Im not saying yours is unreasonable, but the ones who claim 78+ have to be going by the happymeter not gps

Actually any with the 496HO's have the raised x. The reason I say this is because mine is an 01 and I double checked, both with Baja and by measuring, and I do have the raised x.

I am sure all hulls are a little different. I would love to have mine blueprinted, but I am not sure of any reputable places in my area. Does anyone know of any good hull blueprinters around LOTO? That wound't be too far to go. Surely there is someone around there that do good work.

One more thing, that I have heard makes a difference of a mph or 2 is the Speedmaster XR drives. Don't know if it has to do with the low water only pickup, or design, or what.

I am not trying to make excuses, just adding what some of my understandings are. Do you guys have any thoughts? Craig what drives do you have and do you know if there has been anything done to your hull? Maybe we can prove or disprove some of these myths. I would guess that factory hull differences can make 3-4 mph differences in identical boats, IMO.

I’d ask the question in the general discussion form for a good blueprint place at LOTO

I just have the stock Bravo drives and I haven’t had anything done to the hull.
The only thing I “may” add to my boat would be CMI exhaust but that 7K + install is a hard one to justify IMO.

I totally agree with you on the differences from the factory