So im looking into putting a cam in my boat. Motor is bone stock. What would be the best cam to put in with stock internals.. just looking for a nice lope and a little added hp. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

The season is coming up quick, get it out and have fun with it.

yea sir its finally ready. Now all i need is to get it registered and were good to go

71 tahiti. 455 olds all stock. Jacuzzi pump. When i bought this thing 8 months ago it looked completely different. Seats and all wood was shot. Had cocktail style seating. Also had a tunnel ram and OT basset headers. Since then ive re done the subflooring. swapped intakes to a edelbrock performer. New carpet all new seats and bases went to log and snail exhaust. Got all the gauges working. And tried to update the look.. i have gotten a new phone and dont have the pictures of the build. This is my first jet boat. Hope to be able to make it to some of the meets this year. Here are some before and after pics..  first 2 are before pics.

You will probably find that the bezel is part of the gauge.  The best you'll be able to do would be to remove the gauges to keep from damaging the dash area, mask off the lenses and go at the bezels.

I'd try polishing first, then if you don't like the results go onto sanding and painting.

Be sure to post pics of the final version.

yea one of my bezels was coming off already and i noticed the glass is apart of the bezel. So looks like il be polishing. If i dont like how they look i may just buy new gauges. These ones work and i dig the vintage look but maybe its time to update them.

I have the hardin marine gauges that i assume are original to the boat. They all work and i kind of dig the vintage look to them. But i would like to either paint black or polish my gauge bezels. How would i take off and re install them? Im hoping i wouldnt have to remove the gauges to do this..

The vortec heads are the best production SBC head.  They flow 238 CFM @ 28" vacuum and .450 valve lift.  The '88 5.7 heads flow nowhere near what the vortec heads do.  The vortec intake has an eight vertical bolt bolt-pattern compared to the twelve angled bolts of the earlier heads.  You can redrill the intake bolt-pattern, but the ports don't line up as nice as the correct manifold.  You will also need the correct rockers and push rods.  You might run into issues if you ever have to go to a smog referee.  Unless you are going to an aluminum aftermarket head, IMHO, your performance will drop compared to the vortecs.

ooh alright thanks. Yea i dont to lose power so il just look into some vortecs. These were a set basicly free and one of mine has a bad valve. I was told their 64cc 194valve. I just bought this truck and dont know much about the vortec motors. not sure what cc my current heads are.

They make everything you'd need that's jetboat related. LS pto, headers, and railkits are all available.

A carb manifold and an ignition controller and your pretty much there.

Might have to fab some water inlets.


Sent from my iPhone using SoCalJetBoats

thats awesome. Im surprised dont see more of these in boats.

Yea ive seen ecoboosts going from 22-30k for a used one.

Has anyone used an lsx in a jet application? Ive heard of alot of people talking about it. But since these motors have been out for some time now im surprised we dont see more in boats. they put them in everything else. Haha

that bench has been around the block. It started life in hotel whiskey then to my old boat! Now to yours!

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using SoCal Jet Boats mobile app

haha sweet! Well its still in good condition. Was the missing piece i needed to fininsh my interior for now. Got it from a guy in hesperia

Found a bench seat today. matches decent with these bucket seats i picked up a few months ago

How much are u looking to get for the seats?

I cant get the app to download a profile pic.. lol