Originally Posted by T-N-T Sales

LS JR. I do not remember ever showing this boat to you. Did you see it in person? I have to disagree with you on a few things. From the countless number of buyers I talked to and delt with over the years, I would say stock Mercruiser power is overall more desirable. To run your boat 70mph all day you would have to run it wide open all day. I don't think that is realistic. The cruise speed, where most people operate their boats, is the same as your boat, using 3800rpm as a benchmark. I have personally owned 5 Top Guns with 525's and TRS drives. two of them were carbon fiber. The difference in performance or ride of any of them was insignificant. I would say that the ride on the TRS boat with the center of gravity slightly further forward was better than a Bravo Top Gun with Mirage 3 blade propellers. When the Bravo One 4 blade props arrived on the scene that became no longer true. The Bravo drive package has less horsepower loss than the TRS package. This means a Bravo drive boat is faster with the same power. Not only will the Bravo drives take more power than the TRS, but after market parts are available to make it even stronger. I don't think the reason they are not building the new boats from carbon is because the light weight isn't needed. Wouldn't it be better if the same 500EFI T/S Top gun ran 90mph? All you have to do is make it lighter, compare the F-2 T/S Top Gun to a standard boat. Personally I always liked the graphics on your boat, one of the boats I owned had the exact same paint scheme and colors, but I prefer the graphics on the 94 Top Gun you are referring to. Graphics and guage colors are a mater of taste, everyone likes something different.

Originally Posted by T-N-T Sales

LS JR. I do not remember ever showing this boat to you. Did you see it in person? I have to disagree with you on a few things. From the countless number of buyers I talked to and delt with over the years, I would say stock Mercruiser power is overall more desirable. To run your boat 70mph all day you would have to run it wide open all day. I don't think that is realistic. The cruise speed, where most people operate their boats, is the same as your boat, using 3800rpm as a benchmark. I have personally owned 5 Top Guns with 525's and TRS drives. two of them were carbon fiber. The difference in performance or ride of any of them was insignificant. I would say that the ride on the TRS boat with the center of gravity slightly further forward was better than a Bravo Top Gun with Mirage 3 blade propellers. When the Bravo One 4 blade props arrived on the scene that became no longer true. The Bravo drive package has less horsepower loss than the TRS package. This means a Bravo drive boat is faster with the same power. Not only will the Bravo drives take more power than the TRS, but after market parts are available to make it even stronger. I don't think the reason they are not building the new boats from carbon is because the light weight isn't needed. Wouldn't it be better if the same 500EFI T/S Top gun ran 90mph? All you have to do is make it lighter, compare the F-2 T/S Top Gun to a standard boat. Personally I always liked the graphics on your boat, one of the boats I owned had the exact same paint scheme and colors, but I prefer the graphics on the 94 Top Gun you are referring to. Graphics and guage colors are a mater of taste, everyone likes something different.

Originally Posted by T-N-T Sales

Do you know the weight difference between the two? I have experienced the attitude you are talking about, but it was influenced more by propeller selection and rotation. If you run a Bravo drive straight bottom Top Gun with Bravo One 4 blade props, for example, it will feel much lighter and carry the nose better turning the props inboard (inboard creates less stern lift, more blades create stern lift). The same attitude I think you are describing. The boats come from the factory turning outward. If you are running 3 blade Mirage propellers you may experience this lighter bow feel, even turning outboard.