One of our rides is a 95 pulsare w/ 95 225 merc CLE, 10" set back on jack, large ear 26 chopper, 1 230LBS man with 1/4 tank, regular gear, cool day, on the edge @ 80.4 GPS.

2000 330zt, weekend package, full fuel tank (appx 140 gallons), 454 mag mpi x2, 23p 3blade mirage plus, 2 people. had a perfect rip of water, saw 71.8 on gps and ran out of water to a no wake zone. Mind you the think chine walks like hell...can turn the steering wheel and does basically nothing. Id like to chage from the internal to external over the winter.

I assume you're trimmed right up to the edge when chine-walking like that, right? Can you eliminate the chine-walk by trimming it down more? Obviously, this will kill some speed, but just wondering.

Here it is cruising @ 70 mph...

thats one more vote in my head to bolt the blower on
what kinda prop are you running? my Mirage+ wont lift the bow like that , i could probably get alot more mph if i could get out of the water like that

1974 Checkmate Runabout (17'6") w 250 straight six Alpha - 55mph gps w 21" cleaver

1989 Checkmate Maxxum 281, twin Bravos, newly rebuilt Gen V's, bored and stroked to 496, Holley, Gill, Crane 741's, Mirage 28's - - don't know yet, haven't got it in the water since I bought it last September. Next year.

borrowed bravo 1 30, slips funny around 2500-3000rpms, also ran a bravo 1 28, didnt slip as much, with about the same results...

I really have to try a bravo 1 then , when i trim out , just below the rooster tail , fastest speed i can get and i'm still spraying from the side at the driver position , i'm not getting e-nuff hull out of the water

1999 Checkmate 283 Convincor w/ twin 454 EFI Mags, Bravo 1's, 27P 3-blade Mirage Plus props.
72.2 GPS this weekend on Kaw Lake in OK at 4500 rpm on port tach. (I think my stock starboard tach might be wacky... showed 5200rpm. It was behaving erratically earlier in the day. Might be time for new gauges this off-season.)
80-85 degrees, 50% humidity
2 people in boat with gear and 5/8-3/4 tank of fuel.
Very mild wind chop on lake.

I kept trimming up till it started rocking. Didn't thrill the g/f any. I need to make sure my drives are even... getting the hang of this and don't want to do anything stupid. Gonna keep learning. Would like to see 75 in two weeks at LOTO with 1/4 tank of fuel and just me in the boat. We'll see.

Cool...pretty much the same as my '89. Do you have K=planes? Also, I'm interested in seeing the waterline when the boat is at rest, as I haven't had mine in the water, yet....busy building a garage for it this year while I get the engines ready.