How much hp to get the boat to 80mph?

I would guess that because of light weight, no cabin etc that 525's would get it close. I am sure that someone else will have some better insight.

Are you sure it doesn't have a cabin? I also think it is fiberglass as the add doesn't display Kevlar or Carbon Fiber. With those two reasons (cabin and fiberglass) I'm going to say 750HP to hit 80 MPH.

My $.02

LS JR.

LS, you are right. It does have a cabin. Anybody have any idea as to what this boat should sell for?

600 to 650 will bring you close to where you want to be. with a little tweaking im sure you can get to where you need to be. if you can get 750 per side even better. at 750 you will still have you reliability, with 200 hr rebuilds... 600-650 youll do even better. hey mat, why dont you just cut to the chase and call phil or tres martin, they can answer any question you have.... mat, you know what you have to do, and with the #6s you can do it slowly. start off with around 650 natural, if you want more get blowers, if you still want more go bigger.. i dont care what these guys say, if you get a rig like that right and throw a 100,000 at it you will have a very special boat with some resale value. im not saying you will get every penny back, but you cant expect that. you know that. you will be very close to what you want to do. call tres..... or phil, both will have you in the right direction..... dave

I called on that boat a while back. I think they wanted $85k. It seemed high to me. By the time you get it running right you've spent $200k easily.

What is a fair price?

I would do the math "backwards." Start with your "full" price where you would be comfortable with the boat you want to build and start subtracting the prices of the pieces to complete; i.e., $55k for engines, another $50k for drives, labor, miscellaneous parts, etc, etc.

my .02