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Plans changed on the engines for the time being. Just don't have time to build new big power and still get to KW in time.

We have been hard at it every evening this week. The bilge is back to looking awesome. Touched up a bunch of bad spots with some white gel coat. All lines and hoses etc are all in place. Been rigging my little 496/ 520HP engines to go into it as I got some last minute sales on all my other engines last month.

The flooring was terrible, so I pulled that out, interior is back out. A friend of mine is going to sand and gel coat the entire floor and gunnels etc. Basically everything you can see in bright white gel coat. Should make all the difference in the world in the way it looks inside.

I keep finding some little parts that I used to have that are turning up missing. Keeps throwing my install date of the first engine back. God willing the first engine should be in saturday or Sunday. I need to calculate a few more things once I get the first engine in, and crossing the fingers that the Stellings fit the way I have them set up. Then I can get the second engine in mid week and start shaking it down. I am hoping to bring it to FL for the KW poker run.

Even if I can't find a crew. Hell I'll do it SOLO.

Keep praying for me to stay focused. Still got a lot of work to do.

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For a budget build, the boat is really starting to look good and come together nicely. It will be a sweet looking ride anyway.

We painted the entire inside of the boat with that 2 part epoxy paint that Roper turned me on to. You need sunglasses in there. I wish I would have done the entire bilge before we re rigged it, but there is always net year.

I took the camera with no mamory card.

I'll get pics tomorrow. or stop by tomorrow afternoon/ evening. I will still be going strong.

1 big shipment from JEGS and 1 shipment from NAPA, and 1 shipment from Eickert and everything should be here that I need.

Eng1 is ready to go minus the water plumbing.

Eng2 still needs a full dress, but all the parts will be here tomorrow.

Gonna be a good day tomorrow if I can get someone to help me guide the engine in. Hard to drive the forklift and bolt in the engine at the same time..

HTRDLNCN

Who did your seats?

Id give you a hand but I will be running sound at Alamodome all weekend.

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Local guy. Only problem with him is that he takes forever

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Some progress shots from today. Shows bilge touched up and re rigged with new pumps, blower hoses, wiring blocks etc. Fully dressed engine. And install. Not hooked up yet, but 1 is in.

Also shows were we installed the engine plates backwards. That was a nice surprise.

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last ones for today

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Going to have to massage the holes for the tail pipes a little bit. They are still a little low and i don't want to the joint to be in a bind and leak.

Working on mounting the oil coolers

Working on where to mount the cut off valves and the water seperators.

Still a lot of work to do, but I feel like I am over a major hurdle now that I have a lot of the lingering questions answered.

I am really glad that I am rigging it first with these simpler style engines rather than with blowers and intercoolers etc. THen it would really be tough.

Oh, and the headers are going to be to tall for the hatch to close so I am going to have to massage the hatch a little as well

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Chewed some more ood out of the transom. Got the headers on the starboard engine. Oil coolers are in. Starboard engine is waiting on oi lines to be omplete.

Port engine is going in today. And that one should get buttoned up tonight except for a few parts that we are missing. hose parts are supposed to be in tomorow.

SHould be able to run them in and set timing etc tomorrow evening.

Trying for a shake down run on sunday.........

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Looks like we might make the deadline. Second engine is in and exhaust is buttoned up. Waiting on a few more part shipments that are supposed to be here in the am.......

Have to do a bunch of the little stuff, and then do the big fuel purchase. We pumped out almost 150 gallons of old gas out of it..............