Can a Diesel Sonic 45 Run 95 MPH?
 

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Cruises at 80 and can run 95 on twin Seatek diesels with Arneson Surface drives.

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Boat has seen 97 but heard the engines had been de tuned back to stock 820 hp and the drives are not Arneson and was my understanding the reason it never broke 100!

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stil cant see how it runs that fast... :rolleyes: so much for our overpowered slug :drink:

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LOL!! But i bet anything yours will sound better than anything!!!!

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if i could put a duramax in my 27 fountain, i would...

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That boat has some very cool rigging. It has two speed transmissions which gets the last bit of top speed out of it.

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didn't know sonics went that fast :rolleyes:

jr mike

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They were going downhill at the time. :cool:

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That is very cool. I wonder how the fuel efficiency compares to gas engines going the same speeds. :cool:

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I believe the engines were over 1,000hp for a while. I don't think it ever broke 100 though, close but not over. Last time I saw the boat it had a snapped prop shaft (left one). I think the drives were Buzzi's and the shaft is just massive. At that time it was at Dollar, but I believe they have moved since I saw the boat. The strange thing is that the pics look similar to what I remember. I wonder if they sold it to this broker. Honestly, 250k is a steal, unfortunately the boat has been for sale for a very long time.

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if I win loto its mine! :D

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AND A GOOD STRONG WIND

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I had a friend with a triple engine 45 with some pretty big motors. They couldn't get it to run more than 95 mph in between drive breakage.

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Those Seateks have a great power-to-weight ratio and have done well in offshore racing when Fabio Buzzi was running them. The price tag on those engines was outrageous for the 1980s, but are in line now I bet.

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anywhere to get these serviced in SE florida?

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It would have helped if someone had ever even cleaned the interior of the boat. I saw it several times last year at Sonic. It looked 100 years old it was so dirty inside.