active 28
 

great boat, anybody own one here to tell me how they run with different types of power??

We have a 25 Active with a 502 mag and this boat runs 70+. I have Gil exhaust, K&N filter and rapidfire plugs. The big difference was tweaking the prop... This yeilded 3mph. The 28 would do better with at least a 500 EFI. Or a set of small blocks. Powerboat magazine had a test on a 28 last year with a 500 HP. Look in there archives. Good Luck!!

thanks for the info addiction!!!!!!

Jafo on this boat has a 28 with a pair of small blocks, i am sure he will chime in. He was going to take me out for a ride last time we were down, but when he comes to florida he brings hurricanes and bad weather.:p

thats cool, i was just wondering what the difference in mph/performance between twin small blocks vs twin bigblocks and how it would run with a single bigblock

The 28 Savage is not offered in a twin big block application.
I have a 28 with a single 502 MPI. My wife and I love the boat. We lived on it this past weekend, the cabin is huge for a 28' boat. The boat runs great in rough water, at 4800-4900 RPM I am seeing speeds in the low 60's.

thanks chris, what do you think the boat runs with twin small blocks?? like the new 6.2l 377 320hp?

I would guess that with twin small blocks the boat would run 73-75mph.

Sorry for the delay in replying- I've been off-line for a little while.
I have a '99 Savage with the twin 350MagMPI's- I don't have much seat time in the boat yet; haven't even run it since bringing it home due to the job.:( The boat is capable of speeds in the low/mid seventies in salt-water- I'll post fresh-water results from Lake Michigan when the opportunity arises.
I'm not sure what the hull would do with the 6.2L engine, but the other twin-equipped 28 AT's (2 of them?) have Scorps, and the speeds are 80ish.
I plan on building a pair of custom low compression ratio strokers for this boat set up for WhippleChargers in the future. I'm hoping for speeds near 90.

I CAN attest to this boats' rough water capability- it is true I have a tendency to bring high winds and bad weather every time I come to the beautiful state of Florida :rolleyes: We took the 28 out in some very snotty water in February out of Hillsboro Inlet (Pat thought we were nuts) and the boat handled it very well. This is a VERY big-feeling 28' boat!
Jim

jafo,
what happened to the pictures of your 28?? i thought they were in readers rides?! do you have any pics around?? thanks man!!!!!!!!