Originally Posted by pull my trigger

so if I hop up my twin smallblocks on my 29 non step to 400 aside (doable).......... I'll be in the 80mph range
and I'll be 300lbs lighter....even more with pitching the cast iron exhaust
Id be happy with that..........doug

Originally Posted by Dago Racing

First of all what does that prove? Twin 6.2's....hell if they do 74 you better bet if they made a 29' with Twin 502's and a stepped hull still it would run 90 probably. I have no reason to lie......80 is nothing around here!

Well as far as I know it's totally stock, (they're EFI not MPI if that makes any difference)...........I bought the boat used...........I had it up to 78mph before the new engine install and don't think I had it trimmed right at the time(and that was with an engine that was definitely not running right at the time, obviously it blew up that week)...as a matter of fact when I got the boat I felt that the engine that eventually blew up was running badly....not idling right...always at higher RPM than the other one......I was on here asking people if they knew anyone who could dial in the motors. Now with the new engine I can definitely feel a power difference....especially when taking off and midrange too. The engines seem really dialed in, running at identical RPMS so I would say that aside from my other problems with the batteries the engines are running great. Unless my GPS is wrong....(is that even possible?) I was at 81.7mph (ok I rounded up a little) and I had to back off with some waves in front of me.........I was by myself and not very much gas......I was just happy to get it over the 79.9 hump and see an 80.........

Originally Posted by Jerry B

My 93 29, twin 502 MPI's ran 74.9 gps with 4 large people and about 100 gallons of gas so I suppose with a light load it would run 80 but my wife starts getting on me before I get there. One time we caught a roller from the side that gave us a bit of a scare so they can get out of hand at high speed. I'm not sure that squeezing that last mph out of any boat is worth the risk. After all, how much time do you spend running at those speeds? Not to mention the extra fuel.
Anyway I just hate to hear about people getting hurt or worse doing something they love.

Jerry.

Originally Posted by Dago Racing

I agree.......doing 80 for a few seconds in a smaller boat isn't the same as doing 80 in a 42 FT.........big difference.....and much safer!