My new to me 88 272
 

Finally done boat searching.. I managed to come up with a 1988 272 that is very clean..... I havent got a chance to run her yet, I've only backed her down the ramp to fire up both motors and run em for a while to check things over.... Should be getting to play this weekend!!! :evilb:

Does anyone know what I should xpect, RPM's/MPH with the set up I've got... 350mags/alpha turning 23p mirage +.....

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Looks nice, red is classic. Hope it checks out well. Welcome to the Formula Family. This forum is hugely helpful to us Formula guys.

All stock? probably gonna be dissapointed, probably somewhere around 58 to 62. I loved those boats, my first Formula was an 88 272 with the Palm Beach colors with 330's and Bravos,,,,the boat would run 63mph, collapsed one of the risers back at the exhaust hose and thought the port motor was going south, so I loaded my fat azz up and went down to Dollar Marine in Lauderdale and bought a set of takeout 420's from a Mirage he had, used Bassett headers(at the time it was the only headers I could find that would fit due to tight center clearances) and the boat would run a tick over 70 mph,,,,I loved that boat and wish I had it back today. Didn't mean to wander off the subject but by todays standards that is one big heavy 27 footer for small blocks.

... Or grab some LT1's and cam them. I'm pushing out more hp than a 454 and weigh a lot less with SBC's. Joker - warm those 350's up with some cams and quality headers / carbs. I'm running a hair over 70.

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Thanks!! I actually just got off the phone with a engine guy I know talkin about some upgrades... cam, headers and carb for sure... heck as heavy as it is I'd be happy with 58-62 with stock 350mags....

I have a spare Quicksilver 23p would you guys recommend me picking up another Quicksilver and throwing those on instead of the Mirage +'s

Run it with the Mirage +'s and see what she does. I'm curious. I'd say mid-50s will be my guess.

Aftermarket exhaust first, then go nuts and throw vortec heads and appropriate cam/intake/carb at 'em. THEN, figure out how to get the shorty Alpha SS lower units. 70+ at that point.

Oh yeah, beautiful red 272...welcome!

Thanks! I'll let ya know after this weekend..... cant wait to run it :evilb:

A big 10-4 on the shorties! I have them and love them!!!

I'm sure cb will chime in but I think he was a 57mph boat don't remember exacts, I'm pretty sure I looked into that boat was for sale for a while, used to have a name on the side of it beleive it was a minnesota boat right?

Standard 23 Mirage 59.9999 With me full load of fuel at @47-4800 I could spin standard 21 Mirages 5000 but lost 3 mph. With the 23's cruise was 40 @3300 that was with gear and my wife and i. GREAT boat you will love it. Now you need to Put Rambunctious's "THRU THUNDER KIT" on it.:cool-smiley-011:

Yup thats the boat... first thing I did was pull off the name on the side.....

Mine is an 85 and I got 58 on gps last summer at around 4800. just did heads cams, intakes and carbs. hope to see a little improvement. the engines should be right at 400 pony's. I'm scared to go any more cuz I've heard that the alphas don't like much power. I also bought the 23p +.

Nice boat. Congrats.

If you need parts, gauges or accessories, let us know and we'll try to help out with pricing!!
Thanks and enjoy!

Kirk

Congrats we had the same boat but an 87 sold it last summer loved it. with the 350 mags only 54mph. We put in 383's and got 69.8 on GPS . Should have kept it a very nice boat you will love it .:D

I had a 272 with 330's and bravos
had 25 mirages ( quicksilvers) labbed. 67 on speedo, ( 64.5 on gps)

buddy had a powerquest with 25 mirage plus's
we traded one day for a trial.
boat was lazy to get to speed and i did not get any more top end. so I guess the boat did not need the extra prop diameter of teh mirage pluses in the water. ( this opnion is also reinforced by the comments that shorties work good, since less prop is in the the water in their case)

I would lab the props before switching to plus's.
worth the money to get them labbed. ( not by mercury, but by local or one of the guys on the board)

Ramb
edit - read your post wrong
i woudl try the quicksilvers ( smaller diameter) .
per my trial above with a heavier 272

I'm gonna go ahead and pick up another quicksilver, I'll run the Mirage + first since there already on... then swap em out and compare

Any insight on Pro Chargers for the 350mags

272 Performance with small blocks
 

I previously owned this same boat-1988. With the 250 propHP Mags 1.5 gear ratio and 23 Mirages,it ran exactly 60 MPH @4550-4600 on GPS. When we put in the 350 Mag MPIs and 1.47 gear ratio had to drop pitch to 22 to get in RPM band and did not gain any top end with the 300 HP. We did gain torque and much quicker acceleration.I'm not sure if we needed different props or if the MPIs were overrated? This was a great rough water hull but not the fastest design by todays standards. X dimension may make it tough to go faster?

Thanks Pat I was wondering what diffeerence MPI would have on it... I'll prob just stick with pro charging them, if I do anything at all... For now I'm happy with solid overall performance and good reliability.