Hello Eric, I have seen some pics of your boat in the sea of Cortez? very nice work, it is a much more serious project than I could commit to. The overall project came out very well. I sure like the idea of a diesel, but not sure how much time I will get to use this boat and so have a hrd time justiying the expense and commitment. I think I found a thread you had posted on a boat design forum about installing a Arneson drive on the Uni.....?, they are interesting drives and I have wondered how well they work myself......DO you stil have the 27?
John On Apr 6, 1:15 pm, e b <[email protected]> wrote: > john, > i had an express cruiser for many years, if they are straight drives the swap > should be pretty simple, i believe some 27's came with Vdrives, if that is > the case its no big deal but you will have to retain the original > transmissions. i would not worry about prop shafts, the stock is plenty > strong for gas engines, i ran mine with a cummins diesel and 20" prop and > never had a problem.your existing mounts should be fine as well. > eric > > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:20:23 -0700 > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] 27" Express Cruiser motor trannie swap > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > In December I made a "commitment" to buy a 27" Express Cruiser, I say > > commitment because I have not seen the boat as it is buried under many > > feet of snow. It is being shoveled off but I cannot retrieve it until > > maybe May or more likely June. > > > The price was right so unless the seller really misrepresented it, it > > should be OK. The boat has 318's with Paragon Gears. It has not run in > > a while and have been told that the motors do not trun over and need > > to be replaced. > > > 2 weeks ago a pair of 360's with Velvet drives, manifolds, heat > > exchangers, etc showed up on CL. I bought the pair site unseen and > > spent last Saturday getting them started. I only ran them briefly as > > they were dry. I will need to move on the next step and get them ready > > to go in the boat. I will most likley remove everything except the > > intake, inspect reseal, repair rebuild as needed. > > So far the motors look pretty good, sound good, and had clean oil in > > both the motors and the trannies. > > > I plan to set the motors up so I can run them for 1/2 hour or so and > > check temp, pump pressure on the Velvet drives and make sure they > > warrant further effort. > > > I am really wondering how diffrent they will be from the Paragon > > setup, its driving me crazy not having the boat to figure some of this > > out...........I am new to the world of bigger boats and particuarly so > > with inboards with gears....... > > > So, are the motor mounts the same for both? will I need to modify the > > propshaft? What am I getting into? > > > I do not know anything about the boat, the 360's were removed to make > > hull repairs. They have the "log" style manifolds and have a closed > > cooling with sherwood raw water pumps and sendure heat exchangers. > > > Thanks, John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
