One I almost bought 2 years ago before I ordered teh Pantera, I still kick myself for not buying it.

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so what was the reason you went for the pantera, rather than the cafe racer. looks sweet from the pics you posted.

I was living in IA and I wanted something smaller to trailer, plus I didn't think anyone within 400 miles could work on the engines.

In the end it worked out, I moved to MO, Sent the Pantera to a good home in AK and bought a Top gun.

Now all is right in the world :D

von bongo, posts some pics of your gun.

how far below the bottom of the boat would you recomend the prop centerline of a ssm#3 be on a cafe.
measured directly below the drive?

vette131
here is a picture of my cafe with #3's. the cavitation plate is about 3" above the bottom of the hull with the drive nuetral. they are usually mounted 3" higher than a trs.

another pic

thanks for your help. do you know the distance between the propshaft centerline & the hull? i'm about to cut the transom, thanks again

loto

I love that 90 mph paint scheme.

WHEN I HAD MY 35 WITH 800 UNITED RACE ENGINES NUMBER 3 SPEEDS I ONLY SAW 87 WOT

I can get some shots of the transom too if you want. I've got 540's and #3's from the factoryon my 88 cafe racer.
SG

Surgin, how long have you had your cafe? Do you know how many cafe's were built with 540's and #3's? What is the top speed you have gotten?

There is the best.....and then all the rest..................

I've had mine for three years. It came from the factory with 420's which the previous owner replaced with 540's. I upgraded the fuel lines to 1/2" lines last summer but haven't GPS'd it yet. I'm looking to move up this season so here's a shot for anyone interested in owning part of a legend....

von bongo
 

Von Bongo - I've seen your Top Gun many times at LOTO, every time I see it, I tell my wife, that is the one. I think the paint is very simple yet unique. It makes the boat look great. I have passed your boat at idle speed, the headers from your boat sound like BadA$$ machine guns. Sweet ride!!! For people who have not seen your boat in person with the motors running, the photos do not do it enough justice. Very nice.

setting the bar
 

Setting the bar? Yes indeed! I own a Baja and I come over here to see the real hardware. They are quality boats, no argument here. Some day, my Cigarette will find me, about 5 years from now. Hopefully sooner.

I know the owner of the Cafa Racer and it ran 96. It's for sale at Aqua Mania in my area.

http://www.aqua-mania.com/

Pushing a Cafe at 96 mph you need a stable full of horses. Congrats.

It has twin 1000's.

Re: von bongo
 

Thanks, but the 90 MPH paint isn't my boat :D
Just a pic I took at the shoot out last year. I did see that boat again when I went to look at the 38 I bought and you are right it sounds very sweet!

Re: Fastest Cafe
 

Always interesting reading...

Re: Fastest Cafe
 

Someone was asking about speeds in Cafe Racers in another thread...

Back for sale on Ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...4465&viewitem=

Awesome Rig!!!

Some good reading for Cafe owners! 96 MPH Cafe! WOW. Mike, got a pr of 1200's kickin around??? Hahahaha Anyone been over 100 in a CAFE???

Thanks kreed.

My friend has a 93' with 572 talldecks/700's hp with Imco 1.5 standard lengths running 26 4 blades. He has hit 85 at about 5800 running around the chesapeake bay.

What part of the Bay?

I will chime in here,the first post was realy good lots of info,anyway I have 540s said to be 625hp,don't have any dino sheets,turning a 26p b1 tweaked to 27pitch,labbed on b 1 drives can hit 80 on gpsat 5500 to 5600rpm,to go even 5 mph more its going to take a lot more hp