Originally Posted by hotstang46

Post up pics tomorrow, just got the boat in my hands. Hull is in FANTASTIC shape but it needs alot of work elsewhere. Upholstery, drive (going b-max), complete engine rebuild, some electrical, etc etc. .

I will probably on here a bunch asking you guys with the 26's for some help and advise throughout. So...... Doesn't look like a centri will fit. Anyone running one? Is that why all you guys went with the roots? I really wanted to avoid cutting up my deck but now I don't know if that will be possible. Maybe the inside of the deck can be customized to work. Doesn't look like that procharger or vortech would sit any higher than the carb. What was throwing me off is toward the bow on the underside of the deck it is flat then has fiberglass slanting downard taking away top to bottom clearence in the engine compartment. But the pad is flat, so maybe someone can cut a portion of that out for the centri and still keep the pad in tact. Hope that makes sense to you guys. Also, I couldn't believe how close the pulleys on the front of the engine are to the where the seat bottom for the rear seat are....I'm sure a blower will add a wider pulley and put that relationship even closer. What did you guys do? just have the seat relocated slightly forward?

Goal, 800+ horse 100+ and REALIABILITY.... I will start a thread with progress pics tomorrow when I get initial pics up for anyone that may be interested.

EDIT: Duffer if your reading this I have some questions. I just noticed on the last post that you said you had a procharger. I'm assuming you had to modify the engine hatch in the area I stated above right? Do you have any pics of your set up and specifically the inside of that hatch cover if you modified it? I'm also curious to hear how much room you have between the pulley's and the rear seat bottom/ back. I have like none, in fact the pulley is slightly touching the back of the seat bottom. I'll post a pic tomorrow... THANKS

Originally Posted by Duffer

Unfortunatally I have not taken any pictures of my engine compartment ( I should though it lookks pretty AWESOME!). Right now my engine is out of the boat - Having some upgrades done. - I can tell you this though, My back seat is set about 4" forward from the factory. It is a 2003. I have seen other 26' Awesomes and the back seat is the same as yours. I do not have a problem with my pulleys hitting the back seat. With the procharger I had to modify the hatch a little undernieth. I had the top of the Carborator Box Machined down that gave me aout a 1/2", then I took off the hatch and cut a hole in the fiberglass where the carb box hit the hatch. that gave me about another 1 1/2" - I also, cut the ply wood from under the sun pad and put a piece of 12 Ga. Stainless Steel in place - That gave me another 1/2" . I then fabricated a nice Stainless Steel Box the Whent into the gap to give it a nice finished look under the hatch. By doing this I gained an extra
2" of clearance, which is plenty with out sacraficing the sun pad. With the procharger I could only run an 8 rib pulley because the top comes close to the back seat. I also had to remote mount the intercooler to one side. I will eventually post some pictures, but probabally not for a month. Good Luck With Your Project!!!

Originally Posted by hotstang46

Post up pics tomorrow, just got the boat in my hands. Hull is in FANTASTIC shape but it needs alot of work elsewhere. Upholstery, drive (going b-max), complete engine rebuild, some electrical, etc etc. .

THANKS

Originally Posted by hotstang46

huh..... then if you're seat is about 4 inches forward then your engine hatch must be about 4 inches longer as well? I think I will have to have the hatch lengthened and re upholstered by someone. I can't imagine what type of leg room you must have though. It's already pretty tight.

I guess I'll have to have the engine mounted with the mods and then the rear seat and hatch built around it. Now I'm wondering if I can get away with the intercooler in front (stock position for the kit) with that set up. You mentioned the height not being ok for the intercooler, not the ratio to the seat back, so I'm guessing the intercooler did not extend out past where the pulley would sit i guess. I'm thinking I may be able to get away with it because I will have the downsloping part underneath the hatch(on the forward (bow) most part of the hatch) scrapped in favor of a level piece, hopefully giving me a bunch more inches. hope that makes sense.

But even still. You guys with the roots blowers must of needed more clearance too. Did you guys do something similair to what I'm thinking?

Originally Posted by hotstang46

ROTAX: I think I will keep the interior stock. I think alot of the leather can be salvaged. And even if not I may refinish it the same. I like hot the boat isn't too busy inside, maybe just add some accenting.

DUFFER: Thanks so much for helping out. I removed the rear seat padding and noticed that I can pretty easily just move the whole wood box it sits on forward with ease. So I may just shorten the seat bottom by 2 inches and move it 2 1/2 inches forward as well. Do you have any idea how much more clearance I need in the front of the engine with the addition of the procharger. I'm assuming the new pulleys stick maybe 3 inches farther out than the stockers.

26 AWESOME: I know you have roots but you must have still had the same problem with the pulleys being close to the seat right? Did you have to modify anything?


Chris