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Travis' 1984 Supra Rider
Ok everyone. After months of slacking-off (and snowy, cold weather), I finally got out and took some pics of the "new" boat.
Thanks to all who gave advice when I was seeking opinions on which boat to get.
I settled on the 84 Rider in Texas. It's in really rough shape, the motor needs to be rebuilt, the interior is gone, and it's missing a few things. Accordingly, the price was cheap ($1,500), and the guy I bought it from re-did the main stringers from the ski pole back. So all-in-all, not too bad. It's kind-of an unusual set-up as it has a Chevy 350 in it. It was my understanding most of these boats had either a Ford 351 or Chevy 454. It def looks like the motor was transplanted out of a truck/car. I don't mind though 350 parts are super cheap so I can def make it work.
The big expense ended-up being the trip to get it. I'm all the way up here in MT, so it was lots of gas, several spare tires, and a few wheel bearings to get her all the way home. I felt pretty crazy driving all that way, but I just absolutely could not find something in my price-range nearby.
Once it got here, the snow came soon after so I didn't have much time to get anything done. I also used-up all of my boat budget on the trip, so I didn't have any $ left to get to work on it. I'm expecting my tax refund in the next few weeks though, so that should get me goin on it.
Yesterday though I went out to get some pics and take the motor out for the rebuild. I don't plan on getting everything done this spring, just enough to get it on the water and have some fun this summer. My plans for this spring are:
Rebuild the motor.
Fab a temporary plywood floor.
Find a gas-tank.
Get it in the water, and start working-out some kinks...
and of course, lots of wakeboarding!!! :)
I'll post-up my pics as soon as I get home from work.
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Here she is sitting out at my dad's place after her long journey up from TX:
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Note the makeshift "tower" lol! Not sure what was going on here. Poor boat definately saw lots of saltwater use though.
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He left the engine sitting on a pallet for me after the stringer job so I could just take it right back out for the rebuild.
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As you can see most of the interior is gone, and what's left is in really rough shape. Some would see this as a bad thing, but I'm thinking of it as a blank canvas, so I can pretty much do whatever I want with it.
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Got her hooked-up and ready to pull over to our makeshift "engine removal area".
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Our chainhoist set-up for lifting the engine out.
I was a little sketched-out but my pops is confident we wont pull the trees down.
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Ok. Got it home and into the garage. Time to start some tear-down.
As you can see the thing was most-likely used in the saltwater. It came from the Corpus Christi area. Lots of corrosion, some of the bolts are stainless, some are not. It's debatable if this is actually a marine engine or not. I think the carb and distributor are automotive. It does have a Marine engine tag on the intake (last pic), but that could have been just stuck on there.
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I took the trannie off first:
Here without the starter:
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A few bell-housing bolts and a little muscle later:
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Don't forget to take the dust shield off, it wont come off otherwise hehehe...
The flywheel after the "coupler" was removed:
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With the flywheel off. Yep, two-piece rear-main seal.
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I'm going to take the other riser/manifold off next, as well as the intake, and heads. Hopefully tonight, we'll see if I have time.
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Wow great pics! We will be watching!