1st time out this season

johnnyboatman · 04-23-2005, 08:44 PM

hit 100mph on gps 31 warlock w/ 509s, spinning 29 hydros fixin to switch to bravos hope to be over 100mph

mwdill · 04-24-2005, 10:05 AM

have you tried bravo's before?
i know the V's don't like the hydro's,not sure about the cat's
let us know how it works,really like the 31

NaughtyKitty · 04-27-2005, 11:32 AM

I'm running the Bravo four blades on my 31 and seeing about 10% slip

johnnyboatman · 04-27-2005, 09:21 PM

naughty kitty, what power do you run what pitch, fixin to try a set of 32bravos. does your boat carry the nose.

NaughtyKitty · 04-28-2005, 08:26 AM

I run the Bravo 32s through 1.5 gears with 496HOs. Best I have seen is 91 on GPS at 5,000 RPM which calculates to 9.9% slip (although most of the time I am closer to 13%). These props where labbed by a local shop to Warlock. I had the props scanned by Propulsion Engineering outside Chicago and they recommended a stock prop over these as the lab work from blade to blade and prop to prop was not consistent and I had lost a fair amount of blade.

johnnyboatman · 05-02-2005, 07:30 PM

Ran A Set Of Non Labbed 32s Went 106 On Gps Saturday, 103 Sunday, Still Trying To Figure Out Were To Trim The Damn Thing For Speed.HAVE A VIDEO OF THE DASH AT 5100RPM THE GPS SHOWS 100MPH. SO LAB THE 32S AND MAYBE 110MPH? WE WILL SEE

NaughtyKitty · 05-02-2005, 08:06 PM

Your not to far off if you have 1.36 ratio drives. At 100 MPH, 5100 RPM you are only at 12% slippage (which is around what I am seeing with the same hull). Best you can hope for is a couple more RPM.

MarkSmith · 05-04-2005, 09:02 AM

Hey Jeff,
How u doin?
I love your avatar.
Come down to the "Chicago Powerboat Section" and play.

NaughtyKitty · 05-04-2005, 10:02 AM

Hey Mark, I'll drop by the COPS section. I did send you an email about a week and a half ago but no reply

OkieTunnel · 05-16-2005, 09:15 PM

Hey Johnnyboatman, glad to hear it is running good. If you are running Bravo drives watch out

I just put on two IMCO SC drives because one of the Bravo's was aboout to turn loose. Too much torque in blower motors. I also turned my motors up about a hundred more HP and am going to 5 blade props. I am going out this Saturday to test. I waill also be out on Memorial Day weekend. Someone else asked abut carrying the nose. We are going to the 5 blades and having them worked to get more nose lift. My boat doesn't carry the nose too well. I was also running over 20% slip with bravo 30 pitch four blades.

I was also on the rev limiters.