Hooters for lunch, engine test
 

MRP 357 s birthday yesterday so we ran from Crystal River to New Port Richey Hooters for lunch. Tested the new Chief 1000's and bigger 5 blade Hering props. 127 miles round trip. Ran great, pulls very hard.

Love that boat! -Glad to see it's fell into the right hands. I've got a bunch of pics of it when it was sitting outside @ Lipship. Needed everything and looks like it's got it!

Bad Ass

badass ride!

It just keeps getting better! Happy belated to Mark. Wish I had one of those.

:drool1::drool1:

I like them red carbs.. and the rest of course

Cool!

I remember that. It'd just come back from the Bahamas. It was rough.


Looks AWESOME now!!

Thanks as always ZP for all your help, guidance and friendship. It was a GOOD DAY! This is the GPS info screen at days end. It was still accelerating when we pulled back the power. Now I can say my 90 MPH Cig has earned its name.

Did you say something? All I read was "....red...."

Very Nice Guys!! That thing should be well over 100mph when it's done!! We are running 90mph at 5000 rpm detuned to 860hp on mine.

Ocean Club Express
 

Mark - I'm not sure I ever showed you this before, this is a picture of your Top Gun when I owned it.

Awesome! Thanks Barry!

We had impeller problems all the way there and back. Just finished the replacements. The aluminum manifolds on the two stage Hardin pumps had corroded and let the impellers suck air. They don't make replacements anymore so we had to build some from stainless. Ready to go again now.

Happy birthday Mark! Glad to see you and Jimmy out having some fun! Look forward to seeing you guys soon!

What prop are you running? Must be like 33 pitch?

^^^^ where do you get your amazing avatars ? This one is amazing

:evilb:
Going to run both boats to Sarasota this weekend, come on down With Ruckus. Be at Mar Vista for lunch tomorrow. :boat: Hopefully it warms up, today was cold, windy, 55 degrees. Supposed to be 72 and sunny, with no wind all weekend.

It obviously had enough to keep things cool for the 126 mile trip... There should be another 10-15mph there.... Like I said we are going 90mph with 280hp less and we are only around 3/4 throttle when we reach 90

Marc, I wish, but don't think so, the boats are heavy 14000 to 15000 pounds dependent of fuel load. That a lot to push fast. Ours need 3 foot waves just to run good with a little less wetted surface. The Lock and Load boat (One of the 5 staggered boats) was laid up very heavy to race in Europe in Rough Water. L&L carries 200 gallons in the rear saddle tanks, and 120 in the belly tanks. When installing the GPS antenna, the deck was 2 3/4" thick. Had to get long thru hulls as the sides were 1 1/2" thick. The long tail pipes and extension boxes add to the weight. And then there are the "Barn Door" size K planes with double rams. I think it might see 95 Mph, and will see next time we get enough bump to try it. I'm not picking on the boat as I know it will haul the mail in rough water. Which we seem to find each year from Marathon to Key West.

Sarasota this past weekend,

Am I correct to assume the saddle tanks in the bilge fit because its a stagger? Any Cigs. with side by side and tanks in the bilge?

ICDEDPPL , I believe the saddle tank set up applies only to a staggered boat for two main reasons . First there is not enough space for saddle tanks in a side by side set up to fit a tank of any meaninful capacity. Secondly in a staggered boat the belly tank is significantly smaller as the forwad engine placement eats into the area a standard size belly tank would occupy and the saddle tanks then replace the lost fuel capacity as a result of the smaller belly tank.
RG.

[QUOTE=Rick G;4087218]ICDEDPPL , I believe the saddle tank set up applies only to a staggered boat for two main reasons . First there is not enough space for saddle tanks in a side by side set up to fit a tank of any meaninful capacity. Secondly in a staggered boat the belly tank is significantly smaller as the forwad engine placement eats into the area a standard size belly tank would occupy and the saddle tanks then replace the lost fuel capacity as a result of the smaller belly tank.
RG.[/QUOTE
You are correct.

Had to work this past weekend. Playing catchup after spending 3 weeks up in Carolina taking care of some family issues. Looks like the group had fun this past weekend. Got a few things to do to Ruckus before I go anywhere. Nothing major, just a little maintenance. Will be out soon!