Nice boat !! And yes. Always let your **** run for a couple min on idle before you shut it off. This helps cool oil, block etc. Also makes it start better

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Nice ride man. Dont let the rest of these scare tactics homos worry you about the vapor locking issue. You will love the boat and maybe you can keep it longer than 2 months before you decide to sell it...like someone else on this forum...:evilb:

I'm the other member of the group, consortium, cabal, insane asylum that bought this boat :)

It's a beautiful boat!
I have a 23' Stingray 454, and this boat is simply 19' longer and has TWO big blocks instead of one, right? No problem!...

...After our heart attacks seeing the size of this 42, and the kind seller Andy Smith talking us back off the ledge of "What The (heck) Did We Just Buy?!?", the intimidation (fear) factor is improving LOL.

I figured that with the NXT/SSM#6 drives, it would have a good chance of longevity vs XR's with the 700SCI's...since those drives have been used in 1100sci's too, they are "understressed" (if that is a good term in this power realm).

Did I mention, it's a big boat? ;)

The engine management really makes it doggy out of the hole...acts like a (poorly) turbocharged engine, with several seconds of "lag", puttering at 2500-3000, then you have to "catch" it when the revs suddenly shoot up and props cavitate. Not at all what I was expecting from a supercharged 502.
I've already had converse with Dustin Whipple, sounds like their Stage 1 reflash restores proper supercharger power linearity to throttle application down low.
Number 1 priority is longevity, but if I want turbo lag, I'll drive one of my cars LOL...we can manage the throttle and don't plan to WOT out of the hole, just want that good supercharger strong linear power.

Did I mention, how when those 700sci's come on their Boost Song, and the Hering prop roostertail shoots up in the air 30'+ in back of the boat with the sun shining and the wind whipping by, how it pastes a smile on your face and you can't help laughing like a fool? :)

Lake Michigan snotty-waves water is alot easier to deal with than in my good ol' Stingray 23!

Thanks ALOT ahead of time to all the Offshore Only community for your expertise, opinions, experiences and help...without this site the challenging might be the impossible.

So...it's beautiful, big, intimidating, and something that will take a long time learning and getting comfortable with...but the Fear is turning slowly to Anticipation...
Let the Adventure begin :boat:

Sound like a great ride. Congratulations!

I thought the same thing when I went from 21 to just 27.....lol. My wife looked at me and asked "can you drive this damn thing".....lol

That looks like a realy sweet ride and hope someday to pull it off myself. The whole "half ownership" thing will definitly test the friendship but if ya'll both get your panties in a wad just both get in the boat and remind yourselves why you bought the damn thing. I don't think it will take long to remind yourself after you "crank it up".

I think it also helps that you have another boat. But I am just going out on a limb here that it will soon be forgotten about.

Again congrats and have fun!!!

Great looking Beak, enjoy her and your summer :coolcowboy:

Congratulations! on the new ride, I bought a 42 from Andy about five or six years ago....really a good guy to work with.

Nice boat, you will love it. Had a 38/700 boat and loved it. Couldnt tell by the pictures, but does it have the prop ventilation tubes on the drives? If it doesnt then that would be the first step to getting on plane faster.
Mercury built that torque management system into the ecu for a reason, they are protecting something, I always thought it was the NXT transmission. I would get some seat time in it before I changed too much.
Ever watch the space shuttle take off, it takes a bit for it to get going, but once it finds its stride its a thing of beauty, I think they ran 37 pitch 5 blades on the 42's, plus the 6 drive boats have a high X, no matter what you do to it, its not going to jump on plane. Its something that comes with the boat. Our 38 was the same way.
Dustin can work some magic with the upgrades, but its always a trade off. Their is a 700/42 running around our area with a stage 1 or 2 upgrade, not sure which, runs about 105 mph.
Beautiful boat have fun!!