Hey yall, checking in from South Mississippi. Just bought my first inboard boat. Its a 1988 Supra Saltare in pretty good condition. Motor was rebuilt last year and has about 30 hrs on it. The boat itself only has 380ish hours on it. The stingers are pretty solid Id say they will need replace after next summer, thats when I plan to do a cap-off restore regardless. Ive been searching this site and have found a bunch of extremely helpful info. Ive got a buddy at work that used to build race car engines and knows the 454 like the back of his hand, we will be going through it, checking timing, compression and just doing some general maintenance in the next week or so. Probably will be looking at changing the card and intake around that time. Im sure ill be posting some general info requests and a bunch more pics to come.
Plans:
1. Monster MT2 tower (within a couple weeks) I really like the look of SDC77's tower and his pictures sold me on that one.
2. The old girl is gonna need a good cleaning. Ive already started on various parts of the interior.
3. Probably will be looking to add a couple sacs to improve the wake (all hidden I love the size and seating this boat has)
4. Trailer lights need some work, probably will be doing all new LED light kit.
5. Adding another battery and a Perko switch.
6. ALOT more..........
I do have a couple questions to start off with.
1. Is the best method for running these boats out of water, directing plumbing into the hose that the water intake comes from on the bottom. A flush pro type setup?
2. My prop has a few dings in it, what size prop are yall getting the best results out of. Ive read a bunch of info on this topic and it seems there is not a good answer.........