1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

[Lil' Rhody]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Working a whole lot of OT, no time until Sat/Sun...

 

[Lil' Rhody]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Was sick for several months but attempting to get on track again, here's the latest intel....




Not even close to NB's painstaking rebuild, that MIGHT come at a later time, just trying to get her dunkled this year.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Hey, nice job getting rolling again!

 

[Jayb123]

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Hey, nice job getting rolling again!

Yeah..what he said.
Cant wait to see how it progresses

 

[North Beach]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

OK Rhodey! First-Everyone does their thing at different levels. I went overboard and we all know it. I'm happy just to see you working on the sister vessel. Where did you get that motor box?

 

[Lil' Rhody]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Most everything is coming off a mid-80's glass donor boat.....

 

[Lil' Rhody]

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[Bwana Don]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

YEA BABY! Welcome back, 44 mph is awesome.

Good to see you back and yes, please post some more. None of of are North Beach, we have recently promoted him to Grand Poobah. His legend coninues to grow.

Don

 

[North Beach]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Rhody,
Glad to see this one runnin! And now there are two!!! So what's next bud?

 

[starcrafter65]

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44?!?! - What pitch prop ya got?

Very nice - love the old gauge cluster

 

[North Beach]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

44?!?! - What pitch prop ya got?

Very nice - love the old gauge cluster

Clark you know you can't beleive what those northerners tell you...

 

[starcrafter65]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Clark you know you can't beleive what those northerners tell you...

All very fishy!! All I know is I get 34 mph at 4500 rpm with a 19 pitch - 44 mph you would need a 23 or a 25

My wife always said she could use more pitch.....:facepalm:

 

[North Beach]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

I'm goin in the other direction tryin to get to the reco'd RPMs....

But I am seriously glad to see Rhody get this boat runnin!

 

[Lil' Rhody]

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Honestly don't know squat about the prop but will check out pitch tomorrow morning. Damn thing went so fast I was actually a bit concerned for safety's sake In fact I am very naive about the entire concept as pertaining to desired RPM's at WOT, fuel economy and hole shot etc etc. I could care less about going that fast if i could improve overall fuel economy and maintain proper RPM's for longer life of the 3.0l. Please advise.....
Bimini and some moldings tomorrow along with a few odds and ends.
Sounder/Transducer and VHF soon.

 

[North Beach]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Rhody, you should be running at 44-4800 rpms at WOT and anywhere between 30-35 mph The rpms are more important than speed. You don't want your prop to be holding the motor back.

 

[Lil' Rhody]

Re: 1966 Sunchief Restore II- In the Beginning

Gonna start investigatingthis aspect soon, never ever gave it a moments thought,,,,