masi242

Ramb, What year and power are you running? Did you have any blistering or any damage to the transom when you took the platform off.

Nice shot of your old bird.

I think this is my early spring project.

Waterfoul

1988, first year of bravos. 330hp 454's. hit 65.1mpg with labbed props at 4600 rpmthis spring. and finally learned after 5 years that the boat flies level with 3/4 or more in the fuel tank .
It has bennetts, but i may fabricate something better this winter.
Notice the tie bar i fabricated this year. cost me about $240 buck total in material and is 100% stainless.

no blistering or any damage to transom. it is buffed better than the pic now but some yellow remains where the outer gasket goes. no matter, I am going to fix the platform and reinstall.

Ramb

offshoreratboy

Ramb... Dude that is the sickest aeration pic I ever laid my peepers on! I had a 242ls with a 500 hp big block and a 272ls with twin 365 horse big blocks and I could never get either one of them to do the levitation trick in that pic! although I did stuff the 272 and shredded a buddy and myself pretty good.

Joey

bford1

Offshoreratboy - Where did you get your stainless platform? Is it like in the pics I posted above (bottom 2 pics). I have been looking for something similar.

offshoreratboy

Bought it used from a guy who could not use it. I guess he bought without measuring or something like that sold it to me for half what he paid. I believe it is the Extreme Marine? I will post pics tomarrow. It is similar to yours but does not have the ladder bar sides...

bford1

Cool. Mine is actually the top pic so I have a wooden platform. I'd like to have a stainless one and have been looking for somewhere besides Extreme Marine that makes them. Extreme wants $1750 for the one like in the bottom two pics I posted above.

offshoreratboy

Here is a pic of the platform, It is an extreme marine and it just happens to be the exact color I painted the rear stripes to get rid of the dated black one. Dont plan on installing it till off season.

bford1

Looks great. Post some pics when you get it installed.