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Old 09-15-2012 | 03:56 AM
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Mine came new with 25 Mirage 3 blades. Mirage Plus did not work as well on my boat (330's)
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Old 09-15-2012 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Biggus
Mine came new with 25 Mirage 3 blades. Mirage Plus did not work as well on my boat (330's)
I have not been able to run mine WOT but it has gen IV 454 mags in it and it came with 23P Mirage props. How was the boat getting up on plane with the 25's and a full load?
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Old 09-15-2012 | 08:00 AM
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It tore out of the hole incredibly well. I usually ran with a light load. WOT rpm's were 4600.
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Old 09-15-2012 | 11:36 AM
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Hey oso Baja guys

Just picked up a 89 sport 280 w twin 454s. Motors were hydolocked and I am building twin 476 hp gen 4 BBC dyno tuned by dean Nickerson. What kind of speed should I expect to see with this one? Had a 220 sport and couldn't pass up on this deal. Ppl are claiming with stock 330s they were seeing 62-65 on GPS. Has 280 k planes and t thru hull pick ups. They don't look like they are going to help much with getting good top speed. (Water pickups)

Any info would be great!
Ran across one of these boats earlier in the week for sale. Engines are gone, drives are gone, and the interior needs completely redone. The rest is solid and all there. ANybody got a ballpark number as to what this boats worth?
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Old 09-15-2012 | 12:00 PM
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I bought mine in long island from a lady who's husband died. She had two mechanics verify that the motors were bad. They were just hydro locked. I paid 2500 for the boat with a full cover counter rotating bravo drives lift kept buoys ropes 2 anchors and 8 life jackets with immaculate service records. Boat has one scratch on it. But no trailer. Have the original carpet for cockpit area as well. I think I made out okay. I paid 2800 for a tri axle steel trailer. So I'm at 5300 for a clean boat with two bad motors.
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Old 09-15-2012 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by chazfehn
I bought mine in long island from a lady who's husband died. She had two mechanics verify that the motors were bad. They were just hydro locked. I paid 2500 for the boat with a full cover counter rotating bravo drives lift kept buoys ropes 2 anchors and 8 life jackets with immaculate service records. Boat has one scratch on it. But no trailer. Have the original carpet for cockpit area as well. I think I made out okay. I paid 2800 for a tri axle steel trailer. So I'm at 5300 for a clean boat with two bad motors.
Thats one hell of a deal!!! The one I am lookin at needs alot of cosmetic work and money put into the interior and it needs motors, drives. Plus i'm sure it will need some other small things since the motors and drives are gone. This guy is wanting 1000 without trailer.
Thanks for the comparison.
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Old 09-15-2012 | 11:20 PM
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I would not pay much for a boat with out motors or drives. Your going to have more in it getting motors and drives than it is worth.
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Old 01-26-2013 | 07:26 PM
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This is mine, I am thankful for what I got. This boat is clean.
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Old 01-28-2013 | 06:48 AM
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ditch the mirage props and go with Bravo's, may lose a few MPH on top end, but the Bajabounce will be gone.
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Old 01-28-2013 | 07:04 AM
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I ran Mirage 3 blades 25p on my 1988 Baja 280 had 454 (330's) it always got out of the hole great! no matter what load I had on board. top end was about 63 cant remember the RPM I think low though around 4k.
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