There hasn't been a big power #6' staggered tall deck 460 ever built. Mike's is the first. Our BT is the only other BT with staggered big power, but it's a different hull than Mike's boat.

Mike has the latest and greatest hull setup from BT that has changes made to it from information that my dad and I gathered on ours. I think it should run pretty nice!

Mike, you gonna run at the shootout this year? I suppose you would need intercooler cores first....

Also, the current hull design (the one Mike is getting) ran a best of 95mph on merc 850's. Should go quite a bit faster by staggering them and adding another 300hp or so per side.

We have not made the trip to BT yet, had a few issues on my end, we are taking a motor down and the tramsmissions so we can fit up the rail system for mounting and I can then finish fabricating the motor mounts.

Along with the inner cooler delays we are experiencing a little from Mercury as well.

We are going next week for sure and i will have pictures and info.

Motors are wired, plumbed, and ready for inner coolers and onto the dyno.

The shootout depends on when the project hits the water and how many bugs we need to shake out.

Will keep you posted

Saxman's boat runs very good. It might have the older hull design but it is also the lower deck. Spiker's will run good but will push a lot of wind with the taller deck. Will take some drive adjustment with spacers and props for a while I bet. Keep it safe Spiker with the taller steps until you figure it all out. Tommy

Our boat is an older hull, but there have been many changes to it, mostly adding stern lift.

Made the trip down with one of the motors to mock it up and see what needed changed, went well, we have a few small modifications to our equipment and we are good to go.

Thay have made great strides. One of the the things we asked for and they did was to move the engine buklhead wall forward 7 inches to accomodate what we wanted to do in the engine compartment. They did so and you cannot see any of the required modifications they had to do.

As well we have made alterations to placement of items for a cleaner look and or ease of working on those items.

Had a great day and are closer to the end.

Cannot post pictures, my subscription must have ran out??

James, I have been reading some of the posts, and it sounds like you have been around here a while. I am currently looking at a 43 SC at Shogren and by the pics and what info they have given me the boat looks good for the money. However, I believe the previous owner over powered the drives, put on BMax and then reduced the boost to 5 psi on the prochargers with 500 EFI's. My question was, do you know this boat? The only thing they haven't given me an answer too is who refreshed the engines. If you have any knowledge of that boat or previous owner, it would be appreciated. Thanks

Call BT, they might be able to give you info as far as previous owners.

-Jason

I have tried to call them a couple of times getting their answering machine, but I will try again. Also, this boat had sportmasters on the bottom of the BMax's, do you know anyone that has done that with that boat? Thanks

I know there have been a couple BT's that have Bmax's with good luck, but I'm not sure if they had sportmaster lowers. You can always put spacers in.