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Niced looking boat.....twins or tripps?

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Originally Posted by jimamtay (Post 3825294)

That 40 from Lake Travis that was at the ski dock sold for $160,000, i know because i bid on it, was a beautiful boat. bought this 07 one instead, 50 cheaper & added shore power etc. etc.. Nice size for Lake Eufaula here in OK.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...36-3095269.jpg

That's bajaholics old boat. Seen it at LOTO a few times.

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Originally Posted by offshorexcursion (Post 3824303)

I baby my boat, slowly move the sticks forward AND backwards, change fluid every 10 hours with Amsoil severe gear 75/110, never get air, get on plane super easy, never hold it wide open for more then a few seconds, etc etc. Tried it all. Does not matter if I drive it easy or hard the XR gears just wear out! Sometimes as early as 30 hours sometimes 80 hours. Now if I chop the throttles, or accelerate hard then back off fast then accelerate hard again I might break a vertical shaft, cone clutch, etc etc. But the gears just plain wear out!

+1 I couldnt agree with you more.

Whats even worse is if you live on the coast and do a lot of salt water/ocean running with constant 2, 3, 4 footers. Constant acceleration after each wave 100% effort, trimmed out running like hell.

...Bravos dont like it.

People say its all throttling but just the sound, aggression, and sheer adrenalin tells me that there aint nothin you can do to make that "nice" for your drives.

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Originally Posted by obnoxus (Post 3825300)

Niced looking boat.....twins or tripps?

+1....what kind of power/drives setup? what are you seeing for numbers?

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Originally Posted by jimamtay (Post 3825294)

Nice boat and with triple 496 HO's it ran very well.

As stated it was triple 496 HO's. It ran 79.8 on the GPS. (under race conditions), was 75 mph all day long w/load and fuel...But just to be fair, when it was ordered we changed the X and Mercury fine tuned it at the factory.

The best part of the triple set up was the efficiency in which the boat ran. At cruise speed, it had better fuel usage than our 33. WOT, well that is a different story. The boat handled great, had plenty of room and always recieved compliments every where we went. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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Originally Posted by bajaholic (Post 3825790)

The best part of the triple set up was the efficiency in which the boat ran. At cruise speed, it had better fuel usage than our 33.

this make me currious how bad a 442 would be with tripples in comparison to the 342

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Originally Posted by mittens (Post 3826033)

this make me currious how bad a 442 would be with tripples in comparison to the 342

HORRIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!

Good friend of mine has one with trip 502's.

Its a PIG on fuel

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Originally Posted by obnoxus (Post 3826036)

HORRIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!

Good friend of mine has one with trip 502's.

Its a PIG on fuel

good to know. haha never mind that idea/

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Originally Posted by mittens (Post 3826033)

this make me currious how bad a 442 would be with tripples in comparison to the 342

Ask Bajaholic. He had the above pictured 40 with trip 496's. He claims the boat did very well on fuel at cruise speed. Eddie had a 47 Beak with trip 500's. He could be a good source of comparable information as well.