So Proud of my boat today!
07-17-2013, 09:20 AM
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Too funny Mink! And probably too true.
I believe that I would be happy with 70 also (ok, 71, I'm tired of this almost stuff). I would not want to sacrifice good planing or idle or cruise to get it however. That should be doable with a nice little 500hp engine in the back though! It gives me something to look forward to in another 400-500 hours when the 496 is worn out.
Dan
I believe that I would be happy with 70 also (ok, 71, I'm tired of this almost stuff). I would not want to sacrifice good planing or idle or cruise to get it however. That should be doable with a nice little 500hp engine in the back though! It gives me something to look forward to in another 400-500 hours when the 496 is worn out.
Dan
07-17-2013, 10:56 AM
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This just became my favorite post, being the owner of an '87 Force.
What rpms are you turning with the 20's?
My engines are stamped 4200-4600 max rpm, and I can turn them 5400 with my 20s. Obviously room for more prop (one of these days).
Back when Baja was still in Bucryus, their website had archived data of all the models produced over the years (wish I had printed some stuff off). These boats came with 23s, and I believe they were Turbos.
By the way, we tube all the time behind mine. Talk about thirsty engines!
What rpms are you turning with the 20's?
My engines are stamped 4200-4600 max rpm, and I can turn them 5400 with my 20s. Obviously room for more prop (one of these days).
Back when Baja was still in Bucryus, their website had archived data of all the models produced over the years (wish I had printed some stuff off). These boats came with 23s, and I believe they were Turbos.
By the way, we tube all the time behind mine. Talk about thirsty engines!
07-19-2013, 05:44 PM
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This just became my favorite post, being the owner of an '87 Force.
What rpms are you turning with the 20's?
My engines are stamped 4200-4600 max rpm, and I can turn them 5400 with my 20s. Obviously room for more prop (one of these days).
Back when Baja was still in Bucryus, their website had archived data of all the models produced over the years (wish I had printed some stuff off). These boats came with 23s, and I believe they were Turbos.
By the way, we tube all the time behind mine. Talk about thirsty engines!
What rpms are you turning with the 20's?
My engines are stamped 4200-4600 max rpm, and I can turn them 5400 with my 20s. Obviously room for more prop (one of these days).
Back when Baja was still in Bucryus, their website had archived data of all the models produced over the years (wish I had printed some stuff off). These boats came with 23s, and I believe they were Turbos.
By the way, we tube all the time behind mine. Talk about thirsty engines!
ill be out on sunday il try runnen it again and seeing where im at with the rpms and ill let ya know. i was thinking a 23p would be nice on here for a lil more speed for sure. (along with the counter rotation port drive)
but yea we tube behind mine as well and she def likes to dink thats for sure!! but still fun and with my thru hull it sounds mean as hell from the tube
haha also found out i was doing the 60 with too much water in the bilge (first time since ive owned it water was in it so im trying to figure that out.) but we had 3 people and full of gear (coolers etc) im 190lbs other was 185lbs and 170ish i was happy for sure! the Checkmate that lost however was not hahaha Lets see some pics of your force man!
07-19-2013, 05:59 PM
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Too funny Mink! And probably too true.
I believe that I would be happy with 70 also (ok, 71, I'm tired of this almost stuff). I would not want to sacrifice good planing or idle or cruise to get it however. That should be doable with a nice little 500hp engine in the back though! It gives me something to look forward to in another 400-500 hours when the 496 is worn out.
Dan
I believe that I would be happy with 70 also (ok, 71, I'm tired of this almost stuff). I would not want to sacrifice good planing or idle or cruise to get it however. That should be doable with a nice little 500hp engine in the back though! It gives me something to look forward to in another 400-500 hours when the 496 is worn out.
Dan
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