View Poll Results: Please pick the choice you like best..
Skater 399 V
21
38.18%
Fountain 42 PR
14
25.45%
Donzi 38 ZRC
7
12.73%
Outerlimits 39 gtx
13
23.64%
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if looking for a set down Opinions please
01-06-2007 | 08:27 PM
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Re: if looking for a set down Opinions please
The first one with 525's ran 101mph and the 42 Fountain runs 97 with 525's according to their site and their usually high so I'd say 95.
Last edited by OL40SVX; 01-06-2007 at 08:34 PM.
01-06-2007 | 08:27 PM
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Re: if looking for a set down Opinions please
From an article about Mercury's X-site......
Scott Childs is the technician supervisor for X-Site's racing division. A former racer, Childs relishes tackling thorny problems that are afflicting high-performance boats.
His most recent project was a 39-foot Dragon with twin 600-horsepower Mercury racing engines capable of 90 mph and costing upward of $450,000. The Dragon's owner, a Fort Lauderdale man, complained he could not get the boat to go on plane unless he was going more than 60 mph.
Childs and his crew discovered the engines' drives were installed too high, that the gear ratios were wrong and the propellers were off-kilter. Childs and his crew lowered the drives, changed the gear ratios and propellers, and then took the Dragon out for a test run.
''Before, it took 35 seconds -- a whole football field -- to get on a plane,'' Childs said. ``With these props, it gets on plane in eight seconds.''
Scott Childs is the technician supervisor for X-Site's racing division. A former racer, Childs relishes tackling thorny problems that are afflicting high-performance boats.
His most recent project was a 39-foot Dragon with twin 600-horsepower Mercury racing engines capable of 90 mph and costing upward of $450,000. The Dragon's owner, a Fort Lauderdale man, complained he could not get the boat to go on plane unless he was going more than 60 mph.
Childs and his crew discovered the engines' drives were installed too high, that the gear ratios were wrong and the propellers were off-kilter. Childs and his crew lowered the drives, changed the gear ratios and propellers, and then took the Dragon out for a test run.
''Before, it took 35 seconds -- a whole football field -- to get on a plane,'' Childs said. ``With these props, it gets on plane in eight seconds.''
