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Old 08-29-2010 | 05:32 PM
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Does anybody have or know of 29's with whipples or blowers? What speeds can the single step take and perform well at? I heard they don't do well about like 85, can anybody validate that at all?
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Old 08-29-2010 | 06:40 PM
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If you do a search on here, there were 2 29's with big power at one time. One was Crowd Pleaser, from Va. and the other was a boat from Fla. I think. Thomas with the boat from Va, was running around 108 mph if I recall correctly and the boat from Fla was running about the same speed.
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Old 08-29-2010 | 08:03 PM
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"Roger", on this forum, is running a 29 Fountain with 1050 hp (a pair of 575 hp NA engines). The acceleration on that boat is incredible. He and Dave Knight also used to run a Fountain race boat (P2 class, I think). Roger has lots of experience with the Fountains. He should be able to answer your questions.
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Old 08-30-2010 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Beak Boater
If you do a search on here, there were 2 29's with big power at one time. One was Crowd Pleaser, from Va. and the other was a boat from Fla. I think. Thomas with the boat from Va, was running around 108 mph if I recall correctly and the boat from Fla was running about the same speed.
Wow, I wonder how that boat handles at that speed. I have a 01 29 Fever with 500 EFI and I was wondering what it would be like to have a whipple on it.
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Old 08-30-2010 | 01:42 PM
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There was an older 29 in Texas a while back that had 850's in it. I am not sure where it went after it was sold. It was a ride for sure.
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I had a '98 with a single HP500. Sold it to a guy in CA. He said he built it to 850 HP and saw 92. He said it was scary. He also went through drives like crazy!
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Old 08-30-2010 | 02:52 PM
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I had a 1998 small step with a 565" 750 hp and would run 89 mph was fine on the river but did not like Lake Erie.
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Why didn't it do good in Lake Erie, the power or size?
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It get wild above 85mph in this hull.
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Old 09-01-2010 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Racerngr1
Why didn't it do good in Lake Erie, the power or size?
Lake Erie gets rough, not long enough and to light
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