Thanx guys that helps a lot.. my gut feeling was thats its just too much boat for me and a possible $$ pit. I couldn`t find the motor on Chiefs site so I wasn`t aware that
they are pushing them to the max to get that HP #
I think I like the drives more than the boat plus at that weight Id be looking at a new tow vehicle too which would complicate things.

Hi you could allways run smaller pulleys on the blowers and solve alot of issues with just that IE: run reg gas and easly double the life of they engines, but that still dosn't change that it's not priced right for this current market.

You mean bigger pulleys

The drives are advertised to be #3A's. They look, from what I can see in the pictures, to be some early non-crescent #3 drives.

Old School is right. Way too much $$$ for that boat. I'd really have to see how they can honestly say that they are 850 hp engines. That right there tells me that I have questions about anything else that's said about the boat. Take a close look at the trailer, it's about 4 feet too short for that boat, the azz end hangs wayyyy over the end of the bunks.

For 80K, you can find a real nice top gun with decent power, and you'll be glad you did. And BTW, don't worry about your driveway, you'll get it in there like there's no tomorrow. LOL

This has been discussed before, they are not 3A's, they are the old, non cresent #3's on the boat. Just in case you were thinking of this boat. Good luck, buyers market and that boat has been there a long time. Since before I was looking at my Top Gun 3 years ago.

I have Chief 502's and they don't make 850HP. If they are chief, then I would give Tommy a Call and ask about the engines. His 502's were 675-700HP. The next step up were 540's.

Here’s another very nice option for you and real close to the same money. This one won’t use a third of the gas and is probably only a couple mph slower.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o35910-en.html

Now THIS one is a great deal for what you're gettin for the money.

I'll sell you my Cafe' for much less than that. No trailer but you will save enough to buy a new Myco.

Both of the recent posts are better options. The 35 gun has a similar red and white paint job. And Sea dated cafe is on the top banner of OSO. Much better choices