John, i no longer have the 27, sold it to a gentleman in washington who bought it to take up to Alaska fishing, picked up a real cheap ($500 ) uniflite 28 mega fixer upper...its actually in decent shape and just needs to be repowered, already have all the parts and again im installing a cummins in it, this time i bought a vdrive thou, getting the 6bt to fit in the express with standard transmission was a challenge, taking the easy route with this one...lol..!its a " long term " project as im leaving this summer for a two year sail but i am already looking forward to getting her done when i get back as i always really enjoyed taking the uniflite down to the sea of cortez or local lakes for weekends or a week at a time , something i cannot do with the sailboat.the way the gas prices are going the idea of installing smaller diesel does cross my mind, a 50 hp would easily push her at hull speed and should give a max of about 9 knots but would burn less than 3/4 gallons at 7 knots... dues to its size at 7 knots the cummins is still 1-1/2 gallons per hrs and about 3gph at 9.. but it is nice to have the extra power and 16 knot potential if needed with the cummins... Eric
> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:40:10 -0700 > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: 27" Express Cruiser motor trannie swap > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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. > -- 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.
