Spiker 1200hp 460

[Coolerman]

Motors aligned, bolted down and ready to move on to the next step.

Notice no inner cooler and CMI exhaust yet. I wish I could run our business the same way and get away with it.

looks great! I like the motor mounts as well.

[John P]

Looking good!

[racer511]

Hey Mike, the motors looks great, the dash turned out awsome

[spiker]

Boat dash and trailer
Still waiting on one Inner Cooler and both sets of CMI BIG E exhaust headers. Boat going to paint next week.

[Ratickle]

Boat dash and trailer
Still waiting on one Inner Cooler and both sets of CMI BIG E exhaust headers. Boat going to paint next week.

Who's doing the paint work?

Any hints as to the look???????

[spiker]

Ratical Graphics

[Ratickle]

Ratical Graphics

I like it......

[Monopoly 46]

i went to rg on the way home from loto and they did not have one boat just cars.

[spiker]

I talked with Rodney and he said it has been like that for a while, he should be able to start and stay on mine and be done in no more than 4 weeks.

[endeavor1]

bout time you finisah that thing off.....

[offshoreexcursion]

Looks amazing. Hope to be in your shoes one day building my own custom BT! Enjoy!

[LAriverratt]

how long have you been waiting on the inner coolers and exhaust???

[spiker]

Need one more inner cooler - 14 months ours has the cupronickel core, first it was the core had a problem and then it was no bodies to put the core in/ now they say its in production for the last 6 weeks. CMI BIG E tops since November 2009, we had a fellow boater stop over there on Monday, they have all stations filled with materials, only 2 people working, he inquired about ours and said they were waiting on info from us, so instead of arguing our freind called and we did it allover again, he is going back Friday to see what has been done. We will see.

[LAriverratt]

dropped back in to see where you were on the motors...and this is the only place to get she skinny on the build......still waiting on those parts????

[endeavor1]

dropped back in to see where you were on the motors...and this is the only place to get she skinny on the build......still waiting on those parts????

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[TIKI]

Any progress to report?

[spiker]

Talked in person today to Mc Leod about the seats, he is actually doing mine as well as 2 other boats, my stuff is all cut and the seats frames are made, he will be sewing the material this week. One exhaust header is done, notice I did not say one set, hopefully these can be done in a few weeks. No word from the inner cooler people only to say they can make more money on there other products versus the inner coolers. Drive shaft was made by MTI people and looks nice. started to fabricate drive shaft gaurd out of stainless last week. Trailer is onsite, and the painter is waiting for the word to start.

Sold the pontoon yesterday, now completely boatless.

[TIKI]

You have way more patience than I! Can't wait to see the finished product, but I guess that will have to wait to next summer.

[Coolerman]

Oh, Mike, make sure you get Hering props, and not mercs. I know that your prop decision was kind of up in the air, but we finally got some test time on a few sets of Herings, and the 17x35 6 blade 16* rake set was very fast on our boat. No comparision with the mercs that we ran at loto this year. The Herings will be a bit more pricey, but worth every penny.

[endeavor1]

Oh, Mike, make sure you get Hering props, and not mercs. I know that your prop decision was kind of up in the air, but we finally got some test time on a few sets of Herings, and the 17x35 6 blade 16* rake set was very fast on our boat. No comparision with the mercs that we ran at loto this year. The Herings will be a bit more pricey, but worth every penny.