Re: Cat with 496 ho's over 120mph?
 

3600 , can get one by may , can you put the 496's in it, Doug said 125 is what they expect. that fast, the first one they rigged with 6's and 740's runs 150mph plus, that smokin, but with 496ho's insurance no problem, and nice looking boat, and 3200 pounds, . cant think of a faster hull right now, and as 3600 says, its the magic hull. wonder what johnny is thing with the 43 with sterling 1500's 200mph? supercat unlimited winner?

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120 mph with 496's? Come on now? :rolleyes:

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I'll put them in sounds like a fun idea. 850 hp= 120 mph????? :D

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All the more power to ya... :D

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i guess kilo records don't matter.... :D :rolleyes: (126 supercat lite mti) and those are at race weights, they have to add weight to meet those weights... on a pleasure boat, the open cockpit might drag a little more, but they weigh less and have no restrictions... so i doubt they would lose much speed. you just don't see too many 525 pleasure cats because they all get bigger power... :D so i do believe you can run 120 or so in a 30, 32 or 36 skater if setup correctly and a 39 mti and possibly a 42 (the 42 might be a faster hull despite the weight and longer running surface)....

Re: Cat with 496 ho's over 120mph?
 

that's alot of boat and air to get into the tunnel of a boat that big with only mild power

Don

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I think a 525 pleasure cat would be the ideal cat due to it's reliability. I don't think I could get into scary fast cats anyway. Too much risk, too much money, too much insurance for no more than it could be used... :eek:

After boating on LOTO for over 30 yrs. now, from what I've seen, the big cats with huge power just sit more than anything. They just don't seem practical to take out and actually run the entire day for extended periods. I guess if you have the money, what the heck.

Did I mention that their pretty to look at though? :D

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have the guy in back duck and you will pick up the 3.... :D

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I knew I could make somebody prove it... :D :drink:

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Or just kick his a$$ out... :D

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i usually don't ride in the slow MTI's.... :D but you can see my bald spot in the back seat of this one flying across tampa bay somewhere... :drink: :D or me driving up loto.... :cool:

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Awesome shot on bottom... :drink:

Is that yours?

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What's slow to you is probably plenty fast to me... :D

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no, i just seemed to end up in it alot.... :D randy scism himself was throttling for all those shots, that is always a good time.... :evilb:

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been 155 in the back of that boat holding a conversation with randy's sister-in-law.... :D

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I love the paint on that thing.. :drink:

When's yours coming? :D

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i forgot i drove one of those 39's too.... :D just cruising 100 with 4 big guys in the boat.... :cool: :D (that is 42MTI throttling and me doing the wheel duties....) we had better scenery, sarasota.... :D

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Cool, I see you're at 5100 rpm's, what's max rpm's for the 525's? 5400?

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yeah, i believe that is correct.... with 4 big guys, fuel, high humidity and heat and not pushing the boat to the ragged edge, we just kinda cruised along... :D jesse posted the pic with less weight, probalby less humidity and fuel... we probably could of got 110 that day or so if we held it out, i think we ate too much for lunch... :D

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my 36 skater ran 121 at kilo in sc, we held back didnt want anybody to know how fast it was apba caught us on a radar gun. pleasure skater full cabin, haf a race hatch.

hp500 not efi old carbs with gil exhaust.

used 3 blades, would never run long with those props.

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That could be anybodys bald spot. :D