Boat Dr. VS 1964 American Skier

Doc That boat looks great . I really like the finishing touches you did on the carpet inside the motor box.

Doc don't get me wrong the hi-tek's look awesome especially the polished like yours, that would be the way I would go but I just question if it's really worth the money. The early results seem to show that there really isn't much of a gain in HP over the stock manifolds and for 1400 bucks it's awfull salty to look good.

I'll be the first one to say that I'm pretty sure your going to win best of show come GL and maybe even best holeshot, we'll have to wait and see about the top end speed. Yes I know your geared towards bottom end grunt and not speed should be nice week-end of boating looking forward to it.

1964? i knew i liked that boat for a reason,it was the same year i was born,
I just didnt realize the boat is 43 years old and it came together very well

Another 64' here, I hope it isn't as tired and sore after a hard run as I am!!

Doc, boat looks really awesome, it is going to be great fun seeing all these boats up close and personal next month, looks like we need to call in an order for a supercharger and NOS for my boat just to keep up.

Eric, how about you, making the trip to GL this year?

I'm in the 64 club as well, and I would have to agree with Quinner about tired and sore after just about anything.


Very nice looking boat Dr....... Did you paint it yourself ?

WOW, love the pics! You do awesome work.

Doc was good chatting with you this morning, hope the water test goes as planned.

Boat looks great doc. Got the brackets today. I'll finish the honey-do's up, wrap up my novel, and then they are going on my Mustang 17. Thanks for hooking me up!

Eric , Come boatless . I am sure you will get a ride to the sand bar . Im sure you could even find somewhere to sleep .

ERIC...Dont worry, reid is bringing 3 boats, I will steal keys for one of them for you!!

Boat dr & Boat nurse going to the lake....ice chest packed been a long coming.We will see if all the work and money are worth it today.
the boat is hooked up full of fuel,lets see how long it takes to burn 12 gals....................boat dr

87,boat ran fine....Temp held at 140, guess the little trick worked. Joe said it well" that sounds just crazy enough to work"
Started off with 30 degrees of advance and mid range fuel.drove around a little while , warmed her on up to temp and mashed on it.Not quite as strong out the hole,bot pulled 5100 swinging thet 13x14 Austrel.
Will start adding some more timing each time i go out.Will buy a new set of plugs to do the soot ring......
overall very satisfied,the Hi Teks are louder,more than one person on the lake commented that she louder and sounded stronger.........boat dr

Just another ditto on the fine job Doc! Damn nice!

Glad to hear your temp situation is under control, not to happy to hear that your stumbling with the 600 cfm unit particularily when I have them dyno tuning my 408 with a 750 on it. I keep going back and forth between the 600 and the 750... will probably keep the 750 on till green lake and change it when I get back. I think in the end I will end up with a 600 with the choke horn milled off. You might want to try the 450 with the choke horn milled off eventually to get back your last couple hundred top end rpm.

Seems like I spend 400 bucks everytime I go out, this weekend blew all 4 speakers with the new stereo, 400 bucks, yesterday put in 4 new speakers ran battery dead in about 10 minutes, jumped battery and destroyed alternator trying to bring the battery back up, another 400 today for a new optima and alternator. 400 tomorrow for dyno testing on the new motor...

MY BFN has a 650 on it and it is running a big block. The 750 came on the HO 454 producing 425HP.