You tell em....LMAO

You can have the crown now Steve.

I didn't know you gave up so easily?

I don't but its your turn.

It is my belief that if the X deminsion is not right to start with even a 700 boat will need the owners own R&D!! to get the most speed.

Talk to mercury about the Maximus and they said that they have XR's with over 500 hours on them using the prop with heavy loads. They said driver error is the #1 cause when one breaks. Also you know if you can run the maximus depending on the drive vibration when getting on plane. Any drive that vibrates getting on plane will do damage to the uppers. The 32 lab was much smoother getting on plane than the stock 32’s which were not bad. The stock 32’s are junk in my opinion.

Mark is also right. I have 5 year warranties on my engines and drives too!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck with them.The stock 32's are the best for my A/T for all around but everyone has their option.32 labbed didn't do well for me,they washed out getting on plane and just ran out of prop at top end.

My only question is.... if you really are interested in gaining more speed...... trimming the boat that far out usually means stand-off boxes will work well ---something to think about. The boat felt like it just started to loosen up at 6 1/2 or so on the trims, when she was just startin' to eat!!!!!

I know Roy had boxes on his boat. Knowing his was a lighter boat, and that it had 500 EFI's, I am still willing to bet you'll pick-up both speed and even greater handling at WOT. Remember, Roy ALWAYS had drive issues w/ the 5 & 6 blade props...... Otherwise, if you're happy w/ 87-88 on a 1/2 tank of fuel etc... leave it alone - the R's will come up to the limiters when you lighten up on fuel. It's reliable, stable, nimble boat that runs like a rabbit w/ it's ass on fire as it sits!

I can see why you love it so much.

P.S. Oh, and not to mention the paint --- it really looks great in person (even better than the photos). I really like all the flake. It sure poped in the sunlight yesterday!

See you at Travis in a few weeks!

Joe

P.S. You can thank Phil (Lip-ship) for the props. He made a special call to Merc., telling them one of his "secret sauce" tweaks, which got my boat to 89 MPH.

The 91 came when I put on a friends 5 blade Herrings. Here's a shot of my GPS speedo on my old boat. Remember ---- this was a light boat w/ a blue-printed hull.

Joe

be happy with the #s Its reliable and safe. I would be so happy with that the way it is an almost 90 mph condo what else could anyone ask for.