I wanted a SH ever since I saw one back in 1994, I was 6 years old. It's just a cool looking boat in my opinion and I love how it is a replica of the real thing! Well I finally found one on Ebay and picked it up 100% original for $100. I am glad it hasn't been beat on, but it has some issues I need to address. The nose is smashed a little bit, I'm planning on making and aluminum noseplate for it to rivet on the hull and give it its shape back. The transom has two cracks where the stock twin motor transmission mounted, which I will seal appropriately.
I stripped everything out of the hull to prepare it for an overhaul. I've never built a boat before, so this will likely not be a super awesome build. My plan is to use the stock steerable outdrive (for now) and mount this in for a powerplant:
2000kV Tekin T8
Graupner Flex coupler to mount to the stock driveshaft.
I'm not looking to make this boat a speed demon, I'd be perfectly happy with 20-25mph out of it honestly. Just want a nice vintage boat that has been updated to reliably run on the lake a few times here and there. I think I'll try 3S first and see how that runs, but for now I'm working on getting the rear section of the boat glassed so I can epoxy this motor mount in.
I ordered turn fins and trim tabs, hopefully they will be here by the time the motor is in. Then I will just need to install a watercooled RX8 ESC and my receiver and see how she runs!
Any suggestions you guys have would be great, I'm a total noob when it comes to props and such. I know its to use the stock steerable outdrive but I kind of would like to keep the boat simple, more of a casual cruiser you could say. Plus it just looks so damn cool!
More to come when I can get some pics of the hull!
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