Settle down Carl...........

In reply to the OP, I once owned, seems like many moons ago, an 18C with a 377 Scorpion, I put an Imco 2" shortie on the Bravo upper, 17" Dana tabs mounted horizontal to the hull (still taking flak for that) hydro steering and ran a 25P Mirage Plus and saw mid 70's on a regular basis....IMO the secret to the Donzi 18 hull is BALANCE.........decent power (small blocks with high HP seem to work better than big blocks, I guess due to the weight and CG...?, suitable outdrive, hydro steering and tabs.....I learned early on that the 18s can be a handful but with seat time they are a treat to run.....good luck if you proceed with the build..............

YEah, what he said!

The boats called mailman in Morehead city NC.

Here it is, and to say its fast would be an understatement. more like scary lol. i think thats why its called the mailman because you have to be postal to drive this thing.

Wow, that looks like a sleeper, although I'll bet you can hear it coming from 5 miles away

Man you can hear that thing come for like 10 miles lol its more like a 22 Donzi's hovercraft cause theres no boat in the water when he opens it up.

how about the famest one whit the arneson on it if I remember correct somewhere around 120 mph !!

These lil boats are a blast to run, however when you go past 70 in the 18 Classic set up and seat time becomes very, very important, and you had better respect what they can do!!! I've transformed my stock 70 mph 18 into a well handling 90 mph boat, just remember to always wear a good life jacket and lanyard and respect what they can do!!!!!

Any chance of sharing pics of business end and rigging on this 22c. Watched it on YouTube, racing last year in Morehead NC.
Tried to drum up interest on another site, but fell flat. Whoda thought...

Thanks in advance.

77 x-18 here,will run 68 mph no matter how many people on board with a full tank,,72 in 2-3'chop lite on fuel and just me and 77 with a 100 shot of nos in the past,,,was a hand full with the nos so i removed it years ago..oh 434 hp sbc and a tweaked volvo 280 and a labbed ultra prop..