Well figured I right a review since I had my motor modded.
Hull
18x42 double tapered chine
6 2x2 longitude bracing
3 "ankle busters" lateral bracing
1/8 everything
extended deck
tall sides, tall transom
Motor
08 pd currently 157 hours on the clock
Long shaft, hydrolic trim, Fpr
Mods
Hoyt L, aka lil daddy did my mods
heads .060, L/t preformance exhaust. advance timing. big cam
Handling- double taper is awsome for what I do with running trails at wfo speeds and hard turns, downfall is if I was any bigger (155-160 lbs) I would need wedges to pick the butt of the boat up more, the 42in bottom from brother is stable, with how much he flares his sides out makes for great preforming and stable rig. And the cat walk he builds are great for walking around the side of the boat when the boat is loaded down, mine are about 5in wide. I have a small rear box for a seat which is the perfect size to be out the way but big enough to hold a few goodies, hard hat, jumper cables, extra oil ect.
18 foot is a great length but sometimes I wish I had a 20 footer honestly. But I can run me and two other guys 8 dozen decoys hunting bs and gd boat blind and be comfortable in it.
Brother builds a fine boat with alot of craftsmenship and character into each boat.
I love my pd, I wouldnt run any other motor, FPR has saved my ass more times than I can count, Instant would be nice but its not for me or the things I do with my boat.
mods, I am finally getting all my motor "bugs" worked out, but ran a 12x14 a few days back and ran 32.8 with my motor, empty load, considering with a stock motor I was running 27-28 empty not a bad improvment, I havnt had a chance to truely "load" down my boat but I will post when I get a chance. The greatest improvement though out of the mods is throttle reponse and the low end torque I got out of the cam, I notice it in trails where you have a sharp hard turn that you basically have to slow down to a stop almost and get on it or you get stuck, where with my stock motor If I didnt do it right I was going to get stuck now I really dont worry about it.
The L/t exhaust I realy like it, Its quieter than the orginal evt exhaust with same amount of flow, In my opinion. guy who makes them is out of south carolina, I dont have his number lying around but on the old forum stumpy posted info on how to contact him.
I have nothing but good things to say about everything.
Pd takes great care of me can argue with that, And customer service with ole capt. peck is great.
brother, will build my next boat, because his great work,
hoyt- he has fixed alot of things that wasnt under his warranty on my motor for free and is always there to help out and get me back up and running. And I am very impress with his customer service
brother (337) 592-0200
hoyt- call gt to get in touch with him, rather not post his personal cell number on the www.
l/t exhaust- old forum has info on them
that concludes my review
and now for pictures
