25 daytona makeover

[Menace Marine]

I figured I would post some pictures of my 25 daytona re rig. I didn't do a very good job taking pictures along the way but I'll post what I have

The boat is a 2000 Eliminator 25 daytona that I bought a year ago with a 454 and a stock bravo. Nothing special. Here are some before pics. I ran the boat once just to get some baseline numbers. It ran a blistering 55 mph on gps.








You can see from the pictures the boat was in rough shape. It was complete and ran but definitely had been neglected.

[Menace Marine]

I owned the boat less than two weeks and it was completely stripped.




Once the boat was stripped I pulled it off the trailer. No point doing all this work on the boat to drag it around on a worn out trailer.

Here is the trailer in the booth with some fresh paint.

A couple of pics once I got the boat back on the trailer.


It's tough to see in the picture but the front of the trailer where the beams come together has been filled in and carpeted. There is also a spare tire mount on the first cross member under the boat.
You can also see the mounts for the tool boxes on the front of the trailer. They got powder coated black to match.

[Menace Marine]

I did not take nearly enough pictures of the fiberglass stage. The bilge was sanded smooth and all the holes were filled. The exhaust was filled and moved up about 8 inches. The dash was filled and re sprayed and the entire boat was color sanded and buffed.

I don't have any good pictures of the dash or outside of the boat but this picture shows the transom with all the old holes filled in.

[WMC]

Great project are you keeping the same power? Keep us posted on the updates as they come

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[Menace Marine]

Great project are keeping the same power? Keep us posted on the updates as they come

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The 454 was sold and a 950 hp whipple motor was planned. However I am no different than everyone else and I am seldom satisfied with a project for long. I ran the whipple motor twice before we built a 1230 hp fuel injected monster for it. Pictures of that to come. ah screw it. here's a teaser.

[Wendi]

Great stuff MM thanks for sharing this project!

[GotHalos]

New motor looks awesome! How'd it run with the 950? Great looking boat

[Menace Marine]

New motor looks awesome! How'd it run with the 950? Great looking boat

Unfortunately I didn't get to run the boat to much with the whipple motor. I had it out once in Havasu right after we got the boat together. We were just taking it easy trying to get everything dialed in. It ran 105 at 5400 rpm. I was on it hard coming up to the gorge and the drive let go at a little over 100. After all the work to get the boat together I only got to drive it for about an hour and a half. I guess I had it coming for buying a used drive.
I brought the boat back to the shop and rebuilt the drive. While waiting for parts and trying to find time to work on my personal stuff the opportunity came up to sell the motor and step up. I was thinking about it last night and realized since I've owned the boat it has been to the lake a total of five times with three different motors.
To answer your question a little more directly, the boat ran great with this setup. For the budget minded boater it is really the best way to go fast. A well built drive will last for a while at this power level and the motor is not a ticking time bomb. The boat was fast enough and should have easily ran 115. It was also kind of cool having mufflers and a flat engine hatch most people thought it had a 496 or 525. I loved them not knowing and then seeing their face when I opened the hatch.

[rschap1]

Congrats
looking very nice

[niceguyeddie]

Nice!!!!!