I made minor, inexpensive modifications that DID make a difference... First I sent my 23 P 3 blade to Darrin at Houston Prop for Labbing... When I sent it to him he was just unvailing the accelerator process. I took a shot in the dark and he did it. Basically its cupping the edges of the blades. Lastly I added a k&n filter and eliminated the muffler tips with straight un muffled tips from corsa. Sounded great and ran great... I would buy another Baja in a heartbeat...

No problem Chris your not alone with your opinion... The gentleman that bought my 25 is currently an active member of this site and can confirm...

Damn, your missing out!

Not that I don't love our Sunsation,, we certainly do,, but I have a special place for Baja's, it was our first " off-shore " type boat and got me hooked. I looked at many 25 O.L's and 275's and 272's and would buy another without question also..

just wanted something different and ended up w/ the 288

SO We are on the same page,, average o.l. w/ h.o. 66-68 a few tweaks of the prop, flame arrestor, maybe remove the turbolator's and I can see 70 pretty easily...

I am the gentleman...

I will easily run 69-70 all summer with two passengers, full gear and 1/2 thank. The best I have seen was on a cool day in September, 4 passengers, 1/2 thanks, full gear... 72 mph And yep, all GPS speeds. Thank you Neil for all the mods you made to the boat...

I would think the mufflers are worth a 1.5 - 2 mph and the Labed prop is a + 2 mph. Great setup.

Chris, will I have the chance to meet you on next GLH's milk run?

OK. I lied about that part...



Thank you for overpaying for it...

i have an 02 25 outlaw with an ho. i have hit 70 with low full and 2 people more then once. also with bad plugs(not too bad) and dirty air filter. bone stock 23 mirage plus. now chris i know what your saying. i have talked with alot of people who own or owened 25 outlaws with same power and they say 65-68 for top speeds, this is why people give me dirty looks when i say i hit 70. i think it depends on how long the hull was in the mold. i know no 2 boats are the same but there are some big diffs. in speeds on the 25 outlaw. im glad i got a good one.lol.

P.S. My guess on the 650 H.P. O.L. would be 80 mph...

Is it 600 or 650 HP? What kind of engine, Cubic inch, bore & stroke? Has the engine been dyno'd?

I have been in serveral 25's with 502 Mags and they ran a true 66 to 67 MPH. I am not suprised the 496HO is a little faster because that is a strong engine. So lets say the boat is a 70 MPH boat with 415 HP.

Adding 185 more horsepower with a 20HP to 1 MPH ratio on a true deep vee hull and you should see a 9.25 MPH increase. My first estimate was based on the 66 MPH speeds I was use to seeing with 502's and I came up with 75.25 MPH or mid seventies.

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