I'll get some more pics of everything this weekend ...that vid was yesterday ...I was at work and I checked the weather and it was 78* 7mph wind out of the west ( flat river) ...said to hang with this ... took off at noon ... boat runs great and the Hyd. steering Dam its NICE ...

Great job, sounds great:evilb:

Ran over 74 today pushing 28's ... I think there is more there ... first time on the 28's it did good low end and mid range but would flatten out@ 4600 .... Rechecked the timing and it was still retarded some so we reset to about 32* total and picked up about 500 RPM and about 8 mph ....m

that's nice!

I knew you'd need at least 28s! So that's 74 @ 5100 with 28 B-1s? It sounds like that may be the right combo, just need to fine tune the power to get 'em to spin faster.
Did you notice cruise speeds with the 28s?

52mph@3100 ....that was nice

I'll be very interested in your results, I need to have an idea what props to run next year. Took it easy with my 496's this summer to get a few hours on them and didn't have time to try different set ups. Not sure if mine are making as much power as yours. Made a few passes at 70 @ 5200 and throttled back with my original Mirage 23's. I thought about trying 26 four blade Hydromotives, more interested in midrange than all out top speed.
BTW I'm running 34* total with 9.5 compression and no signs of detonation, but with the 23 props the engines havn't been loaded heavy. I do always run 91/92 fuel.
Your whole set up looks really good, the work shows. Please keep posting progress.

Now that's impressive ... I don't think I'm even hitting 40mph @ 3100. Your "project" took a while but it looks like it was worth it.

We took a ride Wednesday nite across the river to a local Resturant ... 6 Adults and a 5 year old ... almost full load of fuel and still 50 mph at 31-3200 ...I'm very happy with that ..cant wait to work on the top end some more ... I doubt I see a drastic change but we'll see .....m

Mike do you have any old panels or some type of pattern I could borrow or buy for the dash to make some new panels for my boat? ( 311 ) I would like to keep my old dash in tack for now in till I have a complete new one ready to drop in. By the way your boat looks really nice, keep up the good work. P.M. if you can help me out. Propwash I don't know if you remember but I tried to look at your trailer before you had your boat shipped from Michigan. Did you finally sell that trailer and get another one? Todd