353 Fastech with twin 496's
 

Wife and I are looking at a 2007 353 Fastech with twin 496's. One owner boat with all the bells and whistles in it. Does anyone have an idea of what kind of speed we would see out of this boat?

Thanks in advance for the insight.

Chris

I have heard 72 on a good day but no experience with one.

Mine's got 502s and on a good day with a tail wind and just the two of us we can get 70MPH out of her, but she's cruises all day at 45-50mph, we love ours.

yea mine has 72 and I've seen 69.8 on GPS. With the Higher X dimensions you should see 72 or so. Great boat and my black motors have been super reliable

Resale on blue motors way better and easier, more desirable my .02cents.

So who has a blue motor full blown loaded 353 for sale with low hrs on it that just wants OUT??? Wife wants all the bells and whistles and I desire to keep the POKER RUN fast fun>>>Maybe not able to do both but I think it's attainable ..... I must be NUTS ????

How's your fuel consumption ???

seen yours run and it fly's ......

We use ours for fun runs, poker runs, and overnight once and awhile. Runs 81-83 consistent with best of 84.7. Our boat is loaded with a/c, water, fridge, TV, transom shower, Bimini top... I looked for almost 2 years for a well cared for boat with the power combo / color scheme that I could stay with for a few years. Blue engines need to be maintained and when things break you dig a little deeper. Header care, keeping the engines running cool and top ends are my priorities and I have been rewarded with hours of fun and meeting some remarkable people on runs.

I Have a 2005 Blue motor Boat 280 Hours every option under the sun( It was the actual boat from the formula photo shoot that year) Also has a full enclosure with bimini. Also has the bravo one xr drives with the ITS System and captains call exhaust. Boat can be seen here with pictures. http://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/30459

I have all the 05 Formula brochures and the Fastech in Platinum Flash paintwork that is in the brochures is a 382 with quad bolsters. For sale recently is a quad bolster 353 in the same Flash paint that is/was used as a pace boat and can be found on-line. What photo shoot are you referring to for your boat?

Maybe it wasnt used in the brochure. All I know is when I called formula direct looking to see if they had any leftovers with 525's they told me they had a left over 05 at a marina in NY that was used in the photo shoot and that it had 30 hours on it and that it came back to formula they changed all the fluids went over the boat and sent it out to that dealer. Was sold a year later to me in 06 when I was inquiring about one with a full 5 year warranty on the motors from formula.

I see that 353 on lake winni all the time and it's SWEET!!

We have a 2006 353. I up fitted to CMI exhaust systems and Maximus props with the BBlades magical touch. The 496HO twins will push a light load (two adults) to 78mph. The Maximus props give an economical cruise at 3300rpm of 55mph.

Pretty certain Chris has already found his new to him 353.....

Dave

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Smokin gun has a 1998 353 that he couldn't sell now he's parting it out in the swap shop

Thanks to Dave I did find the perfect 353...

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Love that boat Chris.