Cafe Racer Speeds
 

I scraped threads on here to compare speeds & configs of Cafe Racers. Lots of missing, important info (HP or RPMs, etc), but still interesting....

Speeds in blue font were called out as "GPS".

Where ranges were reported, I picked the low end. The reported ranges or rough estimates are in the "Comments" column.

HP numbers range from estimates to dyno numbers, some are prop HP, others aren't.

I left off the OSO names to prevent arguments :lolhit: (but I've got 'em)

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...1&d=1326044968

I'll add my data after a few runs in the spring. Counting the days...

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I would say a couple of those numbers are "optimistic".

Chris you have too much time on your hands! You damn guys that buy turn key boats !!! Lol

YOU'RE RIGHT!!! If I had a friend with a shop that I could pull my boat in and get an early start on maintenance before the spring, I wouldn't have been hanging out at home today! :party-smiley-004:

All ya gotta do is call! Bring it over or let us know when your down here well load up the tools and meet you at the marina, it is inside the warehouse

Just kidding! You guys have got WAY too much going on. I have a list of small things to do. I plan to get going in a month. Thanks! See you at the Combat Zone fund raiser.

Thanks Chris, see you then! Let us know next time your down I'll get you your ticket(s)

I'm guessing that we are the 80 mph, #3, 750 hp boat listed
Our cafe ran 79.8 MPH per GPS with 4 guys, near full on fuel. Reportly ran 82 MPH in the shootout for what it's worth.
Standard lay up, #3's. Boat had 598 tall decks that was reported to have 750 HP. But, I was told by the guy currently building our new power that we had somewhere around 590-600 HP, not 750. We could turn 3 blade, 28 pitch props to 5400 rpm.
Brad Smith is building our new 619 c.I. engines. One engine was deno'd last Friday and hit 740 ft lbs of torque at 5500 rpm's before the deno went down. I'll be able to post hp and final power numbers in a couple days. I hope to have some new top end numbers in 4 - 6 weeks.

Chad

To hit that speed loaded and spin those props you had 700+ flywheel hp, sick stinger can't spin 28 four blades with 640 dyno'd hp, trs but 3s are prob only good for 3 mph or so more than trs

Drive ratios...