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Old 10-06-2011, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by articfriends
I'm not a Fountain fan or a Mariah hater but a Friend of mine has a 27 fountain with the 496 ho and it breaks 70 most days of the week with no mods so you raced some slow 27's as the 496 was no faster that I have ever seen than a 502, Smitty
+1 on the 'slow' 27's. Throw an incorrect prop on the 27 and its easy to lose 5+ MPH and maybe the owner could care less about that top speed or is not aware that they are running too large of a prop.
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Old 10-06-2011, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by breakitout
Little defensive? Notice I said "Stock Mariah" in my post. Any idiot can make anything go fast. A Pontiac sunfire can be made to go faster then a Porsche 911 if you are stupid and have $ to burn. Does not mean it is a sports car or meant for that purpose.
All 27 Fountains in stock form should will run faster then 64 if it is propped correctly, not a tired engine, etc. (With the exception of that one that came with the Volvo setup that was just for sale). Even your "custom" powered Mariah can't beat a Properly set-up stock 27 . Maybe those 27s weren't up for racing a bowrider. Im sure there have been Jetski riders who thought they could beat me when I am cruising at 50% throttle. I run mine WFO when I choose to. Enjoy your Chapparel/Mariah whatever it is.
LOL......your 27 Fountian is what.....a foot longer than his Mariah 212?
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Old 10-06-2011, 02:29 AM
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Well....maybe we can get the Mariah to RF powerboats to add a beak and lightning bolts or something.
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Old 10-06-2011, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by PhantomChaos
LOL......your 27 Fountian is what.....a foot longer than his Mariah 212?
No clue and don't care.. my Fountain is faster then 64 and that I do know
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Originally Posted by flying J
Well....maybe we can get the Mariah to RF powerboats to add a beak and lightning bolts or something.
Maybe you could send your boat to RF to make it fasterrr.. oh wait. What boat?
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Thumbs up There will always be "Sleeper" boats

You all know of that "Sleeper" boat that you try to avoid.

The Cobalt with the Procharger, the Sea Ray with the Whipple, the Crownline with the Stroker motor etc..........

It's called Hot Rodding on the water.

So what do you all "wannabe"

There needs to be a new section called the "Sandbox Crew"

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Old 10-06-2011, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by lightning jet
A freind of mine has a 27/24 Fountain 496 ho that runs 60's so when we want to run fast we run the cat lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNb-hG4ZH6o I told Erin to give me a tap on the sholder if he was scared ha ha

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Old 10-06-2011, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by lightning jet
A freind of mine has a 27/24 Fountain 496 ho that runs 60's so when we want to run fast we run the cat lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNb-hG4ZH6o I told Erin to give me a tap on the sholder if he was scared ha ha

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Old 10-06-2011, 07:00 AM
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Wasn't this about RF and new boat molds?
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Originally Posted by Indy
Whatever is worse than worst is what that name is.

Agreed....surely someone thought about the direct line to an insurance underwriters desk.
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