The i fixed up some spots around the intake with 3 oz cloth.








The last thing i did was fix part of the transom that was separating from the fiberglass.
I ground out the area and stuffed it full of 3 oz cloth, then clamped them back together.

What do you need that for Chris? To tow around jake hahahaha

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ouch! Thanks Dave 😲😲


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Scuffed up the droop and the diverter parts with 220 and layed down some brown and clear.

If it was we wouldn't of seen it we were knee deep in fixing the 177. Only to have it go out and run the number and WIN the race. You and your family rock Jake. Great times!!!!


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Thanks tad! Thanks agin for saving our ass, if it wasnt for you we only would have got one TT pas in that day. Ill have a pass for you for Both Havasu races buddy!

Or simply a patch? Not unlike Socal Speedshop.... Make my own damn beanie...

I would rock a patch on my driving jacket for sure!


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Posting for my buddy A.J.

*Boat is being sold Less Motor*

1981 Miller Sprint Jet Boat is all original gel and Painted to match trailer

* Floors and inside transom were done black gel by TRG
* The bottom has also been worked and speed coated by TRG and b1 racing
* TRG also re gelled the mahogany stringers
* Boat has brand new carpet and brand new fiberglass buckets with fresh black tweed and black piping
* Has all new auto meter gauges all mechanical gauges with new -3 braided line boat is coming plumed with all brand new black xrp fittings and line
* Calgo steering from b1 racing and 14 inch polished column with momo wheel
* Two polished 11.5 gallon stainless Russel tanks
* BJ's Diverter Pump

* Chris at b1 racing did the pump.
 * everything double drilled
 * detailed bowl
 * b+ stainless American turbine impeller
 * B1 Loader
 * HCM Inducer
 * AQ Shaft
 * 4.5 degree back cut shoe with a b1 ride plate and cradle
 * Set up for a jet away

The boat ran  7.60's at 109 in the 1000 foot with about 900HP. It could be a 9.0 boat no problem with some changes

Boat is being sold less motor for 8500

Please Call A.J @1-310-469-1798

The cap job looks killer! really makes the boat pop. 

Guy says says it has a 468 and runs 80? But I think everybody's runs 80 when they trying to sell them? Lol


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I wouldn't dought it runs 80. My heavy ass southwind tunnel runs in the 90's with a 468.


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I think the key phrase Jake is the (week before) come on dude you can make it!!!!


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Yeah, this racing thing is getting spendy. looks like were hitting chandler in april and havasu in may. Trying to rack up them points!

I tried to give the whole procomp deal a try a while back... I got sucked in on a pair of 460 heads and thought, "Wow! What a great deal." That was the one and only set I have ever sold, as soon as the fella put them on, 1 river trip out, a valve seat fell right out. Upon inspecting the rest of what was left, I found ALL the intake seats were ready to fall out. A little effort with a punch and the rest fell right out themselves. A little time... and A LOT of examples of the procomp lack of quality passing through my doors later... I would NEVER in good conscience sell another customer a pair even if they begged and offered double the money.

Can you MAKE them work? Sure. I have had a few folks bring them in after seats falling out, guides blown out after 2 seasons, etc... and after extensive work, new seats, new guides, they were ready to go.

Are they "just as good" as more expensive heads? Absolutly NOT! This not an opinion... this is not based on "a lack of talent" (I hope... I'd like to think I have some sort of talent at this shit) needed to build them properly... this is A FACT based upon empirical evidence! Besides poor machine work... besides a very loose interpretation of "tolerances"... besides moderate to severe casting shift... besides all this on several dozen sets I have personally set my own eyes on... besides using recycled vs "virgin" aluminum in their castings... besides all that, the fact is, physically weigh a procomp, and them weigh an Edelbrock/AFR/Brodix... the weight difference is quite noticeable. Then, take a look at the castings themselves and see where strength was sacrificed for cost savings... deck thickness, runner thickness, material around the rocker bosses... material in the spring pockets... these are a few areas you can see without sawing the head in half... and if you do, you can REALLY see just how thin they are. Then, take their "flow numbers" that they provide and cut them by 35-40%... when flow tested on a 3rd party superflow 600, we found them to be not just a little, but really ******* far off from what procomp claims to be their flow numbers... combined with a fairly large runner size, and you have a head that, by them numbers, is far inferior to a smaller runner, better flowing, name brand head.

I'm sure there are folks out there that have had nothing but good luck and therefore "proven" then entire rest of the automotive/marine world to be wrong... but I would rather look upon those anecdotal instances and the exception and not the norm. I have yet to find that elusive "free lunch" in my lifetime... and firmly believe that you truly get, more times than not, what you pay for. Good parts cost more not because the people making them are not greedy, evil corperations, and procomp is somehow owned by a benevolent guy just trying to give shit away cheap... that's left-wing crack-pot liberal crap "thinking"... and people that believe that, thanks for stopping by while waiting to sign up for your obamacare. The cost difference is good parts, made from quality materials, by people earning a decent wage, with the right equipment, here in the United States, cost more than cheapie "knock off" stuff.

Can you make them work? Will they work for your application? Truth of the matter is... perhaps. depending of what you're doing, and what you do to them to make them work for your application. I'd use the analogy that yes, you can use a leaf rake to scratch your back, but there are a lot better things out there to do the job. Also, more times than not... guys switching from 049 heads to the procomp heads are actually going backwards. Most jetboat engines that are either sub-600 hp or 6100 rpm or less will perform much better from a nice, properly built, ported set of 049 heads than a set of procomps. I've built several dyno proven, 600+ hp single carb, pump gas 461-496 big blocks with the 049/781 heads... and I've found most guys, 600hp is more than enough to get their cruiser or family hotrod up and moving to their satisfaction.

The last point to be made... seriously... what is the real cost difference? A few hundred dollars? Buy a set of procomps for about 600 bare... or a set of Edelbrocks for what... 1200? 600 bucks really all the difference between building an engine and not? Then I'd really consider not drinking beer for a couple of weekends, saving up the money, and paying the 600 extra. The difference between quality and crap is less than the cost for 1 river trip.

That's my 2 cents... take it for what it's worth.

Nice write up here Bostick. I agree 100% with what you said here. 

Andy had people watching it almost at all hours. It wouldnt have happened even if i wanted it too.  beautiful boat sam! I am super jelly

Make sure that o-ring is not damaged. it will blow by and do exactly what you are talking about if it is messed up. its an easy fix.