Originally Posted by pm203

Well, it wasn't Cig or Fountain. And,...that,s all I have to say about that.

Originally Posted by Nauti Kitty

This is not going to happen when consumers care only about the top speed number however unrealistic it is. NK

Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder

The first challenge, was purely a personal preference, the engines {twins} sounded like a Cummins diesel when coming on plane! and that was with no mufflers thru 4 inch tips. At speed outside of the boat 5900rpm they sounded good but at idle and getting on plane they sucked, The second issue was the powerband, not a real good mid-range hit and if you didnt prop the boat for 5900-6000 rpm instead 5500 or so you lost a lot of top end power, kind of like a 2.5 merc, the 3rd issue was outside temp/heat and power loss, totaly fell on its face when we hit 115 degrees out more-so than a 525 merc, I lost 400rpm and what mid-range hit that I had, 3rd was water pump {raw water} taking forever to draw raw water and eventually failing both pumps, the 4th was trying to sell the piece of ****

Originally Posted by Mentalpause

Sure it will. Lot's of folks care about reliability and handling over a couple MPH. Most of the ones that object to that are folks that like to talk big on the internet, but don't actually have to maintain these boats!

Originally Posted by Coleman Gorton

Please tell us what is really on your mind,,,,Dont hold back.

Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder

The first challenge, was purely a personal preference, the engines {twins} sounded like a Cummins diesel when coming on plane! and that was with no mufflers thru 4 inch tips. At speed outside of the boat 5900rpm they sounded good but at idle and getting on plane they sucked, The second issue was the powerband, not a real good mid-range hit and if you didnt prop the boat for 5900-6000 rpm instead 5500 or so you lost a lot of top end power, kind of like a 2.5 merc, the 3rd issue was outside temp/heat and power loss, totaly fell on its face when we hit 115 degrees out more-so than a 525 merc, I lost 400rpm and what mid-range hit that I had, 3rd was water pump {raw water} taking forever to draw raw water and eventually failing both pumps, the 4th was trying to sell the piece of ****

Originally Posted by 2112

These are engine issues, hell it is a chrysler, what did you expect.

How were the drives? The NXT is all about the drives....

Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder

The first challenge, was purely a personal preference, the engines {twins} sounded like a Cummins diesel when coming on plane! and that was with no mufflers thru 4 inch tips. At speed outside of the boat 5900rpm they sounded good but at idle and getting on plane they sucked, The second issue was the powerband, not a real good mid-range hit and if you didnt prop the boat for 5900-6000 rpm instead 5500 or so you lost a lot of top end power, kind of like a 2.5 merc, the 3rd issue was outside temp/heat and power loss, totaly fell on its face when we hit 115 degrees out more-so than a 525 merc, I lost 400rpm and what mid-range hit that I had, 3rd was water pump {raw water} taking forever to draw raw water and eventually failing both pumps, the 4th was trying to sell the piece of ****

Originally Posted by Steet

Interesting on the power loss. I have found that the Imor actually does not lose any power at 100+degrees vs. the Merc. Maybe you had another issue. Did you contact Imor to resolve your problem? At idle I considered it great. Planning was a different sound alltogether though. I found that from ilde to full throttle the powerband to be unreal. It was nearly veritical throughout and also showed this on the dyno sheets.
Just curious, could you have had another problem?

Originally Posted by Jassman

Im trying to find the article in PB mag where they compared the Ilmor 625 vs the Merc 600. Check out the power curve there. Also I remember there was a missprint in the nexts month issue on the mpg. This is the first negative post Ive read on the Ilmors, sounded like a few things went wrong on this earlier application that soured the whole experience. Jeff