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05-12-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Fast Shafts

When Short Circuit raced, class 5 was bracketted at 70 mph. A stock 27 Magnum with old TRS drives could have easily broken 70 mph.
I believe JET posted a legit top end speed. The sandbagging was done when it raced.
Still a beautiful boat!

If your talking pure stock 280trs Mag as raced in 1976 speeds of around 61 to 66mph would have been it. My old Mag was P-60 Showdown back then, and I know she had stretched

the rules to get that speed. The P-101 Ship On It speeds were truly more inline with a stock Mag of that time.
When Dave Goodman [Tiger Fiberglass] rebuilt the transom on Short Circuit they hung the Bravo drives as high as they dared. With todays props & it's new engines I believe there might be even more speed in her, but 70mph would be fast enuff for me.
This Mag has had such a great racing history, with many race wins in any class she raced, a real offshore ICON.

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05-13-2010, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CIG3

That is what I was talking about. I believe the top speed as posted. When Skip raced the boat they sand bagged big time.

Sorry for not being clear on my post.

Beautiful boat and huge history.

A.Bloom

I wasn't sure how to take it......I guess the BS flag caught everyones attention...

Thanks for the compliment