the stainless hardline.

 

[skifaster]

I watched the original build thread and wondered what happened to it. So great to see it finished. Saw it on the water last week looked great. The hard line work is so unique and probably the coolest Schiada rigging I've seen. I saw this boat in its original state in the Water Ski Racing World Championship is Belgium in 1995. Quite the upgrade. Great work.

 

[Deangang]

 

[TBulger]

Doesn’t get an nicer Glenn, remember when this started, the detail is incredible. Congrat’s

 

[lenmann]

Really looks great, and the rigging is over the top. Nicely done. I know its been quite journey, it must feel pretty good to have it in the water. Your original thread was one of several that sent me down my personal rabbit hole.

I am going to appropriate your wiring schematic for my sled, so thanks!

What's the red LED in the steering wheel for?

 

[420HOA]

Doesn’t get an nicer Glenn, remember when this started, the detail is incredible. Congrat’s

Doesn’t get an nicer Glenn, remember when this started, the detail is incredible. Congrat’s

Thank you,

 

[420HOA]

Really looks great, and the rigging is over the top. Nicely done. I know its been quite journey, it must feel pretty good to have it in the water. Your original thread was one of several that sent me down my personal rabbit hole.

I am going to appropriate your wiring schematic for my sled, so thanks!

What's the red LED in the steering wh

Low oil pressure light
16 qts in the system I hope it never comes on while running

 

[lenmann]

One more question: What is all the writing up under the dash all about?

 

[420HOA]

One more question: What is all the writing up under the dash all about?

Dutch
someone rewired it over in Europe and that was their wiring diagram
I thought it was a significant part of the ol girls history so I left there

 

[lenmann]

Dutch
someone rewired it over in Europe and that was their wiring diagram
I thought it was a significant part of the ol girls history so I left there

Thats awesome! Seems like a lot of these old Schiada's have a story to tell, yours has travelled the world.

 

[AZLineman]

Amazing and so clean! Pure artwork! Congrats. Prop/gear/Hp?

 

[420HOA]

Amazing and so clean! Pure artwork! Congrats. Prop/gear/Hp?

This test set up was:
43's in the box
Menkins 11.5 x 15 1" K monel shaft
1005 HP 895 Trq @ 5900 RPM 91 octane pump gas 605 CI 4500 carbs 90-92 jets
22.6% over driven 11.4 # Boost 38 tooth at crank 31 tooth @ Blower

 

[sintax]

This test set up was:
43's in the box
Menkins 11.5 x 15 1" K monel shaft
1005 HP 895 Trq @ 5900 RPM 91 octane pump gas 605 CI 4500 carbs 90-92 jets
22.6% over driven 11.4 # Boost 38 tooth at crank 31 tooth @ Blower

And how’d she run? Who built the engine?

 

[420HOA]

And how’d she run? Who built the engine?

Lil rich on the primaries, lil under propped, lil under geared
GLC (me) built / assembled the engine
QMP machined the block
Crower worked the crank and rods
Carb shop did the toilet bowls
Mooneyham did the blower
AFR did the heads
Dyno'd at Verbancic brothers
Barber welding built the SS strut / rudder / fins
Greer Rush built the v-drive and strut / fin set up
Art Carr built the transmission
GLC did all the rigging / installation

 

[sintax]

Lil rich on the primaries, lil under propped, lil under geared
GLC (me) built / assembled the engine
QMP machined the block
Crower worked the crank and rods
Carb shop did the toilet bowls
Mooneyham did the blower
AFR did the heads
Dyno'd at Verbancic brothers
Barber welding built the SS strut / rudder / fins
Greer Rush built the v-drive and strut / fin set up
Art Carr built the transmission
GLC did all the rigging / installation

Sounds like it’s gotten some love man! I didn’t know you were a v-drive guy when I was out at your place in Parker. Did you ever finish your remodel?

My nieces love that damn lily pad btw! Thanks again!

