Man what an awesome build! You dont mess around!

The shop I work at use to be a Baja dealer for about 10 years. We ordered a Baja Hammer for a Guy once with no engine/drive. Blank hull. We installed a transom bracket for the Guy and hung his 2 stroke 300 Evinrude on it. Wonder if that boat is still around somewhere....

The 280s seem to work pretty good, but I definitely can feel the difference with the tab at nuetral. Actually running wot, trimmed out, I have to put them at neutral or a hair down to stop the slight porpoise

My 25p revs bent down to 23p didnt perform like I thought and were 4mph slower than the 23.5p Rev4 xp’s at 78, just over 1/2 fuel and water was glass. With a lil chop and I think I could get close to 80.

JT, Did you or anyone else ever try 5 blades?
When I raise to 4.5” mark, I start slipping more, but at around 4”, she is running around 12-13 % slip at WOT and around 14 at 50-55,
Still fairly deep in the water. Prop shaft is still 5” or so below hull. Still have about 2.5” that I could move up, but dont really want to put the jack plate all the way up.

nailit, I PMed you

I ran 5 blades, the propshafts were 3” below the bottom of the boat,
with 32 bravo’s, cruise speed was 52 mph at 3800 rpm, 32 maximus’s
58 mph at 3500 rpm, this is where you spend most of your time.

Bravo’s loose their efficiency above 32” so I never bothered trying anything larger.

When the engines were stock, there was 500 rpm difference in RPM at the top,
between the 4 and 5 blades, the 4 blades were always on the limiters, when it cooled off, the 4 blades were useless and the 5 blades still had room to pull,
so all in all, the 5 blades worked best.

I think yours would work good with them, especially since you can continue to
raise the engines.

I would probably go with the Max 5 over the Maximus.
Mine were basically
what later became the max 5, smaller diameter, reshaped blades and cut down ex tube

Thanks.. I may look at testing some 5 blades then. I would probably need a 21-22p if 500 holds true. I still need to run mine again as the last time my WOT was off by 150rpm , but ended up having to level the motors based on the bottom instead of the rub rail. (it was off by 3/8 or so in height)

Rpms were around 6200 and 6350.. I havent run since I matched height, so I may bring to prop shop to make sure they are pitched the same.
Note: WOT is at 6400 and peak power is listed between 6200-6400. (wot range is 58-6400)

Finally got the wiring tied up. Also built a removal storage rack so I can clean out to cuddy.

I strapped down 2 large bins and strapped them down. Anchors are now in gunnel area and the rest of the motor monkeys, couple rafts, and towels are in the bins.
Probably pulled 200lbs out the bow!

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Finally got around to doing my other dash panels in carbon fiber. Ordered black replacment switch covers. Also swapped out my Lowrance and put my GPS Speedo back on.. Dial is much easier to read at speed (and my aging eyeballs lol)
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Also tried to hit 80 in this cold weather.. Well…. I was running 6250-6300 in summer and now running over 6400…. But rev limit slows me back down, so I guess I need a lil more pitch or cup, but definitely doable!! Could pull 6450 before is put the brakes on me. O/b rev limit is definitely softer than the old Mercruisers!

I think I need to update the steering wheel next. Not sure what I want though.. but probable Red as it seems to pop.
Also, look below the trim tab buttons.. thats a cell phone charge in the shape of a rocker switch w/ digital voltage display.

boat turned out nice
hope to run into u at tickfaw this year or at the races by new orleans as ill be at both
here is pics of my 32 hustler i restored and converted to triple 300s
lot lighter hull that was fast in the classes back in the day
so it cruises 75-85 and goes past 100
nice seeing vees converted to o/b to keep em on the water
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Nice! Thats moving! I thought about triple 300s, but I wanted to keep some rear access. I could probably get mine into the 80s if I put some 5 blades and raise them up more, but wanted more reliable and dont want to air out and replace drives.

We will be out there for both as well!! Holla if you see us! Richie

We will be out there for both as well!! Holla if you see us! Richie[/QUOTE]

yea 2 totally different hulls
this 1 is set up for good speed in the snotty water as why chose this hull and 1 of the last 32 fiore builds before he left to outerlimits
to make the 37 steletto off the 32
so more bracing and more foam coring in the build to be lighter and strong
was a good candidate for the conversion to be quick and ride on top in the snot
was disappointed in last yrs tickfaw ,,,,but blind river bar was packed for their opening
so hope they get things together this yr better
will be looking for u
again your boat turned out nice

Yes!! BRB was ridiculous!! We had a few boats out there from Slidell. 34 Freeman, 38 Fountain, 35 fountain (i was boat ***** since I was repowering) and maybe more.. lol cant remember.

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Black buttons came out good.. Just waiting on new red/chrome steering wheel it be delivered!

Finally warmed up to take cover off and install my new wheel..

I think this about wrapped it up folks. other than doing something with the faded compass i never used!

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Looks great man. Saw you pass by the house a little while back and caught a glimpse. The outboard setup looks killer.

You should have come outside! we were cruising around.. i looked for you, should have come outside and offered me a beer or high noon! lol

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It’s been a minute… Boat is running great! The video was running about 70 catching up with my buddys Nortech.

At the end of this day, on the ride back and almost to the house, we opened her up and ran actually trimmed up to the highest so far and was running 77! (Loaded at least. Prev high is still 78.2)
6 ppl, coolers and about 60 gallons of fuel left.

So now, Im thinking I need to play with my props. I’m running 22.5p Rev 4s, but am getting a lil stern lift,

i.e. A lil chine above 74 as I start to trim out and have to put a lil tab down to settle her.

Im pretty sure I don’t want to risk my drives with 5 blades, so I’ll call Brett and BBlades to see if I need to lab my Revs, or try some labbed B1’s.

Trimming up more helped, so now, Im really curious if I can break 80 as I hit 77 with 6ppl in the heat of the summer. I did try running in the fall and I kept hitting the rev limit, so I need more pitch/cup anyway!

Updating thread.

- Hull blueprinted to remove hook and sharpen transom edges.

- Stock 23p Rev4 Xp’s to 26p B1’s labbed by Bblades

120 gallons, 1.5-2ft chop with 11mph winds and 66 degrees and myself.

Prev best was 78.7 and NOW 80.6, but need more testing!
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It is different
but still looks amazing, really nice set up
sitting on trailer is odd with all that put back

You need a longer so folks dont drive under your engines
your work shows good

For us, it’s the best of both worlds! Still get wind protection and reliability!

I ended up moving the boat forward on the trailer as far as i could, 15” to get the tongue weight back and I dont trailer often either.

So not really worried about wrecking as I also keep all my lights working and dont normally tow over 68-69mph, so everyone is normally passing me up.

Thanks