Anybody here have one?

[Gladhe8er]

Originally Posted by shadowcat30

No small blocks any more I bought the boat from my dad when he restored it. He was running 600 cube inch 1200hp a side. The boat ran 170 with those motors. I just finished rigging the boat with 540's that make about 760hp a side. The picture is with his motors.

That must be the fastest a Shadow has ever run. Your Dad isn't the original owner(Bob Erickson), is he?

[shadowcat30]

No he bought it from a guy in new york I don't remember the guys name. Here's a picture about 150 at the texoma poker run

[BigBen]

Originally Posted by shadowcat30

No small blocks any more I bought the boat from my dad when he restored it. He was running 600 cube inch 1200hp a side. The boat ran 170 with those motors. I just finished rigging the boat with 540's that make about 760hp a side. The picture is with his motors.

I thought big-blocks would'nt physically fit in the sponsons of a Shadow hull, only small-blocks. Guess this was'nt true after all. The story was, that George Linder redesigned the sponsons of the Chris*Craft version to be wider internally for big-blocks. Good info. Thanks

[Gladhe8er]

Originally Posted by BigBen

I thought big-blocks would'nt physically fit in the sponsons of a Shadow hull, only small-blocks. Guess this was'nt true after all. The story was, that George Linder redesigned the sponsons of the Chris*Craft version to be wider internally for big-blocks. Good info. Thanks

This is true. The Chris Cat was made for big blocks. I guess the Shadows could hold them though...

I gotta scan some pics of our old Chris Cat...it was a very cool boat.

[shadowcat30]

Here is pictures of the current 540's i'm running. notice the stringers are redone to adapt to the big blocks

[Gladhe8er]

Boat looks clean shadowcat30! What's it run with those motors? About 115?

[BigBen]

Originally Posted by Gladhe8er

My Dad raced the winningest Shadow cat of all time. Just found the guy who owns it now in Canada and he is going to do a complete resto on it.

Nice photo. Which Black Duck is the one in this photo? The first one, or the replacement boat Shadow had to make for your dad?

[mj2562]

Sorry, I got one ? I have a similar setup who did your carbs. And do they have powervalves in them? The only reason is that we could not get A&F ratios right w/o taking them out and blocking them off.

[Gladhe8er]

Originally Posted by BigBen

Nice photo. Which Black Duck is the one in this photo? The first one, or the replacement boat Shadow had to make for your dad?

It is the second one. Don't have many pics of #1(none on the computer).