Well. Eddie finally had good weather and water conditions to get her out on the water yesterday. He sent me a text saying shes fast and 100mph is easy, since I was at work. I called after I got off work and he told me it took a minute to get the trim and tab settings right since it was the first time he had ran the boat. Him and Travis were out doing the usual shakedown runs to make sure everything was ok, then he did some speed runs. She ended up at 108 mph with about 400 rpms to go, so I need to have a little work on the props to get that right. He said the 34p 15 1/8 short hub Maximus really worked good at all ranges and if FJ propeller could keep the same pitch and gain rpms on blade work then they would be perfect. I was told that a tick below neutral is all that was needed on tab and she was straight as a arrow and at 2900 rpms she is running at 65 mph cruise. I've got herring and hydromotive 34p 5 blades to try as well. He said a few more mph could've been had with a longer area to run it in, but old hickory lake on a busy day only has so much room to run wide open. I pretty excited with the results for sure and just see the hull worked great with this setup is awesome, especially since a few people said I would run out of hull or need work on the step. Now to get her home and finish a few small things before Memorial day weekend.

Congrats! Those are some good numbers. The cruise speed is what I would be most excited about. I must be getting old. lol

Yes sir, I am going to love that gas sipping cruise speed @ $4 plus a gallon for 93 octane. I guess I've got eco mode and sport mode depending on throttle position..lol

Since everything is finally finished at Young Performance Marine I went and picked her up on Thursday last week. I am overly pleased with the work by Eddie and Travis. Here's 2 pics from before I left and one from in front of my shop at home.

A while back I started searching for the coolant tank covers from Mercury. After no luck finding them used there was no way I was going to pay what they want for new ones. I remembered F&M Custom Cowlings used to make them for the 496's so I thought I'd see if he had ever made any for a 525 EFI. Luckily he had made some, but was no longer producing any of that stuff. After talking for a few minutes he said let me check in his old shop and came back to me with a pair of coolant tank covers as well as the coolant tank cap covers. They were originally polished stainless, so I had them powder coated in candy blue to match the motors. Here's a before and after pic.

That is a real sweet boat! Have a great season with her!

Thank you and we are beyond ready to have her out this year, since we didn't have her all of last year.

polished stainless covers would of looked good against the headers........................this beach is fast be fun to let em eat on TR later this year

That's true, but I had to weld the seams on the corners from the bending and shaping, It made them look way more finished after that. That was the reason for powder coating them. Yes, sir we are going to get a for sure date to come to Table Rock to get out and run these girls this year. Who knows we might have more people on here want to join in on coming there.

It's been a while since I updated tis thread, so I thought I'd add some info and pics. First day we finally got her back on the water after a long 1 1/2+ yrs was Memorial Day weekend. Did a little cruisng and hanging out as well as a few speed runs and I'm loving the power in these motors. Just getting in it at a 60mph cruise and really quick your looking at 90+ mph really quick. With both tanks full and 4 people with coolers as well, we hit 108 mph and had more to go. Since everything is new and on break in time we only got to run it up and get back down in mph. I was curious how the hull would act over 100 mph, but she handles like she's on rails. Just smooth and flat with no chine walking or anything of that nature. Her's a few random pics from cleaning her up at home, to getting ready to head to the lake and finally on the water again.