Well, I guess i can't complain too much. I was hoping to take the van down to my brother in laws house this weekend so we could install the 2spd electronic shift transfer case using his tools/lift and, oh yeah, a little of his expertise, too.
But low and behold he is mechaniccing on a Sprint boat racer this weekend. He also sometimes navigates the races too. Personally, I make it a rule to not climb into a boat that has a roll bar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Sg0kZf ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLA0LVFs ... re=related
The boat in the third video with the checkered flag painted on the sides is his team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZTmp-1H ... re=related
What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
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Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
Cool.
Never seen Spring Boats before.
Never seen Spring Boats before.
I was told getting my beauty sleep was a waste of time.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
I've never seen spring boats either but these sprint boats are pretty wild
always somethin' new
always somethin' new
1999 LS AWD 3" Lift,4.10's,Snowplow,9500lb Ramsey winch
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Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
Great videos, thanks for sharing......!
`86 V8 Lowered Cargo, extensively modified, shaved bald, wearing the shortest, sluttyest white primer dress....
A British Wanker living in So KarlyFornia.
My Astro tows my toys to Glamis sand dunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2pqjQtpso
First ever canal jump at Glamis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZjM84x_Xc
A British Wanker living in So KarlyFornia.
My Astro tows my toys to Glamis sand dunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2pqjQtpso
First ever canal jump at Glamis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZjM84x_Xc
Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
they do it a bit faster on larger tracks in austrialia and new zealand and I've seen some also in rivers, that is insanse. they call them jet boats, not sure if the motors are different or not, but it's been a VERY large sport under there for as long as i can remember.
if you don't get motion sickness, take a ride in one below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rDBh617xc
if you don't get motion sickness, take a ride in one below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rDBh617xc
Rob
current rides:
04 Mazda 6 V6 5spd
vans owned:
97 Astro AWD (selling by summer .. i think) SOLD
99 Astro LS Sept 08 ASV VOM
94 Astro LT
93 Astro LT
96 Astro LT AWD * parts van*
current rides:
04 Mazda 6 V6 5spd
vans owned:
97 Astro AWD (selling by summer .. i think) SOLD
99 Astro LS Sept 08 ASV VOM
94 Astro LT
93 Astro LT
96 Astro LT AWD * parts van*
Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
T Low,You suck
You get to check out the coolest stuff.
You get to check out the coolest stuff.
90 Astro Cargo V-8
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
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Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
reaper wrote:T Low,You suck
You get to check out the coolest stuff.
Ha! Thanks reaps, but I'm just the wuss standing high up on the banks of the slough, sippin on a Dos Equis, takin in the sights and sounds and hoping my mechanic...uh, brother in law, lives to wrench another day!
Yeah, those things are pretty fantastic alright.
Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
They are fun ALOT of fun....... I know the owner of a marina not to far from here. Used to take the catamaran racing boat for a rip once in a while. WOOOOOOO is all I can say. Then he also had this little I think it an off shore race boat (cigarette boat) that was 90% balsa wood and some fibreglass. Thing weighed maybe 300# without the motor and was about 9 feet long. Powered by a big honkin 250 merc. That sucker would fly but he only let me take it out twice because if you caught the wake off another boat wrong or a wave wrong the boat would essentially just shatter/explode into tiny little pieces since it was mostly balsa wood. WOOOOOHOOOO my kinda funT.Low wrote:reaper wrote:T Low,You suck
You get to check out the coolest stuff.
Ha! Thanks reaps, but I'm just the wuss standing high up on the banks of the slough, sippin on a Dos Equis, takin in the sights and sounds and hoping my mechanic...uh, brother in law, lives to wrench another day!
Yeah, those things are pretty fantastic alright.
98 Safari RWD. Stock.
Do you smell what Barack is cookin ?!?!
Do you smell what Barack is cookin ?!?!
Re: What?!? My Astro is 2nd fiddle to a race boat!?!
Did he say $120K? That does not sound too bad for what I was expecting but still a lot of money!
Put me in one of those and I think I will never want to go on a roller coaster every again! Sprint Boat for the win!
97' Safari AWD SLT - Nicknamed "Princess" cause of all the TLC she begs from me!
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"