HPR C5009 Build - Nor Cal

[lavigna]

Chris - I have the 1 nut type. I am showing a picture with my punch mark for my drive location. I just laid out the drive nut around that mark so show the location of the hole. The drive diameter is just shy of the tips of the nut. I know this is not the greatest way to show this, and the picture sucks, but it is all I could think of for now. Again, I think the location is conservative in that it is a little high and outside? What do you guys think?

Thanks for all the help!P1010406.jpg

[Chrisg81983]

Its hard to judge like that from the pic they look a little high. My drives are mounted low enough so the flat part of the nut sits rite on the bottom of ridepad I will post pics and give u some measurements if I can email u a scanned image of my template if u would like

[lavigna]

Chris, that would be awesome if you could. Then I am not just guessing. Thanks again!

Email - [email protected]

[Chrisg81983]

Ok cool I would love to help out but if u could please shoot me a reminder email tomorrow around 6 pm its 2 am here now and need to be up in 4 hours for work. Or if kent still has the one I sent him maybe he can post it here if its not too much trouble. Oh and my email is in a pm sent your way

[lavigna]

I drilled them! I got inpatient and brought everything to a friend who is very good at this type of work and has a lot of tools, including a CNC. My drive placement is still a little conservative in relation to the bottom pad, but I like it.

The drives are just loosely placed in the below pictures. I am going to have the upper support piece (4 bolt holes) plained down a little to get the drives exactly parallel to the hull(I am assuming this is ok to do). As they are now. they are still at a slight angle. Please let me know how the placement looks to you guys.

Chris - thanks again for the template offer!

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[Chrisg81983]

Looking good buddy sorry I couldn't get u the template in time

[nata2run]

Maybe a little high for my liking, I don't know the hull but people tend to install them a fair bit lower. One would think it's importent to get it close to spot on. I guess we'll know when it's in the water

[lavigna]

Damn you Nata! lol - All day the location of my drives has been bugging me. I decided to elongate my holes and bring the drives closer to the bottom ride pad. I know this is not ideal, but the end result was actually really good. Both holes are real clean and uniform still. Now, I will actually have some adjustability in the drives that I didnt before.

The transom for the drives is not 90 degrees, as I am sure is the same on your boats. However, on this boat the left side transom is a much greater angle than the right. As you can see from the side pictures, when the long end of the drive is parallel to the hull, the shorter secton that mounts perpendicular to the transom is at quite an angle. Plus, since the left and right side are different, those angle vary from one another. I am not thrilled about this. Has anyone else noticed this defect in their hull? It is very visible on the inside of the transom where I mounted the cf plates, as they cannot sit equal distances from the tunnel wall. I dont know if any of this will make sense just from these pictures and this info, but it kind of sucks. I dont think it will effect the way the boat runs, but it sure not ideal, lol.

As always, and comments/help you guys may have to offer are appreciated. Thanks!P1010420.jpgP1010421.jpgP1010422.jpg

[nata2run]

Did you use the slow of fast epoxy?
for the CF inside the hull?

[lavigna]

I used West System 24 hour slow cure epoxy. The epoxy did not warp the hull at all. I noticed the 2 sides were different when I was test fitting the cf plates, but I just did my best to mount them symetrical.

[Chrisg81983]

Well I would wait until u speak to Manuel to see if that's how the mold is or there is a defect. Right now u or I know how it's really supposed to be. You have the 5009 model while kent and I have the 06. I wish I could be of more help, and hoping there is nothing wrong with the hull. You would imagine the hulls go through a detailed inspection before leaving Hanspeters hands.

[lavigna]

Chris - How is the transom angle on your 5009? Is it anything like the angle of mine in that last profile picture?

[Chrisg81983]

Hey buddy I wish I can answer that for u but I have the 06 so just realized that my template might not of worked anyways. The bottoms do look very similar.

[nata2run]

I didn't think you would have used something wrong, but some times things do go wrong! In your case you have used what we all been using. So I would say its safe. I'm with Chris though, Speak to Manuel as he deals with the boats all the time and may know what to do in this case.

[nata2run]

On a side note, the placement of the drives look good!! after you lowered them..