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Backlash

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Nice job on one of the best looking boats out there!! Beautiful is an understatement!!
 

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Very sharp looking boat, tastefully updated.

Well done! Glad you are getting to use it while continuing upgrades. Looks awesome on and off the water.
 

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Just need to finish the engine bay and the floor is done! Stuff goes in real easy. Having an extra hand is always nice too.
 

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She’s done. I’m super happy with they way everything turned out. Boat runs and drives amazing.
 

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Had a new cover made and decided to have it cover most of the boat. Very happy with the results.
Just finished reading your thread, very nice! Who did the cover? Waterproof or just a dust cover? Do you mind sharing what it cost to have made?
 

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Just finished reading your thread, very nice! Who did the cover? Waterproof or just a dust cover? Do you mind sharing what it cost to have made?
Thank you! More to come. A local guy Joe who retired from his own cover business and now does it out of his garage stitched it up. It's Sunbrella material which is very durable and more water resistant than water proof. It ran me $1,800 only because I had the material run down and cover nearly most of the boat. A standard cover from him is $900.
 

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A simple removal of the corsa silent choice turned into a snowball. The silent choice had a small leak at the rubber coupler that I've been chasing over the last few years so, I got fed up and decided to yank it. Of course you have to pull the motor to get the Y pipe out so........ I started shopping Whipple blowers. 😂Whipple has 2 new blowers in R&D right now and they don't have an eta yet plus they are out of stock on a lot of other blower options. Now I could go Fuel Injected but then I would have to change a lot parts! Plus the cost to do everything is about 12k, I'm going to accumulate goodies for next season and slowly make the swap over to a port injected Whipple set up.

Since everything is out, I'm going to gel the transom, go through the drive, gimbal, etc. update some other items like hoses, trim pumps and tab seals. Clean up some wiring.
 

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Snowball is right! I would highly consider some Dana 1100s and moving them to the outer edge of the transom parallel to the water. You are going to really increase hp and I think you will find the 22 has its limits.
 

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Snowball is right! I would highly consider some Dana 1100s and moving them to the outer edge of the transom parallel to the water. You are going to really increase hp and I think you will find the 22 has its limits.
So funny you mentioned this. I was literally lying in bed convincing myself that now is the time to make the change. You're thinking the 30" tabs over the 24"?
 

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So funny you mentioned this. I was literally lying in bed convincing myself that now is the time to make the change. You're thinking the 30" tabs over the 24"?
I like the 1100’s because you can get kicked tails. The idea is to make flat contact with the water helping the chine walk settle down without scrubbing speed or pushing the bow down. Conventional non step v bottoms need to be trimmed out to carry the nose…. 22 offshore just doesn’t do well with that 😂
 
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I like the 1100’s because you can get kicked tails. The idea is to make flat contact with the water helping the chine walk settle down without scrubbing speed or pushing the bow down. Conventional no step v bottoms need to be trimmed out to carry the nose…. 22 offshore just doesn’t do well with that 😂
I noticed the 24 Schiada's all run a 28" tab parallel with the water. I did a lot of homework on tabs the last few days. I was unsure about using a kicked tail or not. Marine Industrial is minutes from my office. I'll pick his brain.
 
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