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    Staying warm on boat in the winter

    I don't even throw on the wetsuit on the wave runner in the 50s. But I understand the condition as far as you're concerned.... So all kidding aside... They have nice heated jackets but since you have the headroom... why not just an electric blanket over sweat pants/jacket. That should suffice...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    Yeah... Doesn't mean there aren't spots with problems I can't see... But everything above the floor and around the transom assembly was good as far as drilling sample holes....
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    2003 vortec. I kept the lower but used the new to me 1.84 ratio upper for the 4.3l. I get 4700 on the tach but seeing as I've hit the rev limiter not much above that with a different prop, I have reason to believe it is actually 4900, so it reads 200 RPM low. I have a digital shop tachometer I...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    Yeah, dad more or less got it when I was born. Though he cites me as the reason he had to sell his favorite boat. (17 foot invader with an I6 merc.) He had a few boats in that middle year between the invader and when he got the 4 winns we have now... fiber form, fiesta, a little Grumman, and a...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    I've loved the boat for the last 27 years of my life. And hopefully the next 27 lol. The real reason for doing the swap prior to tearing into it was to have the foot print of where everything needed to be when I do it. Back asswards for sure but everything will line up and I'll know it'll all be...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    Yeah I know. We did do a few core samples on the stringers around the fuel tank and they all came out clean and solid... but that is much further up than the soft spot. I'm mentally and financially prepared for a full gut and replace but we won't know until it's open. My plan is get it in the...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    Which part? :p I honestly really didn't take all that many pictures through the process... I wanted a bay test before memorial day and that'd have just slown me down but here are the few I did snap... This winter will be pulling the deck, there are 2 spots that are showing signs of some water...
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    For those thinking about an engine swap...

    I'll just start out by saying unless you are infatuated with the boat and can't stand to replace it, you are much better off looking for the same boat with the power you want. Mine being an 84, there are few and far between that are still this clean and would have the power I want. So enter my...
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    Ironically all my personal vehicles are GMs... No real particular reason for it other than they tended to have better road manners when road tested to me... However the HD lineup is lighter on tow rating, I agree. If you want the piece of paper to say everything is legal, stick to fiat or ford.
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    Popped through the intake.

    Went out again today, had to take advantage of this lovely weather. I left nothing up to the imagination this time. I flogged her hard. Not even a hiccup. I'd almost say she's running too perfect as I actually picked up 2 mph and 150 RPMs. I'll be out again tomorrow as I'm hearing low 80s for...
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    Lol. Very true.
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    I didn't mention that only because I didn't want to put that in the air.
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    The only people who'd give you a hard time about GCWR would be DOT or state police. (Lots of experience both personal and with driving my self) The local guys, and I say this having a bunch of friends all over the state in LEO, don't know much of anything about it. That being said, even DOT and...
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    Dad actually has one of those max tow 22 F150s. While what it's rated to tow is excellent, it typically runs out of pay load pretty quick before you can really get there when I started running the numbers. I run my boat around with my colorado. Totally different world when compared to half...
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    Only other thing I'll add is that some insurance companies will treat a cab/chassis different than their same 250/350 variety... read cost you more to insure. I haven't had an issue with it though they pushed the issue with our last 2500 but ultimately dropped it. One more thing to consider is all.
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    What was said above is correct. Once you stick a commercial plate on the truck, you technically need the CDL with a trailer behind it regardless of weight. At least thats how the DOT explained it to us
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    Thinking about an upgrade for the tow vehicle

    The emergency response team I am on has both a 6.0 and 6.8 of the same vintage we use... I've run both with trailers about the weight you are looking at and I don't think I would want either personally. 6.0 is just a little weak but it gets the job done. The 6.8 screams with the same load as the...
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    Popped through the intake.

    I didn't catch the exact RPM and I haven't found any real mention of it in the limited literature I have other than it is approximately 200 RPM above wide open RPM. 5100 RPM would be in that ball park based on what I saw. Thanks for the info.
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    Popped through the intake.

    I will also add I've been testing some of the props I have on hand and thought I had a problem the other day. Trying to hit wide open I found it seemed like it did the same thing but I backed down so quick I didn't want to prove it. After doing a little research it seems the thunderbolt 5 had a...
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    Popped through the intake.

    So, I finally got around to checking everything. No water in separator, no other glaring issues however I did find out that the choke was staying on longer than it should. Like it would choke for 2-3 minutes on a 70 degree day. So I readjusted that and suspect that could've been the issue. It...
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