Originally Posted by Raylar

This is just what I am talking about here. I am certainly not on this thread to critisize or question the Eliminator Daytonas, they are Awesome boats and have proved themselves as just such! The problem that has risen is that several people who bought the 30's with stock 496HO's have not been able to see the 100mph plus numbers. I think the lightened weight of the Kevlar hull specially built test boat, with the Merc ITS extensions that were on the boat and not available with the 496 package coupled with a expierenced raceboat driver and ideal conditions created the 103MPH number the boat hit in the test, which was an awesome result and was real. Our job was to get an average production 30' Eliminator up over 100MPH, and we did that! This is sometimes an industry problem, builders and engine and drive manufacturers get a little "outside the box" in buildups and rigging to achieve a fantastic result that is hard to recreate economicaly or repeatably in production of the shelf conditions.Yet the marketing people want to latch on to these results to obviously help sell boats and magazines to the high performance boating community. Let's face it tits the excitement and enthusiasm of a 100mph boat is what sells these boats! The other sometimes obvious condition is that most boat owners want their boat faster than it really is and their tests of top speed always seems to get a little "fudge" on the high side for bragging rights. This customer boat is still having the problem of being difficult to get up on plane quickly under heavy load and this is because when she comes up and starts to roll down the extra horsepower with the 32P Bravo 1's, the props start to blow out. She will still hit the top speed number and acceleration numbers on plane no problem. When we turn up the rev limiter past 5150 and lab the props I am pretty sure it will see another 3-4 mph. I am pretty sure that with a little refinement to prop setup and possible X-height adjustments that this planning problem will be solved and the stock production 30' and 33' Eliminator Daytonas will be honest 100mph + boats with Raylar HO525's (496HO's with 103 kits), normal loads, average conditions and good recreational drivers. If we
deliver this, mission accomplished!!

Thanks for your input and thoughts!

Ray @ Raylar

Originally Posted by 30DAYTONA

I am happy to report that I own the 2002 30 Daytona that set the record for 103 M.P.H with stock 496 H.O's. Right now I run 32s that Mr Leach had labbed for me. So far I have seen a best speed of 98 M.P.H. by G.P.S. I'm sure that I could hit the 103 mark if I had different props, but I boat on Table Rock Lake in Missouri & would need more open space to get there. I wish I had more room!! Maybe Raylar and myself could do a test with the original Eliminator test boat that hit 103 to see just high fast a 30 Daytona is with their kit??? If interested PM me.