Is Pat Eason involved with this?
u got the kalawian from stu...i had it advertised for a while u got a good dealioTime to git the spring toys out...getting ready to fire up a new-to-me float. Dry stacks might piss off a few neighbors
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Yea been working on her a little...fried the module in the distributer, coil smoked also upon first startup. Got a new module and called pertronix after reading the instructions, I think what fried it was the plug wires. It says to use rfd suppressed wires, not core. The tech said the core wires will fry the electronic ignition in a couple of hours!
My favorite flatbottom paint job of all time. Not including some circle boats that Billy B and some others have done.
Why not use a u-joint @ the output flange to lower the eng?Got a little done on the Long Deck.
Rails cut to length. Need to set up the table saw and cut to width.
Super happy to get the vdrive in mock up.
Typically we mount them at 96” from the transom when the strut comes in at 8 degrees as most B Boats are. This one is at 8.25.
The original strut was at 9 degrees.
My worry for this boat was the long deck and having room for the throttle pedal and being comfortable.
Julian built the Race Deck to get his legs out from under the deck as well as comfort.
At 96 inches in this boat the front of the vdrive is about even with the deck.
I ended up at 92.5 by shortening up the propshaft package…8 degree shaft log, D21 3 seal propshaft seal, I machined a narrowed steel Safety collar and will shorten up a 5 bolt steel coupler a bit as well. I won’t run aluminum collars and couplers.
Another cool advantage of moving the vdrive back is it will drop the engine and lower the center of Gravity
Should be plenty of room to get that right foot down in there.
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Throwback to our family boat from the 70's early 80's. Aquacraft wood deck with a big block chrysler. I sat between my folks on the bench and my sisters sat by the motor. This boat is what kicked off my love of the river. I used to sit in it, in the garage and pretend I was cruising the strip.
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I have done that before.
I understand and appreciate your explanation. Thank you.I have done that before.
A couple of boats I had to clearance the floor a bit to get the pan to fit.
On a runnerbottom with a 7.5 or less strut, I’ve had to clearance the floor to set the vdrive case in.
You do what it takes.
My point in the post was, you move the Vdrive back 3.5 inches from the standard 96” to gain foot and leg clearance in this long deck and you have changed the angle of driveshaft a fair amount lowering the engine in the boat.
Might be some grinding or welding in my future
That Gand Prix is beautiful, imagine those zoomies right in front of you at full song.
What was it worth? TV may have a definitive answer, but on any type of high performance vehicle that turns, any time you can lower the the center of gravity it will reduce, let’s just call it on a circle boat “hull roll”, during cornering and will help the boat maintain it’s line and stability throughout the turn.
Get all that pesky oil out of the pan and into a dry sump and it gets even lower.
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Couple great shots of Gordon Jennings in the Withers and Primm Special!
Couple great shots of Gordon Jennings in the Withers and Primm Special!
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He was a really great guy.
Got to spend a fair amount of time with him as he was super close to my friend Dick VanBeenan.
The bottom picture is from up in Washington in 1974.
The next week they went to Provo, Utah for a race and Gordy lost his life in a crash on the opening lap of a heat race.
Julian was right next to him and spun around and jumped in the water with him.
Speaking VanBeenan, here’s a great shot of him in the former Withers and Primm Bubble Deck getting ready to go out and battle with the great Bill Foster in the SK class in San Diego in 1973.
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VanBeenan later crashed this boat when the engine locked up and barrel rolled it(No whirl aways back then).
He was the first Circle Boat racer to flip a boat with a LifeLine Chute Jacket.
That's a great shotI snapped that last photo at Elsinore 7 or so years ago. I think D21 Phil just posted it minus the excessive color correction on fb. Love the cammer and photo of White trash when Constantino owned it floating at the avi.
way to go!
