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A 283 project just getting started

We had a great time up there and the 253 was very impressive as he was out front all day. Sounds amazing ran even better .A very nice rig :thumb: What boat do you run on the river ?
 
Here is a short vid of Ron aka Gimme Fuel ,the girls and I running the Saginaw river headed out to the bay. I did some measuring on my x dimension due to my prop slip numbers being horrible on flat water . I am at 6 1/2" below and after talking to others with fast 283/300 I am way to deep. Hoping to make a couple changes to help out with that but I am seeing 72 pretty regularly reguardless of the water conditions. In the flat she is a turd for the most part. More boost is in order !!
 
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Well I ended up putting a wrap on my Convincor. I have wanted to get rid of the graphics since I bought it and just did not want to spend 7k+ for this boat to be painted . The wrap was only about 40% of that . I really like it and I'll try to put a vid from Edgewraps Facebook page. It's extremely dirty on the bottom and will be sanding and buffing it soon. I filled all the holes for the rails and have started tonight to put some of the hardware back on. I am ordering a new aluminum tube swim platform and it will be silver. I picked up several props over the winter and a new pulley to get me to 7 lbs boost. I need to get over to Mr Gadgets and pic up my drive that he tore down inspected and resealed for me. Can't wait for a hot sunny weekend on the lake !!

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for my photo challenged buddy.
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I was not happy about the design not pushing on to the windsreen . It might be going back to get that done . The lady that prices the jobs supposedly never added in money for that . They ended up wrapping it white and knocking 300 bucks off. Ill probably give them back the 300 and have it done how I wanted it . :brickwall:
 
I actually like the original better than the wrap, just not a fan of the tribal design but, to each their own. If you like it, that's all that matters.
 
SCT said:
Looks good, PC! And if you tire of it....you can just take it off!
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Thanks Sct. We will probably be moving up to a 38+ in the next year or so or maybe sooner. We do love the ride quality of this 283 . It runs extremely smooth and enjoying it !!
 
I really love how this boat is turning out. It's really awesome.
You get a 28 pitch to bite and you get it running in the 80s...holy smokes that's an awesome rig. I bet people will be knocking your door down to buy it 👍
 
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