What will a 2003 42 with staggered 525's and XR drives tend to run? Will that setup throw a tail? Pretty good in rough water?

Considering switching over to Foutain from Cigarette and dont know much about them.

Oh man, when the cig guys see this it should be good.

Ha yeah I should have left that part out..lol

Not a 100% yet just having problems finding a cig that I am looking for and I want a staggerd setup which get to a whole new price range on the cigs.

Any one?

It will throw a tail, will run right around 80 depending on load, and will run good in rough water.

Huh, we must be the only ones.

I believe from other people that have this combo they say right around 82-83 m.p.h.

As for rough, depends on if you hate fountains or not on how that will be answered. I do remember a post by Scott Shogren that said he was on a 38 fountain with 700’s in a run once and when it got snotty he couldn’t keep up with the 42 525 boats.

Can't remember outrunning him here. Speeds are correct above lo-80's with a mild rooster.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDSOHNPKV8

My buddy bought a brand new 03 with 525's. The first year it ran a best of 83 empty. After the first year and over 150hrs it would struggle to get over 80 for the next couple of years.

Im just going from memory but thought fountain website said mid to high 80's and it was reported that the site was pretty accurate

this is a copy and paste from their site.

With a pair of Mercury 525 EFIs, the 42 will hit speeds up to 88+ mph.

Granted that is as of today