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That’s a great solution to many issues you have there. Well done.

The deeper the prop, the longer it's in the water the more efficient the propeller, from 1976 to 1983 I was Engine Builder and Crew Chief for the "Ofixco" Blown Alcohol Hydro, #172your statement that the back of the boat should be way up off the water is not what I found to be the quicker or faster way across the water You'll never see an unlimited Hydro with the tail up, because props are more efficient the deeper and longer the remain in the water when I retired in 83 our boat was running hi 170s to low 180s we were always one of the fastest Hydros in the class, when I began racing with Bill Hartman I had never been to a drag boat race and had to start from scratch, since I had no history of boats I had to simply move stuff around to see what worked and what didn't, the focal point of a Hydro is the position of the V Drive which we ended up as far forward and as low on the inside as we could get, the shaft angle was as flat as we could get and we found that if we were going to run a two speed lenco I felt we should run a wide split, which was a 45split letting the engine rpm rise as fast as possible which allowed us to run a higher V Drive gear "84" while the competition was running a 73 gear with a 31% two speed, Wes Cerny, who was Keith Blacks Shop Foreman and good friend and Engine builder for Cecil Florance Coors Lite" Hydro said Hat? I dont get it, my reply was what dont you get Wes, he said in all the years we've raced we have Never out qualified you guys, to which I replied well Wes its certainly not your engines, its the way the hull is set up, like you and Gary Kehrer Budwiesers boat the first thing that happens when you hit the gas is the boat reminds me of the old mopar super stockers, the first thing you boats do is jump up, while we are faster off the line because of our low gear which was the equivalent of a 61% V drive and in second since the engine rpm is much higher at the 2nd gear shift we just drive away from you guys, if we were having a slow day it was because of the blower, Hartman didn't understand the blower isn't as big an issue with the low gear but once in high if the blower isn't making air you won't go fast...had we had several blowers we would have won a lot more races, In the early days I stumbled on to something that puzzled me, we ran Memphis a lot, they were very good to us and that's where we tested a lot, what puzzled me was before we began moving things around, at Memphis if I leaned on the engine it made more noise but didn't hardly make a difference in mph, so I suggested Hartman run half track and see what it does, most of our runs were mid 160s during that time and Hartmans pass was 161 from halftrack, Hartman couldn't believe it and asked what do you think is going on? I said we're sticking the front end, all props will surface but if they surface to fast and the boat raises to high it wets the sponsons to much and is putting on the brakes, that's when we shallowed the prop shaft and moved the V Drive as far forward and as low as we could get it, I'm not a genius on Hydros, but this is how I came up with the setup to make us as fast as those with better blowers and more static compression and other engine changes..."Hat"

Ohh the zoomies!

Great interview love the honesty and your faith in Jesus from Canada!

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Good to see you Billy..."Hat"

They run hydros at Creve couer park lake?! Never knew!

Cross it over with a v bottom for less blow overs /flips and better handling . Kind of like a high performance dingy!🤔😏😁

I think it's is the 1/2 shift second gear is costing you rpm

in Flordia for winter. I enjoyed watching video. Doing great. The good old racing days. Enjoy & be safe on that water, you're boat is awesome.

Looking Good Andy, this is Allen with Liquid Preasure. Good Luck

Are there any Pat musi or Charlie buck motors. In the world of boat racing?

Did you both interact with Kenny Schmudlach

Where can we watch these races online? .....ever since Lucas Oil withdrew, it is tough to find anything to watch other than really old you tube videos

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.👍

I worked with Rick Hendrick when he did this!

Love the explanations - for those that don't know the sport, that is so helpful. We love racing at Wild Horse Pass/Firebird Lake and glad it will be around for a long time.

Your one Kool cat my friend

This might be oddly specific, and not too sure if you have any experiences with surface drive setups, but... looking at different prop options right now and can't really start on a place to start. I have a 18' 2700lb 15 degree deadrise 800hp turbo LS ~25% rear COG that im running with my custom dropbox that takes winters gearsets so i can use any gear ratio from way underdriven to over. in theory I should be able to run 110-125mph. thinking to start with an 4 blade, 24 pitch, 15.25" diameter, 15 rake cleaver with an 1.38 ratio. but i can run anything from v-drive to #6 26 splice props

Great story teller. There’s nothing like the old timers from the days when everything was still being figured out. I remember seeing the BFH boat “Mr Ed” set a new world record at Long Beach running 202mph. I don’t remember what year (70-72 maybe) but I was a young kid and those guys were my heroes. Blown fuel flatbottoms were also so bad ass! Such memorable times. Now there at 270mph. Unfrickingbelievable. Great days. Thanks for the interview gentleman.

"When you hit the throttle, you better be ready because it's leaving without ya" - Ron Braaksma.

Thank you for all you do. Racers appreciate you

We are very thankful for all that you do to help us!!!!

hay andy love it see you labor day weekend

Andy what make is that blade

❤️❤️❤️❤️🐕❤️❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful puppy your boy Rudder is.

Miss going to the races and watching these guys. Years ago they use to build my boat motors for lake Wylie

High Point 👍🏼

Billy was always a great showman. With Ambush, like Nitro Fever & Final Effort you were going to see some great TF action. I was at London Ont. that day when Nitro Warrior crashed. The race should have been called for windy conditions IMHO. Still have the program around somewhere, as I remember Lou Osmond is on the cover.

What great parents. Thanks. Big fan from Hawaii

I know Sonny in the valley from Jim Brock. Cyclone speed and marine shop. His knowledge is winning knowledge.

Love it!! Keep the interviews coming! Thanks Andy👊

Great stuff Andy. I met Dave and Hope in Chandler last November. I absolutely loved their energy. I got them in our Vlog and in my mind if more teams interacted with the fans the way they do this sport would grow. I’m hoping next season to get out to Wheatland and Vlog a race. I hope to catch you as well. Thanks again Andy ✌🏼🏁

Thanks Andy! Love every podcast…….👊

CONGRATS CODY!!! You earned it!!!

Well done Gentlemen 👍👍👍

Another great interview thank you. You should try and get my buddy Harvey Chadwel on the show. He has some great story’s as a driver and owner. Harvey is just a standup guy with some great Drag Boat history.

Great job Andy and Billy. Love having these legends of the sport telling their stories from the good old days.

A legend. First Fuel Boat I ever saw.

My Wabbit Picture 😊

Oh, that was awesome!! Thank you Billy Vance and especially Andy Reynolds🙏🙏

Great interview and thanks for the memories. I am so blessed that you put up with the immature country boy working together in Flint.

Great interview, Andy 👍

If we could only get a drag boat race on Lake Loyd! Great interview 👍

Great interview. Think you got the audio settings just right on this one!

I keep hearing Cody is going fuel racing.. Any truth to that?

Great interview I'm a Shelby fan !

Great job We want more !

Awesome podcast!!

This is a good idea, One topic that Id like to hear more about is getting in forward gear at the rope . I cant afford a Lenco . I see lots of air shifts but is there a better way than jamming a 3 dog Casale into gear like that or am I missing something? If thats the standard why the air bottle? why not just a straight electrical solenoid throw? Thoughts on a reverse valve powerglide ? Anybody ever run a foot clutch.? IDK ? Any thoughts on this subject would be appreciated. Thanks Andy. 81 Deaver "Hystrung" # 117