shorties on single 29
 

Ive heard of all the great speed gains that guys are getting with shorties on their twin and triple engine fountains, I was just wondering has anyone tried them on a newer 29 single, and what were the results?

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A dealer I know tried it on an 04 or 05. Claimed no difference.

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What is your current x-dim? Some guys with the 27's have actually had better results adding spacers.

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I agree check your X dim first, Fountain since say 2000 has set up the 27 and 29 with an aggressive X dim, you may actually loose performance, mine is set up 17 1/2" I don't think you want any less than that.

WILL :drink:

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mine is at 19 1/2

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Tnothin

Are you running a 27 or 29 and what year, mine at 17 1/2" will blow out on turns if I am not careful.
2001 27 fever 500efi 25 hydro

WILL

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27fountain-

Its a 2005 29 w/ 575 19 1/2 x dim. runnin a 30 b1 LH.
Im at 81gps and have got a buddy with same boat stock but an 03 and he says hes gotten 86gps. Dealer said it might have to do with x dim. He says he cant keep his 30 b1 off the rev limiter, I can only hit it on a cold day. So thats why I started the thread.

Thanks any more help would be much appreciated.

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At 19.5", I don't think I would go any higher. I think I would try a spacer though.

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Tnothin

It seems like you should be going faster, since you have a 575sci how many hours are on it? you may want to check your boost, also what does your fountain sheet say?
Best of luck

WILL

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27fountain-

It has about 75hrs on it. Last I checked boost was at about 4.5. I am goin to check and see what my buddys x dim is hes the one that claims 86 stock. Some people tell me he is runnin that fast, and others tell me that he is full of ****. I will measure a couple other ones the dealer has a new one and has sold a bunch of 575 29s.

FOUNTAIN SHEET says 81gps/50gal. fuel, 80 degrees out and flat water no chop so?

People have run the prop numbers for me and everyone has said I have way to much slip like around 17%. I thought it might be the x dim. but maybe its simply the prop.

Thanks for the help guys.

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keep a close eye on the j tubes they come loose and get stuck in the throttle body and cause the throttle to stay full. Had a friend loose his and the blower started chewing on them.

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Carney

are those the ones that you can get to under the flame arrestor?

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I had a 29 with the 525 ITS box and the best it ran was 83.
It had half a tank and was in mid spring. I had handling problems at 83 and getting on plane problems. my X dimension was 21"s , the ITS box droped it to 20"s then I added a 1" spacer. The prop slip came down but the best I would take it was 81. It got a lot of chime walk due to the prop was getting a better bite a lifting the transom. I also lost 300 rpms. I had the prop worked by bblades but sold the boat before a ran it with the new prop. Good luck

Terry