How fast will 27 run with 800hp
08-24-2018 | 07:48 AM
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I’ve always heard a 29 is faster than a 27 with the same power. I know the owners(current and previous) of a 27 and a 29 on the same lake, both with 496s and both are 2002+ models. The 27 is defiantly faster. Maybe big horsepower is different because of handling or???
I had a 2000 27 650 hp and it was not comfortable (to me) with that much power.
I had a 2000 27 650 hp and it was not comfortable (to me) with that much power.
08-24-2018 | 08:43 AM
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I built a 500 efi that wasnt dynoed for a 99 27 fountain (might be a 2000/2001) , probably 580 ish hp, boat runs 79 gps pretty easy in ideal conditions, IDK how a 99 hull compares to a 97 though, Smitty
01-11-2019 | 09:54 PM
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Me and Jimmy V have had a few good races thru the years, my 272 Baja against his 27 fountain. We've swapped wins back and forth. I see him at hotboat hardy party every fall. Ours boats were dead even when I run mine on full kill, with my 92/93 octane pulley I could walk away from him easily having a bunch more hp/tq than him BUT if we raced long enough id be all done at 96 ish and he'd eventually reel me in (talking a 5+ minute flatout race), Smitty
01-18-2019 | 09:58 PM
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