Summer ended shortly for me :( Resto begins.

[wspeedin]

I though you asked where to get the stuff my bad. A 6oz cloth might do what you want? I am using a 10oz on my floor and it seems to form decent

Ok, Great! Thank you, I just went ahead and called us composites and spoke with them about what to use. Ill be getting 6oz e-glass and polester resin. Ugh, I hate fiberglass!!

[bens250ex]

I don't like it either k can't wait to be done with my stringers

[TitanTn]

It's a little concerning that your guy didn't know what he was getting into. I'd make regular visits to make sure that it's going back the way you want it to.

[wspeedin]

It's a little concerning that your guy didn't know what he was getting into. I'd make regular visits to make sure that it's going back the way you want it to.

I fully agree! I was not happy with him. Unfortuantley he is the only person around here in my price range, so ill take what I can get. however, I do plan on being on his @$$ about it. He says she will be done in about two weeks and I will be making plenty of stops between now and then. We talked over exactly what he was going to do in full detail. So hopefully we will see if he gets it right.
He is also going to gelcoat the floor while he is in there. The idea is to be able to have a boat that I can just spray clean with a hose, no water entering the wood and plenty of drainage holes.

[bens250ex]

yea make sure he knows what he is doing, make sure you can visually see the stringers before he lays the floor. when i tore my boat apart i found out that someone had already dont a partial stringer job. And they didnt know what the hell they were doing. They only tabbed in the new outters and decided to not even fully cover them in glass. Just make sure you dont have this happen on your boat.

[jet]

Gelcoat with what??

[wspeedin]

Gelcoat with what??

Jet, Im not sure exactly what you're meaning to ask. however, Im going to answer what I think you are asking....I would assume he is using some sort of gelcoat on top of the fiberglass he lays down. He will then add a rubberized pellet to the gelcoat to give it a grippy surface. The end result is to be something like a center console boat or even the newer nautique boats. Just pull out of the water and spray clean.

[wspeedin]

So I took the 454 down to the engine builder last night and he called me today with some bad news. Apparently there is a crack in the deck of the block. I knew the boat had issues but damn! What a headache!!

[TitanTn]

That sucks. I know it's a headache, but hopefully you can find a block easily enough. The good news is that on the other side of all of this, you'll know exactly what you have and will be able to rely on it.

[wspeedin]

You're right Titan, I will know the ins and outs of the boat! I went and looked at the block last night and the crack is on the port side of the motor between the head and intake manifold. It looks like the sidewall of one of the water jackets is cracked. After talking with the builder he said he has a guy that should be able to fix the crack but I may have to resurface the deck. Basically went from a refresh to a full blown build. Also, on the port side the second cylinder wall is pitted really bad so it will get a .30 over bore. Plus a new cam. I think Im going to get a good performance cam, something that will build a lot of torque