Hey, Pics would be great. Always good to see other's handiwork!
-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...> wrote:
From: Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] SE300 hydrofoil
To: omc-boats@...
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 1:45 PM
Hey Bill,
Sounds like a good plan, it would avoid getting too close to the rudder. I'll snap some pics of mine at lunch so you can see what I did with mine.
~Scott
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:16:08 -0700
From: bldfw@...
To: omc-boats@...
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] SE300 hydrofoil
Thanks Scott,
After looking at it again, I'm thinking it might be easier to simply drill new holes about an inch forward (towards the boat) from the rearmost holes and slightly to the outside thus avoiding the exhaust port housing entirely. I could route out a wider 1" surface hole about 1/8" deep to counter sink the screw head and then drill out the 1/4" hole through the fin for the screw. I'm not sure countersinking is truly necessary given the low profile of the screw but there is the rubber washer to consider.
Thoughts?
-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...> wrote:
From: Scott Veazie <scottveazie@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] SE300 hydrofoil
To: omc-boats@...
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:15 PM
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Hey Bill,
I too went with the SE300, and had to make some mods to get it on there. Although I'm not completly happy with HOW it installed, I am happy with the performance results. Basically first I had o dremel out the notch in the foil so it could be pushed farther forward on the plate, so it would fit around the taper. After I did that, when I drilled down, the rear most screws (toward you) actually went through the rudder backer plate, but just barely. Part of the threads on those holes show when the bolts are on, but then do secure well enough.
I had to use longer bolts, and then when putting them in I had to loosen the rudder so I would have enough room to put the nuts on and use the wrench. After I got the bolts back on, I pushed my rudder as far as I could port, basically against the nuts and almost where the rudder was to begin with. It's not as easy an install as doel fins, but quite a bit narrower which is nice if you have a ladder at the stern like I do. It also helped immensely on getting up on plate at lower speeds and also with making the boat easier to steer. I think I might have actually lost a mph, but with the added control and with the porpoising gone, it's well worth it. No more cavitation in tight turns anymore, and added steering control when docking.
~Scott
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:58:26 -0700
From: bldfw@...
To: omc-boats@...
Subject: [OMC-Boats] SE300 hydrofoil
Hey guys,
I'm picking up again on an older post about hydrofoils. I just ordered and picked up a white SE300 hydrofoil and am about to install it to resolve the occasional porpoising and such.
Normally this would involve a simple holed drilled in the plate but I the exhaust outlet at the rearmost position overlaps the two rearmost holes. For you guys that installed the SE300, how did you handle that?? Did you loosen the exhaust housing and insert the mouting screws upward from bottom? It looks like it would get messy to drill down from the top, through the exhaust outlet. The slope of the sides get in the way of a clean bolt attachment (if that makes sense).
How did you do it?
-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer
--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Lee Shuster <lks@...> wrote:
From: Lee Shuster <lks@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 8:53 AM
I've got a Stingray XP which is their least expensive model. About $60 most places. See: http://www.cabelas.com/p-0017147.shtml
My boat gets used almost exclusively for water-skiing, tubing, wake boarding, etc. In these activities I typically run between 16 to 24 mph.
The positives: Helps reduce bow-rise on hole-shots, totally eliminates prop ventilation over-revving in high-speed, SKIER-DOWN turns, helps reduce porpoising, allows boat to get on plane quicker and maintain lower planning speed by 2 mph.
The negatives: Reduces best top-end speed by about 3 mph, extends overall length of boat by about 2-3 inches in garage.
On Sep 2, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Justin DeSantis wrote:
> I've found everything on line from people who really love them, to
> people who think they're dangerous and should be outlawed, so it made
> me wonder what you all thought. I guess I'll leave mine on and try it.
> Then try without.
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Todd Dixon<todddixon@...> wrote:
>> I run one on my '67 Reveler. Really haven't noticed that big of a difference
>> in steering, Definitely makes it plane out better, and completely eliminated
>> porpoising. Personally I have ran them on all my boats.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: jd <jdood@...>
>> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
>> <omc-boats@...>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:56:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin
>>
>> I just put a SE300 hydrofoil on my Deluxe. Harder steering, seems to feel
>> like it's dragging, planes a tad better. not sure about fuel. gonna keep
>> it on and try and get used to it. i think others on here have the same
>> one and like it.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Justin DeSantis wrote:
>>
>>> Lets talk about hydrofoils. My boat has one, but I haven't run it yet.
>>> And I never tried one on my previous boats. Some guys swear by them.
>>> Some guys swear they are the devil. I googled it and found all sorts
>>> of discussion on the subject. But I wanted to talk about it here since
>>> the old Johnson hulls are so unique, I figure just because a guy with
>>> a deep V hates them doesn't mean they're terrible on a sea-foil. The
>>> guy I bought my boat from says that it makes it steer much harder, but
>>> get on plane quicker. To me, that would mean better fuel consumption
>>> at the expense of handling. But what other pros and cons might I
>>> notice?
>>>
>>> Justin
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