Nice, are those 7' boats? I always liked them, but living in FL, stuck with a FL builder.

Well I blew a head gasket and cracked the head and block. I came across a new 468 for 3000 bucks and sold the blown up stuff. I never saw top speed numbers with the 502 before it blew the head gasket. I hit 62 with a 29p prop, but was only turning like 4000 rpm with the 468. I am about to try a 25 mercury revolution 4 as soon as it warms up and I get my carb back. I am hoping to see 75mph.

Those particular Warlock's are actually 6.5' hulls. You don't see them often and were designed by the original Team Warlock company.

Two 23 x 6.5 Warlock's out there for sale right now

How do these hulls run with a single 250-300hp outboard on them?? Handleing,speed ect...

I run a 250 Merc EFI on my 1981 Pantera, my motor is tired, and needs a freshening(and some mods:evilb:), runs 58.9 on GPS, handles good, not great, which I actually attribute to being underpowerd, it handles great, as long as you are accelerating, but when out of power it seems to want to fall off the pad at WOT. A 300, or better yet, a Simon, or Shawn Torrente worked 300 would be optimum, and probably touch 70.

A late model 24 Superboat will run in the upper 70's with a 300 OB.

As far as handling, I can only comment on the I/O version. You won't get outrun very often by a comparable size and powered boat in rough or flat water.

I am getting an old school 25 Martini, and it was converted to outboard. Has a bracket and a 200 merc on it right now.

When I get it it will not have an engine. Been looking at options for powering it. A phase II or III Yamaha putting out 320ish would be nice. 70s with a 50ish cruise speed. Iam going to need some trim tabs though. Would 280's be about the right size? Thanks for the info so far.

Yes, and Yes, 320 shoould get ya around 70, and 280's will be plenty.

Sounds great. Can't wait until next spring when I will have it ready.