I know you said 350, but after my experience with Caddy's and Gen 1 350's Get a LS2 or 6.0 truck motor and change the cam and springs and you're at your goal or over it. Have to do a lot more work to a gen 1 or 2 350 to get the same performance. If you keep the ZZ4 I have a JB Heavy duty flex plate ...

Well I run a 5.3 out of a truck with 113K put it on my buddy heavy 14' Alumitech deck-over 2.55 with 3 blade maximus, loaded with 3 people for fishing in the gulf take 3,600 to be on plane we run some nasty stock pushing hard. Took the motor of after putting about 300hrs on it. Then we put it on my ...

I ran a 2:1 on a 5.3 LS with a Carb maybe 275-285hp. Was a 14" x 7-6 Alumitech SS rigging and signle front drive and double rear. Used mostly for fishing the gulf It would not turn a 3 blade with enough pitch, even with a longer 2 blade pitch was fairly flat. I ran 3 different 2 blade combinati...

You have Lake George - lower St John, Flying Eagle and Potts preserve in hernando, Lake Kissimmee, Loughman Lake Mid - St John's and a few more as you going south on the upper St John's but I have never had the opportunity to visit that far south. There also some great fishing and fun riding along t...

I ran a 14' x7-6 Alumitech with a .020 over 472 DD (motor being further back then your boat with a box) an it had about 6" of freeboard. Not a boat you just let anyone drive. That boat should be a little better balanced then mine. Got a little scary from time to time but we run the gulf alot. L...

FYI on the vacuum cap use the silicon caps. The black rubber caps will not last. I also put a small zip-tie around the cap.

BTW Loudmouse what is the name of your shop?

The FI tech has TB system that work with your dist and would sit on top of you intake. I know you like to research check it out, fairly inexpensive as well. It has taken along time for me to move towards EFI still running a carb myself But i do have everything I need to go efi except ecm and TBSS in...

Swamp Look at the FItech they have some interesting stuff that might fit your needs.

I am sure in total the EFI system is expensive, Holley HP is around 1750.00 just to get started and if you need customer service your really in trouble.

You can get a 5.3 iron block motor for 750-1200 and it will be around 480lbs. Average Gen 1 SBC 350 has less hp/torque than a 5.3 (325ci) and weight about 100lbs lighter. http://www.car-parts.com is a good search engine but you need to know the model and year of the vehicle you want the motor out of...

Everyone I have ridden in except one rode hard on the nose.

No not fat but like when I was a kid they called me "husky" lol.
Which I took to mean well built, sturdy but with a little extra weight.

Get with GMAC 76 he wont steer you wrong.

Streamline is Doug Hamant, he is building hulls up our way. He does great work. I saw one of his hulls at buddies place Circle S manufacturing and was impress with the work, but who knows one got one eye and don't see well with it, lol. If your looking for a new hull it would be worth talking to him...

Not sure what they use but what about a One way flapper plug. we used to use them in our race boats.
Sometimes referred to as a duck-bill plug. Moeller 61550

Just a thought.

I am with Barhopper I will never have a saltwater boat without poly and been down the fiberglass route. Got a buddy C1gator his like his fiberglass and he works it hard. To me if you build a glass boat to handle the rock and bars it is just to heavy. If I was going to use glass for saltwater it woul...

We run and fish from Yankee town to north of cedar key. Most of the area is very rocky. I run a 14' x 7-6 alumitec with 18" sides 5.3 with a 2.68 stinger and 79" 3 bld R. Been fish with it for 9 years. Had a 15' rivermaster for 4 years but beat it to pieces. Started with a DD caddy on the ...

Swamp I got rid of all my caddy parts but have restocked with LS parts Got a ton of stock parts that have come from upgraded ls motor ove the last few years for friend. Found 1 472 crank in my shed but the thrust face was gone. Had 4 complete motor for a while 2 472's and 2 500's and an extra crank ...

Yep had a Direct drive .020 472 on a 14' alumitec and SS rigging, ran it hard for almost 10 years. Went almost everywhere I wanted to go. Parts in good shape got difficult to find and expensive. And it will feel heavy and sluggish in the rear of the boat unlike and aircaft motor which will have a sp...

Way back there was a few pics of a small red boat with a turbine on it. Go t the gallery and do a search "turbine" there are 3 pics of it. cool little boat.
Also a pic or two of a very nice looking lady of the boat.

I may have missed it above But: DD = Left-handed rotation Belt drive = left-hand rotation Gear drive = right-hand So what rotation is your super snapper? Also someone above mention they ran a 72x38 wood prop on a 350 dd he did not say but it was probably a stick prop (narrow blade) I ran a 72 x38 on...

We fished Sat and Sun up north. Went up close to cedar key and found very clear water. Did very well couple of small snook, one 21" flounder, a bunch of trout from very small to 20" and a good number of mid slot reds 20-25". Sun we went north and a buddy went south we caught fish hard...

Nice looks like the fishing is just getting better.
Can't wait headed out tomorrow myself.
Did you fish out of the waccassasa or out of yankeetown?

It it were me I would not move it any farther forward. I would just add a platform for there feet flush with the deck, it will give you usable space. And if I need the weight farther forward I would look into moving my tank. As SH45 said adding a longer adapter may add a little push but it will also...

Yep very good service. They have built 3 sets for me. Last set I asked for a few specific thing to be done. Brad did just what I asked and the additional charge was minimal.

Diggin can you use something like HP tuners to modify MEFI setup you have that software with credits is around 600.00? CMB, we did not use the Fuel pump power supply (green wire) either. We tried it but it was making fuel pressure fluctuate, I believe ECU has to read fuel pressure for it to work pro...