Cafe Racer Speeds
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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
(but I've got 'em)

I'll add my data after a few runs in the spring. Counting the days...
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
(but I've got 'em)I'll add my data after a few runs in the spring. Counting the days...
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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.
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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
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
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