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I own a machine shop near the corner of Lincoln and Euclid in Anaheim.

As far as what am I gonna do with the boat, I found my dyno sheet, dated 2001.  It's hard to believe that the thing has been shrink wrapped and stored for that long.  The motor is rated at 543 hp @5500rpm and 573 tq at 4500rpm, so not a race motor but healthy enough to be cool.  I'm hoping it will spin an A impeller to ?? 4900 to 5100 ??.  Shooting big rooster tails really don't appeal to me,  I'ld probably hurt somebody and get myself in trouble for doing something retarded.  I also want to build the boat so other people can drive it.  What kind of mph do you think this setup is capable of?

Thanks, i was totally jazzed as to how well the finish came out.  Not perfect, but pretty close.

I previously owned 2 SST's with the yellow, orange, red, and brown color scheme.  I hated the colors and never wanted to pony up enough cash to totally put on new gelcoat so i got rid of em.  I feel real lucky to have found this one and to where i could bring the original gelcoat back.  I think this color scheme on an SSV has got to be pretty rare.

I'm gonna start on the pump next.  I have a rebuilt pump with new shaft and an A impeller and I need to get a droop and diverter.  I picked up a split bowl but it's painted red.  I'm gonna need to strip it and I'll have it powdercoated.  I'm wondering if I should powdercoat it white or strip the external parts less the transom plate and powdercoat it all polished aluminum/chrome?  Anybody got any ideas?

my son had asked me if we should sell them on craigslist.  I told him that the old indmars were cracked and leaking and i wouldn't feel right selling them to anybody.  I own a cnc machine shop and we threw them in the 55 gal chip barrels and sold em to the scrap guy.  You wouldn't have wanted them.

i'm taking it out to Elsinore today for a test run.  I bought it with a Bravo 1 but with the restrictive Indmars it came with, it could only spin a 23p 3 blade at 5000rpm for gps 60 mph.  The guy who did the dyno work on my dual hi-rise BBC for the SSV i'm doing, said I could be losing a good 100 hp all on the top end.  I'm hoping the Mercruiser/Gil HP headers will let me spin a 26p  blade.  Here's hoping

Here's some prelim pics from OCBW's.

Picked this up about 18 months ago and have been cleaning it up since.

before and after engine bay shots.

my next project is a Sleekcraft SSV - 1979.  I'll post a new thread.