Proud owner new member
 

Hi All,
I've been a Mariah owner tow times so far. I owned a Jubilee until 2005. In 2015 I purchased a Z302. I spent 3 years completely restoring it, almost every inch. Trailer, custom paint, seats, carpet, audio, covers and top. Recently installed a 515 Big Block Chevy performance engine, still getting in dialed in so to speak. What can I say I loved the Z302 the first time I saw one. I will load some pics when I figure out how to use the site better.

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Welcome to the club, or should I say welcome back? I would love to see pics and hear about all you did restoring the 302, just got a 275st myself and have started restoration. That 515 big block sounds like a beast - do you have captain's call on the boat?

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Greg, thanks. Basically I spared no expense and starting with the trailer, I went though every component. Once I completed the trailer, I took the boat apart and striped it to bare bones almost. I added a swim platform with seats on what was the old transom deck. Then it went for custom paint, once that was completed I began one component at a time, putting the whole boat back together while adding new upholstery, carpet, audio, some wiring, new bilge pumps, GPS, VHF radio, did some custom cup holders into the dash/cockpit. Just recently built a 515 from scratch. Balanced rotator, forged pistons, big roller cam with hydraulic lifters, Merlin heads and yes man it has custom pipes with wet captains exhaust. I will say I wired it so you have to flip the switch to turn the exhaust to quiet!! Meaning I never use the switch, always ON!! She is a beast, I also installed a 36 pitch 4x3 bravo prop. Much soother and easier to keep on plane at lower rpm’s. It’s been a lot of fun and the boat is very different looking but still has those beautiful hull lines that I fell in love with. I never seem to run out of things I want to do to make it more unique. Not many of these left out there! Let me see if I can figure out how to get some pics uploaded. Lol

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Oh man, with that description you HAVE to upload pics. It all sounds great, really want to see your custom cup holders, swim platform and the engine compartment. Where are you located?

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South Carolina, So where are you?

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I'm in Houston