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Originally Posted by shekmark (Post 3947762)

I bought 86242ls boat in February out in Chicago. He said the motor was about that much, though I don't think it was dyno tested. Holly carb , Wieand TeamG dual plane, Crane roller cam, forged crank, Eddie Marine exhaust, Actual estimate is 400 HP , not 375. 1.50 Bravo one drive. Yesterday I found 3000 rpm gave me around 30 mph. It was really hard to quatify anything as there was a lot of boat traffic and no wake zones. I will document more next weekend

The motor has a flat tappet crane cam #132561,The boat with light fuel in a light chop, and trimmed out will do 62 on gps and cruise at 30-32 mph at 3000rpm with the 21 mirage plus prop. The motor was never dyno'd but I was told 400hp was were it should be with the setup I ran at the time. The 21 mirage plus was the best all around prop for me for that boat. I also tried a 19p mirage plus which was to small and a 23p mirage plus which was to big.

Thanks for chiming in Steven. Did not want to bother you with personal e-mail. So cruise is where it should be and I still have to test full throttle . The trim gauge barely moves so its hard for me at this time to tell where the drive is exactly. With time I will get the feel of it. Boat is beautiful and I'm already getting stares and compliments. Of course the stares could just be my rusty docking. Mark.

Sounds like there was some well thought out engineering put into that boat....strong BBC w/Bravo 1 in an '86 242 LS...NICE. The 60 plus is a reality with 65 being possible with a tuned 21" Mirage Plus.

You got yourself something real special mister!!:evilb:

Shekmark, congrats on the new boat. I just got a new to me formula as well, do you ever head down to tices?

Absolutely. May be at Tices this weekend. I tie up with my friend s 89 Chris Craft Stinger 415, Big Easy. I will post pictures soon. Mark

Cool, not sure if I'll be their this weekend might hit Watersedge as they just opened the Tiki bar since the storm. Ill keep my eye out, might boat is called "Solution"