Black Thunder Vid at 115+mph
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZEvm5vqtw

Movin along at loto at the dog days BT photoshoot.

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WOW impressive!!!

What are the specs on those motors??

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goodlooking boat!!! must have some big power?

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Cool Video.

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Love that kind of footage. :evilb: It's too bad that you could'nt hear more of the engines from the BT. :(

What is the power he's running?

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The boat is a 2000' Black Thunder GT. Weighs in at 11,500lbs and has 1225hp motors going out of 6's.

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this thing is worthless without pics..... :drink:

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Hey, I was getting to it :D Thanks Sean.

The boat is setup for acceleration and not top speed. We saw 0-60mph in 9.8secs and 60-100 in 10.6 secs and the stop watch was on the slow side if anything. We've seen 118 and it wasn't done. There is still a lot left in it with some more setup.

Here are some pics from the shoot.

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We have the ability to turn them past 1,300hp but haven't. I'm not totally sure what the weight is, but BT's site lists the same boat with twin 525's at 11,500. So, we have the big blower motors and 6's, but just a basic cabin without all the fluff, so, who knows exactly what the weight is. I would guess it should be around the same as the other boats, maybe more.

BT built another boat (raised deck) with 1400hp turbines and I believe they stopped at 114mph with it. Don't know what the specifics of the boat are. But I think we are the fastest so far. Hopefully there is more to come.

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Is that lighter than norm on the BT 43? GT ?? thats a lot of power :drink:

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Looks pretty stable in the vids.nice!!

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Nice run Jason, it's sure nice to see the BT's best the rest (except for three?) at the Shootout. :D If we could only get ours to run like that :( .

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It is normal layup from BT. It is a lot power, but it accelerates really fast and has more to go. Just haven't run it out yet.

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SWEET!

Gotta love those PSI blowers!

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Hey Gary! How was your boat running this season?

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:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

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way cool

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Never made it to the water!
Wrote off the entire boating season for a commercial venture. Oh well, at least I don't have to winterize it this year! We'll have to get together next Summer...as long as you don't have a problem waiting for me to catch up! Ha!