Originally Posted by northernoffshore

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Originally Posted by Gh700xx

I have personally probably close to 300 hours or better driving a 242ls formula with a 502 mag and a hawk on it for merc when they were doing the endurance testing. I loved the drive, initially there was a gear case floor problem and a cone clutch issue. got those resolved and most bugs went away. Not sure what all updates or improvements they made as testing went since we were constantly swapping drives esp if we blew one up, which later one was usually close to 150-200 hr mark. The big thing was they wanted the drive shock loaded at WOT which meant flying the poor ole formula as often as possible which was fun but hard on the boat and you. once they got the bugs ironed out and we were getting reliable hours on them we started shaking blades off them. I know cause I was the first to do so and nobody believed I hadn't hit anything till a week and a half later I shook two more off of another set lol. had to change those in the water in the middle of the lake. The props were literally being blasted at the base of the blade and getting cavitation and hard water burns and getting thin. Then it would pitch the front blade and take the rear prop blade 180 out from it with it. good drives though and I would love to have one but hard to find.

Originally Posted by northernoffshore

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Originally Posted by Hang Time 27

Always loved that hull/deck combo.... One of the best looking singles. Sure ya can't stretch that mold out to 28 feet? What is the exact length anyway? My buddy has the later rounded deck straight bottom version, but I've never measured it.

Of course he also had to do a lot of stringer and bulkhead work to it since wellcraft built em a bit weak.....