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Intrepid built a few of these boats with diesels, from Cummins 6 BTA's to Cats 3196's (C-12')...This 1997 had Cummins 6 CTA's 450's and they are blown.......We are looking at repowering with C-12 or C-13's 700/800 Hp. 39 to 45 knots WOT. If anyone is interested, thanks Greg
They are 6 CTA 8.3's (STOCK)........If you look hard at fishing boats in fl. probably 30% are repowered because of the lack of maintenance, this one fits into this category ...The aftercoolers were stopped up with oil,dirt......the Hx were not cleaned, and the turbo's were not allowed to cool down ..I looked this boat over and was going to buy it before the current owner bought it.....He tried to take it to the Bahama's and has problems with engines ever since.
Mind going into more detail as to what all is included for $70K?
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the boats around 7~7.5 on a scale to 10.........alot of cleaning she will be a nine. 70k boat with no engines..The interior is in good shape. everything works on the panels, including genset and A/C.
I am going to answer the last 3 question at the same time, good questions, 1st with cash as tight as it is right now I too am doing my homework. The Intrepid outboards hold there resale value, the diesels I am not sure about.that's what I'm trying to learn from this forum before I spend money unwisely. There is a 38' 1990 intrepid on the market for under 20k, with no interior just a hull, big money pit. Next this Intrepid could have the engines put back together, yes we also have a set of Cummins on the shelf. HERE is what I have noticed, these are 30 Kt boats WOT. The owners want (some of them) to run these boats at speeds with there outboard buddy's, and do the same maintenance as the outboards, which kills the diesels..This boat killed the engines with under 500 hrs the first time and has 1450 hrs and they are dead again....( Hx and aftercooler clogged, then ran hard and over heated.)
Here is what i am looking at doing, the rest of this boat is in good shape, needs all new GPS system it's 13~14 years old.......We can make this boat run 45 plus knots, and if the guy who buys it will run it below 75% power ( cruise it at 35 kts or less ) then it will live....This is what I am trying to determine, is there a market for nice 10 year old express boats that go fast and justify the cost of a good overhaul/ update. Yes the boat is for sale as is, Yes I would like to put bigger diesels in it, Yes I want a 40' to go fish tournaments with true fish boats..And in some areas the Intrepid is not thought of as a blue water boat, so I am going with caution. .......I am looking for your input....Thanks Greg
the 1st picture is a 39' we can get C-12/13 in there.
the 2nd picture is a 40.5' we can get C-15/16's in this one ( more room is this boat)
the 3rd is what it would look like.
I have personally seen this boat a few times...i was fishing on a boat in the canal and let me tell you it is just rediculas...i took several pics! i would buy this boat...need to sell the other intrepid first! this would be a great boat up here in the northeast
Looks like plenty of room, I would say that would be an awesome package and like you said, the ability to cruise mid 30 knots would let it run with outboard powered boats and probably surpass them when it gets rough with the added weight and all.
39' Intrepid repower 
