27 Excalibur ~ Congrats TxHawk
10-03-2017 | 07:34 AM
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Looks great .I had a 27 Excalibur and with a bravo and a 540 I ran 88. I set the X dimension at 19 should have went a inch higher. Boat looks great congrats .
Here's a video of mine I miss that boat! I like the flat deck better then the speedster which I had and the fact that it is a sit down .good luck with it
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10-03-2017 | 09:09 AM
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Looks great .I had a 27 Excalibur and with a bravo and a 540 I ran 88. I set the X dimension at 19 should have went a inch higher. Boat looks great congrats .https://youtu.be/FSSG-9bdwy8 Here's a video of mine I miss that boat! I like the flat deck better then the speedster which I had and the fact that it is a sit down .good luck with it
10-03-2017 | 12:05 PM
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I used a lot of your notes to get my setup. Did you have a standard lower? I went with 19.5X and a -1 lower. It looks like yours had some more leverage. I have referred to your build several times when saying how consistent the setup is. 2 30+ yr old boats with very similar setups and nearly identical results. Pretty cool!
03-19-2018 | 09:29 PM
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Sucks to have lost this threads pictures. I finally got the break in oil out, gave everything a once over and made some hard passes. I'm up to 86-87 at 5400. Running very flat and more stable in choppy water. We didn't dyno the 540, but I'm guessing it's making 650ish. The most fun part is the acceleration from 55-75. It pulls really hard through there. Thanks for following the build.
https://youtu.be/Zyxn4O_vBjE
https://youtu.be/Zyxn4O_vBjE
10-29-2018 | 04:39 PM
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Just realized the pictures are back. Finally got to the trailer... last year. The boat looks a runs great. So much so that a good friend at the lake decided he needed it. It didn't go far and I have first shot to buy it back if he sells it.
This was my last good run in it. My wife was in the boat for the first time in 2 years and finally wanted to go fast. Hard to tell from the video but it is hung out pretty well. Don't judge the choppy throttle. I found that quickly getting the nose back down kept it from getting out of shape, especially with a passenger you don't want to scare. I'll miss this one more than the 40'.
This was my last good run in it. My wife was in the boat for the first time in 2 years and finally wanted to go fast. Hard to tell from the video but it is hung out pretty well. Don't judge the choppy throttle. I found that quickly getting the nose back down kept it from getting out of shape, especially with a passenger you don't want to scare. I'll miss this one more than the 40'.
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10-29-2018 | 06:42 PM
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Thanks.
