Looks great!

Good job dude.

Thanks man! Now if lake Cumberland will flush out all the trees floating around ill ill to test the new props!

Very nice! Nice work! Time to splash !

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Afternoon project...got the billet platform / ladder installed

Are those ET wheels?

Yea 28s.

last test was with 28 Bravo's. They were pigs. Witj The 275 hp tune got 5300 rpm @ 73 mph if I recall. Slip numbers were very very low. Like 5%. Max rpm currently is 6400

Gonna see what these will do. Should get the rpm up...but idk if the slip will be too much. I hear they run great on the shadow OB cats tho who knows...might see 80 with the right props.

Gonna have to send ecms overseas to get the 325 hp tune now lol

Might try the hill 28 4 blades of these don't pan out

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Colorful!!!!

🤣 this whole boat is "loud"

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Killer!

Dont get any better than that.

How fast did it run with those props?

I didn't gps it. But it's ALOT faster and handles better than with the 28 Bravo's. Even fully loaded. Was losing water pressure at 5200-5400 rpm...so i didn't get to really run it too hard. But man its really pulling hard when tje alarm goes off...can really feel it lifting and packing air...then it goes into guardian. Never runs hot tbo. My side pickups are only half blocked. Gonna block em all and run on tbe nose cone see what that does. My guess is itll top out bout 80 mph witj the 275 hp tune.

no porpoise...at all. Anywhere. Amazing lol

Update: water pressure issue resolved. Stb engine had bad impeller.

Runs great witj all side pickups blocked tho. But was actually not needed at 1/2 inch above bottom. So I'll prolly unplug some of em

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Lil dress up.... painting top caps silver also
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Just figured I'd stop in and give an update...Been running the hill eagle 4 props couple times out this year. Great performance. Planes great. Acceleration is good....but I think I could do without the extra blade. The extra lift is giving a little porpoise where as the 3 blade eta had zero at any speed. Will get some good long wide open runs when all the trash in the lakes around here clears out. 🙄

Hey people...winter time and im bored.. lol

325hp whipple tune has been installed.
Engines are now white instead of black.

Gonna be testing when the weather breaks.

Hope all is well

Very cool!

I bet the white motors make it pop!

Amazing what you can do when you’re willing to paint your motors.


When I got my new 250’s for my Sonic in ‘99, they were gun metal gray.
I painted them white then striped them to match the Sonic colors.

The looked great!

BTW, the next yr those motors were white from the factory 😂

I remember calling on Deep Impact 15 yrs ago and they were painting, as a customer upgrade, the new Verado OBs.

First I had seen from a mfg and was a huge, visual improvement!

Oh no doubt man...the white motors were a must have.

I remember your 24 sonic. Thing was a masterpiece man. I remember reading about you guys sleeping in it in the keys for a week or something. Was so jealous lol

Im hoping for a 6 to 8mph gain from the tune....50hp more per side should easily net an 8 to 10% increase in mph in a cat with a 20% increase in total power

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:D

Love it!

Nice job dude!

I know that it is strong enough, but to me man that looks like a lot hanging of a little tiny mount! I mean the motor plate itself is only 2/3 on the bracket, I just thing of when you see a massive number 6 drive broke. Either way have you had a chance to run it yet?

killer look !

Nice monsters hung on that transom !

lol thank you bro!

Lol man I know what you mean.. the verado is huge. But its really not that much heavier than some of the other big boys.

This will be my third season running it. Ive had the boat 5 feet out the water at 60mph ...ive run it at 80 on Cumberland poker run weekend. Blasted through water so rough it busted over the bow lol. These hulls have crazy amount of glass in em. It had twin 1000 hp blown 540s in it for 10 years before i bought it from my buddy...ran 135 mph. Theres not even stress cracks anywhere in the gel. When we did The transom on this boat we built it to hell. The knees on the inside are massive and there's 3/8 aluminumplate on the inside sandwiches the transom. The jack plates are z lock with four 5/8 bolts holding them on. ...the only way for it to fail is rip those out or break em...or for it to push through itself and shear 6 six1/2 inch bolts. It could happen. But it'd have to be some wild water and ridiculous driving...and I hope im not onboard for any of that lol

thanks man! Its alot of fun. Ive sure enjoyed owning it. Im anxious to see what the 325 hp tune will do turningthe hill eagle 4s. Got a set of 30s to try too.

What speeds so far?

79.7 mph is best ive recorded so far with the 26 hill eagle 4. But these props Im running aren't as fast as the merc ets I had on it before. The hills handle better, are more stable , plane faster, turn better and cruise speed is better...but i think the mph is little off...just don't know how much exactly cus my gps speedo was acting crazy it turns out. But you can feel it. 28 ets turned 6300 rpm. 26 Hill eagle 4 turned 6100. My guess is 3 -4 mph. But you know how that is lol

Ive added 50hp per engine ...so im.shooting for 5mph gain maybe???

Can I net a 6% increase in speed from An 18% increase in hp? All things being equal this seems doable especially in a cat. Im hoping for 5 to 7 mph :)

Ive seen a couple verados flashed to 460hp lately.....

Yea man the 350 and 400 verados can make crazy hp in the hands of competent tuners with high octane or even leaded fuel 😆

When I was a kid my boss built one with same power. Was a 1995. He imron'ed it all white before he sold it. I wonder if this was his?

What is your X dimension? I read above that you were 1/2 above the surface with plenty of water pressure. If you can raise the motors to be 1 to 1 1/2" above the bottom (at a minimum) you will gain more 7 to 10 mph.

Unfortunately the boat doesn't have enough setback to go with a higher x dimension :( and my mph isn't high enough to use sport master lowers. Im Running torque master with side pickups blocked.

it sure could be. This boat came by way Kevin Hadley out of Ohio not sure who owned it prior.

I know of one trip V bottom with 460HP "350's".

dude that thing gotta haul ass lol