I've read a healthy twin engine 29 Outlaw with 454 MAGs will do 75mph. The 25 will do mid to high 60s with 502. I'm in the Baja Forum so someone call bull**** if I'm off base

I had a friend with a 29 with 496 HOs. Lucky to see 70 mph.

Padraig

That's more detailed than my info

Sold them for many years, owned a bunch of different Baja's

in the hay day. I had an 03 29 with HO's and worked props, 80 on GPS....I still get teased when everyone says 79.999999.

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A 7.4 29 would be comparable to the 25, but the 385’s, external steering and
k planes is a big upgrade.

I had a 29 w/7.4’s for about 2 years ( which was about a year and a half too long)….it was a low 60 mph boat, went up and took a ride in a 29 with 385’s,
was ready to go home with that, but rode in a 29 w/500’s and came home with that….. that being said, the 385 boat was quite an upgrade over a 29 7.4, which performs like a 502 25

Maintenance, the 30 is bad, the 29, the back seat cushion comes out by removing 2 bolts from under the seat base, and it improves accessibility quite a bit.

I pulled my 29’s with a short box k1500 4x4
for a couple years, but after getting tugged down a wet ramp, that got replaced

Perhaps the engines aren’t firing on all cylinders🤦🏻‍♂️

What speeds are 29' Outlaws running?

Padraig

Remember, the Chain (of Lakes, Northern IL) is really shallow in a lot of spots. So much so there have been performance boat wrecks there because of such.

A twin engine straight bottom boat is going to dip a fair amount when planing.

For that reason, I'd tend to at LEAST want the ST-16 Bennett tabs OR K-planes that are at LEAST 280 size. That way you can drop the tabs when planing to get up quick, and not dig too deep.

Hossman got just shy of 80 with that setup.