t500hps

All 3 of us have/ had (Troutly) the same engines . Hits 73-75 on GPS depending on conditions. Since all 3 of us have had this happen, I'm not sure 101 would be a good idea in this hull.
Russ C.

formuladude312

Yup, Speedo read 78 gps read 74, And the hariest 74 i have ever been in

Magicfloat

Dano and I have run quite a few 312's and never experienced any chine walking at all. Must be the Alabama water One customer had one with 454Mags and Prochargers with 7# boost. Dano ran it quite a bit at 95 mph and it was fine. I always liked the 312,hated to see it go. Robert

t500hps

my father's bass boat shows 84 on speedo and is suprisingly stable (In 30 years he's run these, we've never had one get out of shape). I guess a boat can't chine walk when the hull isn't even touching the water???

ontheh2o

Is this boat in the San Franciso area? If so I talked with the owner this time last year. Should be ready to deal if it has been for sale that long. I had a 312w/ 502's and this boat caught my interest. Probably fine if you use a lot of common sense and as the others have said avoid the over trim and tabs fully up to get that last bit.

My concern would be resell as boat did not sel last year either (if same boat). But - if you plan on keeping - who cares?

tomswift

yep. the boat is in the sanfrancisco area. what was he asking last year? If I bought the boat I would run it for a few years and then sell it. thanks

PhantomChaos

What does the boat /trailer look like? I sold my 312 to a guy in the bay area and he planned replacing the motors I had with 540 engines or something in the 650HP range he was building.

I never ever had a bad chine walking problem but then I wasn't going those high speeds either. Great boat......my first love in offshore! I've been screwed ever since!

tomswift

he said the boat was used a lot in Lake Havasau by the previous owner. It originally had 454 mags. It has teal, blue and reddish graphics,I believe, and a white painted steel trailer.

PhantomChaos

I remember that boat....it has the same paint as mine 1997 only the teal was the "major" color and purple was my major color. I thought it was a 1997 too......does it have a dark dash?

ontheh2o

Towswift

I believe he was asking $85 to $90. A guy from Chicago supposedly flew out last spring and drove the boat, but the deal fell through. Ultimately turned out to be to much logistics for me (Cincinnati, OH) and I had just come out of a 98 312.

No way you could build it for what he wants out of it. Thought I had some old emails, but deleted with spring cleaning.

Good luck!