t500hps

Thanks....if you see something around central VA you need eyes on give me a shout.

(It's older, but have you seen the updated 2001 400SS with blower motors and surface drives?)

alindquist

I have a 330 & im thinking about moving to a 400. I would only do the Volvo diesels. Sure the 525's sound cool and push the boat a little faster but 1.75 miles per gallon at cruise sounds a lot better to me... I'm told the Volvo drives are bulletproof and if maintained properly will run 3000+ hours. I heard the top ends of the 525's need to be done every 300 hours. If that's even close to true then it's a no brainer for me. Resale should better on a diesel too. Good luck there are a lot of 496 & 525 boats out there.

fossil fuel

We ran from Detroit to the keys. Most of the trip was slow....Erie canal, Inter coastal ect. The sections that we could run up 30-35 mph was perfect. Still moving along but could still see stuff. I made 2.3 Mpg on 30 mph. My boat is 350 D-6 volvos. Ran hard in the Chesapeake running with some go-fasts after a night at Chesapeake Inn. Ran up to 50 pinned. really did not matter 30 is better. I'm thinking repowering to 400's.........Sheeze not another project... BTW Fossil fuel 382 700 boat is again for sale in Michigan. Really great boat and priced right. I don't know why it was sold twice?

wildthing357

CK Motorsports - CK Motorsports

jeremyfreedom

what a cool trip!!! Not really looking for a dedicated go fast. We do a lot of entertaining and like the ability of have 10-12 ppl but still getting out of the way of 75% of the boats out there.

formula1

Yeah, I have seen it on the net. That is sweet! Wasn't it for sale?

baronmarine

this boat that the late keith holmes put together is one heck of a runner! i don't remember off hand but i think he told me it ran 90 or close to it? again i don't remember. i would do the 400 over the 370 any day. we just sold our mint 2000 with 502's this fall. that boat was perfect & i would say one of the nicest one's around. the one for sale with surface drives would be cool as heck. if i was in the market for another one, that would be it. best of luck on your search.

todd

jeremyfreedom

I actually called ck during the summer to inquire, said it wasn't for sale. The 400 in Cali is cool, don't know how I feel about those drives hanging that far back. We do a lot of rafting off with the kids as well as grown one's and I could imagine the gash those props could give! As to the 400-370 debate I think it's pretty clear considering there's not a huge cost difference in used market