Aron Alleva
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Many of you guys know Charles Siler and his Evil Twin 90 SGX he's been running since 2011. His build can be seen here ---> http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?showtopic=52753. Well I'm his cousin to say the least and my name is Aron. I've been running boats with Charlie for about five or so years and he actually got me started into boating when he gave me one of his old 45 K&B powered outriggers when I quite young. Fast forward to now, since getting into rc boating over the last five years I've come to acquire a few boats with my fleet consisting of: SG Eagle 67, SGX 45 and Pro Boat Miss Budweiser, until about now. Last season I was able to run one of Charlies twin 45 outrigger on our pond, needless to say I fell in love with it and thought to myself "I gotta have one of these" well that thought turned into a reality as my twin arrived up here just yesterday. I took some photos to show what it took to get this boat to where it is at currently and hope you enjoy this thread as much as I will enjoy beating my fellow members into the icy depths of our pond this race season.
Before the hull arrived we blew apart four and yes you read that right. Four MAC 84 motors to best decided which pair we want to use for this build.
Pulled each one down to nothing and checked all the bearings to make sure they were good, we polished the crank to ensure everything was rotating freely without any snags or high spots.
Here we started modifying the blocks, liners and pistons. Remember we did this to all Four motors. It took us almost 12 hours to complete start to finish.
Everything done, cleaned and polished ready to go back together.
All back together, put on some billet headers and called it a night.
The next big project day was when the boat arrived in Alaska. I had waited quite some time as shipping does take a bit to get up here and the previous owner of my boat was out of town during the transaction of many e-mails between him and Charlie.
Hull wrapped up in his cocoon of bubble wrap and pillows.
Unwrapped and doing a once over, this boat is amazingly beautiful in person. I hope to continue to keep it as nice as it is right now.
Continued on next post!
Before the hull arrived we blew apart four and yes you read that right. Four MAC 84 motors to best decided which pair we want to use for this build.
Pulled each one down to nothing and checked all the bearings to make sure they were good, we polished the crank to ensure everything was rotating freely without any snags or high spots.
Here we started modifying the blocks, liners and pistons. Remember we did this to all Four motors. It took us almost 12 hours to complete start to finish.
Everything done, cleaned and polished ready to go back together.
All back together, put on some billet headers and called it a night.
The next big project day was when the boat arrived in Alaska. I had waited quite some time as shipping does take a bit to get up here and the previous owner of my boat was out of town during the transaction of many e-mails between him and Charlie.
Hull wrapped up in his cocoon of bubble wrap and pillows.
Unwrapped and doing a once over, this boat is amazingly beautiful in person. I hope to continue to keep it as nice as it is right now.
Continued on next post!
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