Your Escalade will have a hard time with the Ex too. You will be towing around 9,000lbs easy with a 35 EX, trailer and small amount of fuel. Just make sure you get an Ex with 525's and you will hit around 84mph.

with all the great prices around I considered moving up from my 29 to a 35........but then I realized truck upgrade would be in order too.......suddenly getting a new boat is just not that $imple.......people say "Oh, just get a new D Max!".........a new boat AND a DMax......just like that eh?....yeah OK

Im keeping the 29......least for now

Most definately - the 496s really seem to give you the best of both worlds without the hurt of having to do valve train maintenance every 250 hours. They dont kick like the 525s but they dont cost like them either. I am not knocking the 525s - they are fabulous motors - just stating a fact.

You need blowers ,whipples,pro chargers and you will not have to wait. My 35 with 525sc will come out of the water like a jet ski and run 85 all day long, and I have idle the motors from one lake to another 3 hours with out any problem.

If you want to go fast in a 35 check out Reggie's brand new 35 ICBM. It is the NEW 35 with staggered 525s. We ran it up to 107 MPH! And it is VERY stable with no chine walking or funny stuff. We also tested it with a full tank of fuel and 5 big dudes. Lost about 4 MPH but still ran 102+.
My advice: get it with staggered 496s. Still run in the mid 90s and get 5 year extended warranty on the motors.
Reggie's still got it goin' on!

I towed our 35 Lightning twin step on a Myco aluminum tandem axle behind both my 2500HD extended cab and then behind my friend's F350 PowerStroke 4 door dually. No comparison, the dually was much more stable. Yeah, the 2500HD single rear wheels would pull it OK, but it felt much more "twitchy" behind the 2500HD. So if I was calculating the costs to go from a 29 to a 35, and planned on towing it, I would add the word "dually" to the truck requirements list.

My aluminum Myco weighed 2100 lbs per the MSO. Steel trailer would be a little over 3000 lbs. Add that to 8600 lbs for the dry boat, ~700 lbs for 100 gallon of gas, another 200 lbs or so for "stuff", and your close to, or a little over 12000 lbs, which is over most hitch limits without load distributing arms, unless you upgrade your hitch.
Bob

My aluminum Myco weighed 2100 lbs per the MSO. Steel trailer would be a little over 3000 lbs. Add that to 8600 lbs for the dry boat, ~700 lbs for 100 gallon of gas, another 200 lbs or so for "stuff", and your close to, or a little over 12000 lbs, which is over most hitch limits without load distributing arms, unless you upgrade your hitch.
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Not sure I agree with the dually requirement, I tow my 35 Ex with a new 250 Ford Powerstroke (single wheel) and it is a pleasure. Pulls great and stops great too. I have an aluminum Myco and figure the 12K stated above is right on the mark. I did upgrade my hitch and ball to a class V (16K rated) just to be safe (after being assured by the Ford dealer that the truck had the HD hitch rated for 15K...not even an option from Ford that I am aware of). Also figured this would cover me in the event I move up to the 38 someday! Good luck in any case.

G-

believe it or not, i have a 1981 33' executioner with a pair of 900's and 3A's that runs better than 106mph, this just goes to show you that reggie was the man then and still is now!!!
if you want to go fast, all you need is the right boat and lots of $$$$$ the rest is easy!!!

if you require any assistance in your quest for speed, i've been playing with reggie's boats for the last ten years.
i'd say this boat is the best bang for your buck, hands down!!!

Have a 00 w/500s that runs 83-4 out of the Box in fresh, we have several customers w/35xs w/496s that run 81-83 in salt.