Does anyone know if our 88's hull is cored or not? Mainly around the strut base and bolts.
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It is. I'm definitely leaning toward dual purpose on the starboard side, but since the deep cycles have done as well as they have--and because we may not have generator power this summer--it may behoove me to ponder just a little more. I don't recall starting issues on the starboard side; port was what started to struggle, which makes sense because it was a very bad match on battery type.Well, I'm glad to hear that someone else has the same configuration as me - so at least I can assume mine hasn't been re-engineered.
I don't have answers for you on the size of battery because I haven't bought any yet for mine and haven't looked into it. Just off the top of my head, I would say something in the 800 CCA range would be good. These are small blocks and it's not like you need a crazy amount of juice to fire them over (meaning that 1000 CCA is overkill). I have another boat with a 454 and have bought 1000 CCA batteries for it, and they've performed wonderfully for 4 years so far.
For group size, I'll get the largest capacity batter that will still fit between the engines. For weight and space issues, I won't want to relocate the batteries.
To me, one of the bigger considerations is the style of battery, cranking versus deep cycle. I will definitely get a cranking battery for the port engine, but the other two make me think a little harder. At this point in time I tend to lean toward these batteries both being deep cycle. My engines start quickly and easily - I'm probably cranking for 3 seconds. So most of the life of the battery will be used while I'm on the hook and needing a deep cycle for lights, fans, and refrigeration. That's my current thinking (no pun intended) and I hope that's helpful in some way.
I can't remember if you have a generator, Titan. If yes, to which battery(ies) is it tied? Of all the things I've tried to document, I don't remember trying to start it with both battery switches in the off position, and we haven't traced all the wires yet.
I decided to upgrade my v berth since we have been overnighting on the boat so much more.
we have a place locally called the foam factory that makes custom foam mattresses so I had them cut me a 6 inch thick version of what the boat came with.
they call it their medium firm closed cell luxury foam, and I went with SunBrella fabric with dacron behind it for the upholstery.
I'll post pics once the upholstery is done.