Originally Posted by amazing1 (Post 2976353)

I am trying to keep my eye out for a pair of decent 24p bravo1's for next year I got the boat running late this season. I didn't adjust my drive height that is where it was when I bought it.:evilb:

Originally Posted by amazing1 (Post 2979099)

hey jeff I was wrong about my drive height it's alot lower than five inches below the strake I was running off of memory and I was wrong I will try and measure properly soon. i realized my mistake when I was filling the outdrive with fluid.:lolhit::eek::evilb:

Originally Posted by jeffswav (Post 2971652)

I did a inspection of the transom. Looks like I have a leak around the seal, exhaust blockoff, or a boot?? While I have it all apart I am going to raise the cutout and the engine a few inches. I am at 8" below the bottom now, if I raise it 3" that would put me at 5". MOW (from speedwake) is running his at 5.25 with good luck. My deadrise is 22deg very similar to the 265 force 21deg hull. The inner strakes and wedges are not a issue with this hull. After 60 the hooks (wedges) are out of the water. The strakes from the factory stop several feet from the transom. Looks like I am going to pull the engine in December and go from there. If anyone has any input that would be great. If anyone has had good experience with a Fiberglass shop in the St Louis Metro area I would be interested in that info also.

Originally Posted by amazing1 (Post 2974827)

1987 formula 357-sr1 trs drives 5" below bottom of strake running bravo 1 4blade 26p props not labbed 540ci 620hp motors at 4800 rpms looking to raise the rpms to about 5500
so far I have hit 65 mph on speedo double checked with gps.:evilb:

Originally Posted by mountainmadness (Post 2978970)

I have a powequest 185 xlt, 428 sbc. I am at 6.5" with my alpha SS. Right now its runs 87-88 before I get blowout, Switched to a bravo1 prop and its alot better. Planning on raising my X dimension 2.5-3" here pretty soon, That will put me about 3.5-4" below the hull.

Originally Posted by jeffswav (Post 2979125)

I thought that sounded pretty aggresive for 87. Only 3 blade props were available then. I have been told at 5" I will need a Bravo 4 blade vs Mirage 3 blade.