 

[AZLineman]

Thx for the info! Are the carbs boost referenced or are the PV’s plugged. Thats alotta jet with Pv’s but you def have the cubic inches. 10/71?
I recently got a new 2 blade from Dallas thts 11-3/4 x 16.5 and it carries the nose great. Like I said above your sled is an amazing work of art. The hard lines are over the top. Great job. I look forward to seeing it in person

 

[420HOA]

Thx for the info! Are the carbs boost referenced or are the PV’s plugged. Thats alotta jet with Pv’s but you def have the cubic inches. 10/71?
I recently got a new 2 blade from Dallas thts 11-3/4 x 16.5 and it carries the nose great. Like I said above your sled is an amazing work of art. The hard lines are over the top. Great job. I look forward to seeing it in person

Carbs are Not boost referenced
Went down to 90 jets on the primaries for test two and was still a little rich
Just received my Grose prop in the mail but haven't run it yet
I will drop to 89 jets for the next test session
Hoping the Grose prop carries the nose a little better with more top end speed
If not I'll up the gear

 

[AZLineman]

Carbs are Not boost referenced
Went down to 90 jets on the primaries for test two and was still a little rich
Just received my Grose prop in the mail but haven't run it yet
I will drop to 89 jets for the next test session
Hoping the Grose prop carries the nose a little better with more top end speed
If not I'll up the gear

So NO power valves then? We wana see that Grose wheel

 

[sintax]

So NO power valves then? We wana see that Grose wheel

haha you mean that metric shit ton of cash that got turned into a precision piece of alloy?

 

[HighVoltage329]

I had to move the prop forward trimming the strut & shaft for the Grose prop, but well worth it.
It's much smoother and better lift & bite than my tried & true Menkin's.

 

[420HOA]

haha you mean that metric shit ton of cash that got turned into a precision piece of alloy?

 

[sintax]

love it!

 

[Wheeler]

 

[Wheeler]

 

[AZLineman]

Beautiful. With an investment like that I think I would let it sit on the coffee table all winter long just to keep me motivated. Lol. The prop i just got from Dallas has a similar shape to this with the long leading edges compared to props of the past. You’re 21 is a work of art and worthy of one of these props, mine is not nor is my wallet these days. Lol.

 

[jmeads]

I had to move the prop forward trimming the strut & shaft for the Grose prop, but well worth it.
It's much smoother and better lift & bite than my tried & true Menkin's.

Curious, how much forward did you have to move the prop? Thanks

 

[420HOA]

haha you mean that metric shit ton of cash that got turned into a precision piece of alloy?

So NO power valves then? We wana see that Grose wheel

Curious, how much forward did you have to move the prop? Thanks

A nickel at a time is what I was taught

 

[Wheeler]

A nickel at a time is what I was taught

Doc Shaw said the same but added as I became dependent a dime bag was in my future.

 

[420HOA]

So NO power valves then? We wana see that Grose wheel

So NO power valves then? We wana see that Grose wheel

Doc Shaw said the same but added as I became dependent a dime bag was in my future.

Dime Bag Doc is now in rehab

 

[lenmann]

I had to move the prop forward trimming the strut & shaft for the Grose prop, but well worth it.
It's much smoother and better lift & bite than my tried & true Menkin's.

How do you know that it needs to move forward?

Or backward?

How do you know if you’ve gone too far?

 

[HighVoltage329]

Moving the prop forward helps carry the nose of the boat but to high gets squirrely. The Grose prop rides further up on the shaft so I could no longer fit my prop puller between the strut and the prop. I cut 1/2" off the back of the strut and 3/8" off the prop shaft thinking I could shim back if needed with a nickel of two if needed. It liked the 3/8" forward. What it helped with was keeping the nose from dropping down once the main acceleration starts to slow around 95+.
Before with this prop the boat would start to rock side to side at high speed.

 

[420HOA]

How do you know that it needs to move forward?

Or backward?

How do you know if you’ve gone too far?

Testing one move at time
One nickel at a time
You’ll know within two moves

 

[rivermobster]

Wow. Just wow.

Absolutely amazing piece.

:bowdown: