The EP Stiletto Project

[Horton]

 

[thager]

.804, 6.870 2.510 9 degrees

[Horton]

@thager did you just make those up?

[thager]

I learned from you!!!

[skibrain]

Hey. I have one of those!

[thager]

@Horton Please take video! I did not give binding location because I was pretty much stuck with where Roger Teeter put them.

[Horton]

Roger!

[Bruce_Butterfield]

From the colors and fin box, it looks like one that is "post Ricky McCormick". He was involved in the initial design and production and the performance/quality went downhill fast after he was no longer involved.

 

I would contact him and have the SN handy.

[Drago]

I do somewhere, actually. Standby

[Drago]

@Horton with a Traditional (KD @ the time) 4-hole fin: .784, 2.503, 6.852. Not sure on bindings. If it has one of those straight-cut pink or yellow fins made out of recycled Coors cans, just go to the fade marks, 1.2 dft, and start video and 911 call simultaneously ?

 

[Horton]

it has tiny pink fin. thinking I will use a modern fin

[Drago]

yep, I strongly recommend a modern fin

[JAS]

As I recall my friend used a beer can. Height= length, dia = depth, pull tab w/o ring dft when he switched to Schnitz fin block. Actually Willard Collins bought and set one up for me. Was my first upscale ski

[Jody_Seal]

Ask lucky!

[Drago]

Those are Lucky numbers. Schnitz had the Stiletto Lucky won worlds on

[jimbrake]

That was the first ski I had with an adjustable fin. Of course I assumed it was fine where it was when I bought it at the 1990 Nats at Bell Acqua. It was not. Tail completely hopped out of the water on my first 28 at one ball. I looked at the fin and thought "yeah, I guess that's pretty shallow". It looked like it had a fin depth of about 2.00. I just deepened it to what looked OK (probably 2.50). It was fine after that. No idea on length or DFT. First ski I ran 35 on. I bought Schnitz's adjustable fin block and instructions after that.

[Drago]

The plastic fin block, brick--?

[A_B]

@jimbrake "adjustable" is debatable! I had one and skied pretty decent on it. From my recollection I would start around 2.50" with fin level in the fin box and take out or add length. Pretty sure I rant that fin more forward than other skis, so if you run .780 on your skis, bump to .800.

 

Some of those plastic fin boxes that were first on the scene were real pisser to "micro" adjust and were more macro adjustments.

[packski]

Chuck Forrest would probably have a good fin setting for that ski.

[packski]

Also, I believe Schnitz had a fin specifically for that ski as well. I want to say the fin setting was crazy, ridiculous: 7.5, 2.6 or 2.7. Dft didn't matter.

[Booze]

Going to test it Horton?

 

[Horton]

Texted Chuck & Jeff Rogers. Below is what I got.

 

7 inches long...2 5/8 deep...13/16 from back...29 3/4 on front boot.

[Horton]

so....

 

2.625

7

.8125

29 3/4

 

what could go wrong?

[Luzz]

@Horton go full on, back foot pressure to turn offsides. Pull literally as hard as you can, and forget everything you learned in the last 15 years. That should help

[Horton]

@luzz it is going to be a workout

[Drago]

Go with it. A skinny rope and old boat might help too

[Horton]

where is that Perfect Pass boat when I need it

[ALPJr]

Pretty sure that ski predated a lot of speed controlled boats.

[Horton]

 

[thager]

I love it when @Horton gets bored! Be sure to take video. Bring on the carnage!

[Horton]

I guess an undersized drill bit was not the best idea

 

[Horton]

childhood lessons came back to me. drill bit diameter needs to be the same as screw shaft diameter. perfect

 

[rico]

I can't wait...

[Horton]

 

[Horton]

 

[Jody_Seal]

Quit screwing around and ride the thing!

Video a must!

Also you should have done a before and after modification. You Never know, it might perform better with oem equipment..

[ToddL]

Put a carbon fin in it and you'll be fine.

[LLUSA]

@Drago I trained Lucky for three weeks prior to the worlds, he was here skiing with and against me everyday after he won he traded the ski for a bottle of Champagne

[LLUSA]

@Horton those number are about what we were running I later had a ski that was half stiletto and half KD

[Horton]

 

[BlueSki]

If you had timed this better, you could have run 39 on the first day of April.

[Horton]

no wing? right?

[Stevie Boy]

Interesting, but if I remember the EP Stilleto had a reputation for not only being a great ski, but also for breaking .

[Chef23]

I had a Stilleto back in the mid /late 80s. It was the only ski I ever ran 32 off at 36 mph on because I started skiing less after I graduated from college.

 

I think my Dad sold that ski but I still have a very good condition Connelly HP from about that same vintage in my shed.

[block]

I had one of those; set the Tennessee Men II state record on it. Susi Graham gave it to me when she and Ricky were working on the SkiRay project for Sea Ray Boat Co. It was a great ski until it broke. The Sweetwater ,Tn. skiers had a lot of fun skiing with Ricky and Susi.

[Than_Bogan]

Anyone who skis on that can never again complain about @AdamCord Crazy Ass fin settings.

[Jody_Seal]

A lot of talk going on and no action! Come on Horton let's see the action!

[thager]

Primitive Pete?

[MrJones]

I do want to see this....

 

Loved that ski!

[KRoundy]

The anticipation is nearly too much. It sure looks like there was a wing on holes 4-5 in that Schnitz fin at one point? (Counting holes from front to back)

 

That OEM fin reminds me of a Kidder "Pro" fin that was on a Redline Pro Graphite ski I rode a lot in the summer of 1985. If I remember right it had no holes at all but was cut way forward at the aft part of the fin.