LS Powered Aluminum 15ft Starcraft 1st Sea Trials

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Ron Cook

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay guys finally got all the clips rounded up to edit this one

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@englandentertainment1530 2 жыл бұрын

I love the boat and the squarebody is killer

@melvinrawlings1457 5 күн бұрын

New subscriber here. I'm just glad I stumbled across ur channel. I'm really excited for more boat videos to come. Def would love to see alot more boat content. But other than that great work and dedication towards the channel. Ur doing an awesome job. So with that much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤.

@invisible.spectra5809 9 күн бұрын

I have one of these old starcrafts and wanted to do an inboard on it, this is awesome!

@mikewest712 4 күн бұрын

You got a video on that pickup? Wow

@roncook8566 4 күн бұрын

Haha no I don't think so. Ol hips has been a great truck man. Daily drove it for ten years up until recently now it only gets used for work- towing trailers, hauling camper, hauling firewood

@griffsgarage6028 2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@pooparrow5 3 жыл бұрын

So cool to see this boat on the water. Can't wait til spring!

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I'm super excited to finish it up! This summer is gonna be fun!

@pooparrow5 3 жыл бұрын

@@roncook8566 Are you happy or surprised with the power? Do you have plans to hot rod the engine a little after everything is sorted out?

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the power is pretty good considering it's still running on the factory truck tune. You could definitely tell that with some tuning it would run much better it was very confused lol. And yes I planned on at least doing a mild cam in the near future. I have several 6.0s in the garage too so that's another option in the future if I wanted more power

@kevinburgess6112 3 жыл бұрын

i’ll be looking 4 ya when the damns are fixed. awesome job on the boat my friend👍

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks budday! Looks like Secord might be the first one we get back

@amybeal2203 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job looks fun I'm doing a starcraft starchief over, wanting same motor set up one day. Has an old iron duke mercruiser 190 hp. Have to settle. Great looking boat you have.

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Can't wait to get it back out here shortly

@atticus9907 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good looking 4x4 square body w/hips you got there too! I’ve had 2 half tons and one 3/4 ton square body and I kick myself for selling them when I was in my early 20s….just HAD to have a new one at the time!

@jamesfackenthal 2 жыл бұрын

As far as your cooling system goes, Your water restriction is in the wrong place.. You said it's just after the water pump. That's not what you want to do.. You want the entire water system under pressure you need to place your restriction After the exhaust manifolds some place just before where the water goes overboard. You need to slow down the volume of water moving through the cooling system, give the water time to remove the heat from the block and exhaust manifolds.

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

Like I said in the video the entire system needed re routed at this point, and it has been. I originally had two gate valves after the engine, and I ended up putting them back on to restrict it just before the risers. I found out later that even with those valves almost all the way closed I still couldn't get even 100 degrees water temp. I'm not having a problem removing heat, I'm having a problem getting the engine to run any hotter than lake water temp. I ended up reinstalling a valve right at the pump and slowing it down ahead of everything to finally get some temperature

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

There's a big debate about it. Most people have thermostat housings so they run a restrictor plate to build pressure in the engine to keep air bubbles out. But most use a gate valve right at the pump to regulate temperature

@68shuffler 2 жыл бұрын

This is really cool

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man can't wait to get it out of storage soon. 65 hours on it now

@screwball83bd 3 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! I have the identical boat and have been thinking of doing this to it. At this point how much money do you have into it?

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Probably $3-4kish altogether?

@robertnorthrup1914 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting you kept steering on right side. Most if not all jet boats steer from left. So how doesn’t it handle with engine torque? No foot pedal?

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah most are left hand steer because they have a gas pedal and they need room on the floor for it. I'm not a fan of gas pedals I like to set the throttle and cruise. My other jet boat a '78 Cobra jet also steers from the right with a hand throttle

@robertchandler8210 3 жыл бұрын

Any idea what your static draft is and draft on plane ?

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what it is on plane but it's 12-13" static

@Brickton25 2 жыл бұрын

Ron I am doing the same thing. What Ecu did you use

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

Stock GM P01 and a truck harness that I reworked

@Brickton25 2 жыл бұрын

@@roncook8566 wow that’s good I thought I would have to buy a after market ecu like a holly.

@bobabouuy1505 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that Starcraft looks amazing. How fast do you think you were going?

@roncook8566 3 жыл бұрын

I probably kept it under 45 mph. The bottom of the boat needs some more work before i try to get crazy with it

@fortnoxz71 2 жыл бұрын

What rpm and gps speeds are you getting??

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

No idea yet the bottom needs a bunch of work, the engine needs tuned and the pump needs a wear ring. Haven't ran it past 50 mph. We'll find out next summer

@michael-ki4sr 3 жыл бұрын

How fast does it go?

@roncook8566 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know yet haven't ran it past 50 mph. I'll find out probably next season after the bottom gets finished, engine gets tuned and the pump gets rebuilt