I recently bought a 35 Lightning.. and have some questions/ concerns on the performance.

I ran it for the first time this past weekend and some of the performance stats seem off to me.

It has 600 SC's, running 28 pitch props. At 4500 RPM's the gauges say that I'm generating 8.5 lbs of boost. This seems way high to me (even running at 4000 ft elevation).

Anyone have any input on this?

Here's what the guages were reading.....

what was your fuel pressure reading? oil pressure looks a little low for that rpm also, your boat should run in the mid to high 80's and turn up at least 5200 if rev limited.altitude can wreak havoc on your fuel needs and boost was your boat built locally?

your boat/ engine combo you should be turning mid to high 90s if not better at 5200 rpms

600sc in a 35 you should be in the high 90's maybe 100. What year is the boat and single or twin step?

Check out the pic. Single step boat. Newer twin step has curved glass windshield. My guess --- mid/late '90s. Speed likely mid 90's, unless they have been tweeked, which may be the case. I believe boost as stock from Merc would only be 5 -5 1/2 lbs.

Boat is 1995.

Is that the top speed right now? 80 @ 4500?

Looks good. Any more pictures?

Boat was just spooling up in that pic. Still hadn't tweaked the trim. The boost has me worried (8.5 lbs). The fuel pressure was running about 4.5 there.

I'm concerned about the Oil pressure as well. Should be running up in the 50-60 psi range, not 45.

The boat was supposedly built and run for Lake Powell, which is where the pics were taken.