Yes friday fishing was slow. it was windy and water was dirty.

Sat we had a blast caught 6 snook about 18-22 and quite a few nice reds. we were only out for a few hours but caught the tide a little higher.

If i was going LS forced induction I would look into the superchaged LS over a turbo personally, they run well and has a nice torque curve. They also seem to hold up well even with a stock bottom end. Also an aluminum LS is much lighter than any BBC even with aluminum heads 150 lbs or better. But al...

If you use Brown Water maker sure you know exactly what your getting for what price.

We did ok 2 overslot the rest were 19-22" plus 5 nice 19" trout 1 was 22.5".
Also caught 6 small snook about 16"

When I welded the cross-over in my aluminum intake, I ended up have to add small piece of thin metal over the exhaust passage or it would burn through the fel-pro type gaskets in no time. This was even after i had head and intake surfaced. airpat I was a diehard caddy fan ran a DD caddy for 10 yrs p...

Get the Silicon Caps they last a lot longer than the black rubber caps.

Both are fairly heavy hulls, they ride well and are predictable in the creeks. If I remember correctly the hartline has a 2 degree v in it to help it track in the gulf, both are stable hulls. Buddy runs a 16x8 hartline with ls1 2.55 2 bld longhub maximus. Boat get on plane in a boat length, handle w...

I fish the gulf sept to may and I run 3/8" it last me about 3-4 years. We do fish a very nasty area, lots of sharp rocks and oyster bars to get to the good fishing holes.

If it rode like an Escalade it would have an LS motor it lol. Big boats do ride nice but they don't handle same as a smaller hull. Now it could have a ride like a juiced up Eldorado plenty of HP and torque but overall still has a heavy feel to the rear . Guy I worked for had a 600 plus hp BBC with a...

Do a search Chuck at airboat pro's built one some years back.

Yes, he can call Raymond and a Aumitec is top notch but the guy is in Texas. Call American Airboats 108 E. Lutcher Drive Orange, TX 77632 800.241.6390

I have built several other boats for friends the last one was a 16' diamond back high sides 26" we put a stock EFI 6.0 ( maybe 350hp ) with a 2.55 gearbox and a 80" maximus. It also does not have a live well, but he usually runs to big coolers and 4 people. Boat does ok but take 3,800 to r...

I hope to be checking it out this weekend.

I fish the gulf coast Waccassasa Bay alot. We fish places most guys would never thing about taking there boats. Luck yto get 3 years out of the poly. Our area has a lot of oyster bars and some nasty sharp rocks. I usually fish with 3 people, 4 is an issue especially if someone is not a good caster, ...

I know I changed to a 2.68 ratio and went to a 79" 3 blade R and my boat performs much better. I think it would have been better with a 2.55 but I got the deal on a 2.68. Still the same old stock 5.3(BTW motor had 113K and now has over 400hrs between 2 boats). Now my buddy LSmatt Ran a 5.3 with...

To me there is no set rpm for best performance, it depend on your setup. I always just take a day and play with the pitch setting till a find the sweet spot for my current combination and the conditions I run. With that said I ran a 2:1 on a stock 5.3 (maybe 285-300hp) just never seemed right with a...

I ran a 70" 3 blade cypress on my 472 was a recommendation from chuck at airboat pro's many years ago. It ran great had good snap. I can say that I changed my pulleys to a lightweight set, really didn't get any more rpm but had better snap. Loosing mass in a rotating assembly is a good thing un...

I fish that area as well and anything with a prop is no fun, lots of big nasty sharp rock. I see guys poling, trolling motoring or dragging boats as I just wave a slide by. South to yankeetown is not so bad but north to cedar key is nasty and very rough on a boat. If you ran a surface-drive you woul...

Your carb uses springs on the metering rod which has basically 2 positions. When the vacuum is greater than the spring (say at cruise). the metering rod stays down, when you hit the throttle the vacuum drop the metering rod moves up and allows more fuel. The lighter spring will allow the metering ro...

I would do some research before you have anyone work on your motor. My buddy used the person listed above and it has not turned out well for my buddy. Maybe the guy had good intentions but my buddy has been left with a very expensive pile of parts. So again do some research make sure you what your g...

My regulator is on the highest point of the engine stand and I have 27" of AN8 line to the Carb. Pressure gauge is just before line splits at the carb.

It works fine no issue with pressure but I only run a stock 5.3 with a 750 holley

Just finished rebuilding a diamondback for a buddy and the steering is the same and it steers just like my alumitec.

Never spent much time there but I do know it is dangerous lots of stumps just below the water. May be not now with the water so low.

Just my 2 cents. Has more to do with tip speed than prop RPM. To put the tip speed around 500mph which seems to be a good spot for R blades and other med width props 2.68 with a 79" prop takes 5700 motor rpm to be at the 500mph mark 2.55 " 5400 " 2.37 " 5050 " 2.68 with a 82...

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