hydroplane

[Little Lucifer]

looks like i am stepin up a class or 2 i am grabn criss and going to port mac to pick up a fiberglass 18 ft hydro tomoro cant wait

[flagfall]

Was that the black one on ebay by any chance?

[torkan-hydro]

looks like i am stepin up a class or 2 i am grabn criss and going to port mac to pick up a fiberglass 18 ft hydro tomoro cant wait

.. is that the goldline hydro???cheers

[Little Lucifer]

yep shes the black gold line a bit ruff had one of the tyres blow on the way back didnt help the bodgy paint on the deck .dont think that will slow it down much so all i need to do now is steering , gearbox , shafts , and a motor how hard can that be are there any good books on how to set up a hydro out there?

[The Spook]

No good books, but you will probably need to talk to a few people about how to set it up.

Spook

[Admin]

No good books, but you will probably need to talk to a few people about how to set it up.

Spook

There you go LL I think you just got a volunteer

[Little Lucifer]

the bloke i got it off said it had a blown small block with a vdrive.i just happen to have a few 5 litre holdens a couple of small blocks and 1 big block chev.i got a hains an helier v drive out of the scrap a few years ago a mate got it of me but he hasnt used it so he is sending it back should get that this week .so i guess find out what gearing and fresh up what ever it suits.at least when i get it going it wont sound like a hypo weed wacker[sorry criss] :

[Little Lucifer]

1st questions what should i make the skeg or skegs out of it has 2 the centre one looks ok but the rear is shaged it was made out of steel.guess n alloy is to soft but what about stainless steel?was thinking i will try to set it up with the same angles it had and go from there?but what if i was to put the prop out the back of boat and have the shaft about a inch lower or level with the bottom ??

[flat]

good on ya,gunna be a fun build.in regards to set up ,
i have experience only with flatbottoms but i should think
the same basic rules apply.

EG,number of inches from tuck to engine
" " " " tuck to gearbox
once that is sorted you can determine prop shaft length

[flat]

all i can say is,opinions are like noses, everyones got one, put it all together, make it safe, and go and have some fun.At least your doin it not dreamin about it.

[doug (tiller steer)]

yes , yes, i like all the opinons. especially flats one!!!! just build it simmo.... see ho it rumbles. your not stupid. best thing is to listen to your own instinct after someone else says "your going to come a guttsa" . just get a handle on it. ill even give you a hand at night if you pik me up from longjetty, "work". see what bits you can scrape up. my 2 bobs are free.

[flat]

slow or fast, at least its another boat in our club we can all enjoy.

[Little Lucifer]

today i got it in my shed about time not easy to find a 20ft space at my place.pretty sure its first motor is going to be a 308 a car motor with a mild cam and a carby.
Then it gets intresting do i stay with the holden and go 4 vn heads efi or chev but for 2500bucks 6cyl jap turbo a aftermarket comp and a very easy 750 hp and stock motor that will handle more sounds good value but i do love the pushrod dinosours but time is catching up with them and $2500 dont go that far with a old iron v8 guess i will wait and see what comes along .i do have a good pile of small block chev go fast parts building up maybe enough for a 327 and a 350 .So what do you think out there witch way should i go???

[flat]

single carby 327 sounds like alot fun,parts and engine mounts are easily found cheaply but the jap idea sounds very interesting!!.

[The Spook]

A Carby 327 would be a good starting point. 10 to 1 compression with a hydraulic cam.

Nice easy package. Run it on pump petrol.

Spook