SimplyOrange
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ChryslerJet said:Sounds like you had yerself a backyard mechanic for a PO between the wiring and tanks who knows what else was done.SimplyOrange said:i got in the boat this weekend with plans to patch a few 2-4" holes that were under the tanks, when i stuck a screwdriver in them to clean the foam away to glass in the plugs i hit aluminum....so i cut the floor along the seams and found 2) 35 gallon fuel tanks under the floor on each side, filled with foam and water, because the top of the tanks were open, any water on the floor would run into the old foam filled tanks. one of the previous idiot owners did this because the top seam on each tank had a long crack in it. so i removed those and all of the foam around them for a weight savings of about 450-500lbs. i have 6 trash bags of "great stuff" type foam i removed. so in going to add 2 braces on each side before i put the floor back, im running above floor tanks now. that may explain why he couldnt get the boat over 88mph
cant be anything else, its just a bare hull with 2 motors hanging on the back now.i have already wet over the motors and everything looks good and runs good. time for me to just bring it back up from the ground.