Sleekcraft Tunnels

[H20MOFO]

Nice Boat Tricky One. No Worries 454-boat. Iwas Just Curious. I LOOKED AT A 26' BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING BETWEEN THE 20 AND THE 26'

[23MTR]

I had a 85 sst tunnel a few years ago and so did a buddy of mine. Both boats had no stringers. They are also a very thick and heavy lay up. I ran a 13.5.1 468 and my friend was running a blown and injected 496. Mine never ran over 75mph and the blown 1000hp one only ran in the low 90's. My friend ended up cracking the hull up real bad with all that hp. We ended up cutting the top deck off and mounting it on the wall in his sports room! I sold mine before I could break it. With a little chop you could feel the floor doing the wave!! They were both very awesome looking boats though!! With all that transome repair I personaly would pass on the deal unless your wife would like to use it for a planter box???
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[BOOGEYMAN]

Nice looking sleek you had!!! Mine runs 72 on gps with 500 hp and feels very strong and solid on the waves.....
Travis

[23MTR]

Thanks, I realy liked the colors on that boat . I think yours rides solid due to the fact someone added stringers some were down the line. I have looked at six or seven sst sleekcrafts and never seen one with stringers.I am no expert though!! Maybe Sleekcraft played around with installing the stringers?? If mine had stringers maybe I would have kept it a bit longer. I was also told that the sleekcraft v's with no tunnel were a faster boat,maybe due to the weight diffrence?? Either way they are cool boats and had a awsome look!!

[suckerpunch]

I built one of these for a customer about 10 or 15 years ago. Ron Hamilton did the pump, and we did the motor. It turned out to be a great lake boat that ran a touch over 105mph, and ran mid 9,s. at the track, not a gps. It had a 572 chevy with two stages of bottle adding another 300 hp. We installed stingers, with a rail kit, and the pump was moved out 5 inches. The boat was extremely heavy, but did run well with lots of power. At a later date, the same engine ended up in a Kurtis 500 hydro, and ran 159mph without the bottle. My point of this is that our customer spent alot of money trying to get that hull to go fast, which it really did. But it is a lake boat, and built to last.

[Unchained]

I had a Sleekcraft Aristocrat tunnel jet back in the early 90s
The SST is a more performance type hull.
It was a good lake and ski boat but like others have said it was heavy.
The deck wanted to separate from the rest of the boat and I needed to add some supports in there. Never did have any stress cracks though.
I had a mild blown 468 chevy and went 92 mph at the drags with it.
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[BOOGEYMAN]

I built one of these for a customer about 10 or 15 years ago. Ron Hamilton did the pump, and we did the motor. It turned out to be a great lake boat that ran a touch over 105mph, and ran mid 9,s. at the track, not a gps. It had a 572 chevy with two stages of bottle adding another 300 hp. We installed stingers, with a rail kit, and the pump was moved out 5 inches. The boat was extremely heavy, but did run well with lots of power. At a later date, the same engine ended up in a Kurtis 500 hydro, and ran 159mph without the bottle. My point of this is that our customer spent alot of money trying to get that hull to go fast, which it really did. But it is a lake boat, and built to last.
Sounds like a sweet set up.....would love to see some pics if you can did any up sometime!!!!
Travis

[VD MOTOR SPORTS NW]

Booogeymon U May Need To Take That Thing Out To The Lake Soon
Would Like To See A Quote Ton Of Beer In It

[BOOGEYMAN]

HAHAHA,
About time you FINALLY sign you on here, you have only been a lurker for years!!! It was so damn cold last night I'm not sure we will be back out this season but you never know!
Travis

[H20MOFO]

HEY BILGE . UTAH LAKE ANYTIME SOON? NICE SLEEKCRAFT. DID YA KNOW YOU COULD GO TO WWW.VIEWUTAHLAKE AND CHECK OUT CURRENT CONDITIONS ON A FEW UTAH LAKES