This winter, the boat is taken apart, the transom was pretty rotten so most of the plywood in the transom was removed, now the transom is like new again. I am going to lift the x dimensions up 3" for the transom, montage 280 k planes and lantham double ram steering. So I hope the boat will not do the chine walk. The boat has also going thru a diet.
I think I can lighten the boat for aprox 250 pounds or more. Time will show how much I can remove without sacrifising the comfort of the boat.

jwurl- what kinda prop are you running and what are you slipage numbers? BBlades is doing some work on my prop trying to get slipage down. I am around 18% now. The boat runs very flat on the water, I would like to get some bow lift. Do you have that problem at all?

I am currently running a box stock 28p Bravo 1 four blade. I know for sure i need to move to a 30p because it runs out of prop. I have no problem with bow lift. If anything it is to much because the boat walks like crazy at top speed. I heard your boat did 83 GPS with a full tank of fuel and 4 people on board with the previous owner???? Jeff Wurl

I was told that also, if i can get the slippage down to 14-15% its possible. It has not done it with me driving, hopefully bblades can put the prop back to what it was before. We will see. My boat tends to walk a lil above 76, I can use tabs to control it but they always ends up slowing me down. I will say that full tank of fuel and 4 people or 2 it still runs the same speed, solid 77 best i have seen is 78 gps

I have a 1997 271 fastech 454mag mpi with a 23 pitch prop she does 60 at 5000rpm just feels like it should have a lot more get up and go

I own 2005 271 with 525 efi it's a heavy boat , I agree at times need more get up and go.

2002 271 496 mag ho record is now 51,4 knots gps (5200 rpm) which is for about 60mph.

I have a 98 with a 600hp 496 stroker, XR/-1, with a Scott baker/hering 28 bravo. Hope to see 75, will probably only go 50.

99 with a 502 Mag and 26P prop on it, get about 63-64 on the phone GPS. If you bought it run, you bought the hull. There are faster 27' boats out there, but I think you would be hard pressed to find on with all the ammenities of this boat and run faster.

I don't suppose that there would be any noticeable change by replacing the exhaust manifolds with something like EMI thunder exhaust ??
has anyone had any luck with changes like that ?