my 82 with fresh 330's and trs drives runs 60 top end on flat water full tank of fuel at 5200 rpm 23 p 3 blade mirages

They are one hell of a sleeper

running stock 454's now with 174 blowers runng 25p 3 blades getting 66mph on gps

502 MAG MPI with kaamas the boat will do 75 - 77. Was in 6 to 8 footers last year coming home from cape and the boat preformed very well. Boat weighs about 8000lbs dry. One of the best rough water hulls that Formula has ever made.

non mags? forged rods?

they weigh more like 10500lbs. how did you get your weight?

Mookster, I think we spoke about your weight/speed concerns on the Formula thread year or two ago. If you are truly weighing in at 10,500, gosh that's very, very heavy. I believe I shared that with the first '79 302 SE I bought, they claimed in the fancy binder that it was around 7,000 dry. At the time, I had a Suburban so with the trailer, I was a little concerned about going over capacity. With with the boat empty, but wet with around 1/4 tank of fuel, I calculated it at the scales at around 7,500 lbs. The boat stock ran a solid 60-62 all day long, before building new motors which got me to the low 70's. Did you ever actually weigh your boat?

Formula website. Its in the archived brochure. I have also weighed the boat trailer and truck at a weigh station. Not sure how it would ever weigh that much unless it was swamped.

Hey Kaama - have you ever posted up any pics of yours here?