Cut Thru The Chase
01-30-2008 | 08:03 PM
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My guess is you could freshen the motors and put blowers on your 454's and with fairly mild boost get 550-575hp and you should be near 70mph. Be happy with that and save alot of money and broken parts.
BTW, I'm happy with my blower motors except fuel consumption when running under boost.
BTW, I'm happy with my blower motors except fuel consumption when running under boost.
01-30-2008 | 08:27 PM
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I really like this boats style it’s a custom, someone has changed the hole top deck looks kind of like a formula, would like more info about its origin. This thing looks like a 200k boat to me and that’s what matters. As far as budget? No its probbly not smart to put 50 or 60 grand into it so.....
Here’s what I and my motor builder propose to do build 2 496 n/a, dart pro 1 cnc heads, around 10.2 compression. They guarantee 625-650 hp@ 5000. And will stand behind it!
This should be a pretty reliable combo I could afford to go to 575 darts or 598s but its probably not worth the extra 20 to 25 grand for the extra 10 mph and reliability go's out the window also I would surely blow drives. I will have Bam or Huber do the tranny. I will most likely use the TRS drives this year and be gentile and get konrads later. What do you think? I live with 65to70 for now save the money for fuel Ha Ha Really enjoy your feedback and will keep you posted on the progress, Im also redoing the cabin area and wanting to spruce up the gel coat.
Here’s what I and my motor builder propose to do build 2 496 n/a, dart pro 1 cnc heads, around 10.2 compression. They guarantee 625-650 hp@ 5000. And will stand behind it!
This should be a pretty reliable combo I could afford to go to 575 darts or 598s but its probably not worth the extra 20 to 25 grand for the extra 10 mph and reliability go's out the window also I would surely blow drives. I will have Bam or Huber do the tranny. I will most likely use the TRS drives this year and be gentile and get konrads later. What do you think? I live with 65to70 for now save the money for fuel Ha Ha Really enjoy your feedback and will keep you posted on the progress, Im also redoing the cabin area and wanting to spruce up the gel coat.
01-30-2008 | 09:00 PM
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I agree w/ GlassDave. You will need over 800hp a side to get 80mph. There is nothing wrong with high cube well built blower motors. The question is how much do you really want to spend on that boat and is it worth the gains vs. the cost. You will def. have to upgrade the drives to handle that much hp.
I had a friend with an eighties 39' Cigarette that had n/a 700hp motors in it and that boat could barely hit 70. Big heavy wave crusher similar to yours.
I had a friend with an eighties 39' Cigarette that had n/a 700hp motors in it and that boat could barely hit 70. Big heavy wave crusher similar to yours.
01-30-2008 | 09:11 PM
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Older cigs were awesome boats, but were not fast. Stingers, at least the 39's were 22Deg hulls. 22Deg in theory should be faster than a 24deg, or 25 deg hull, just not handle the rough as good. All in theory of course. Lots of other factors.
I tell, that boat looks an awful lot like a Formula 419 SR1 from the 1990 era.
I tell, that boat looks an awful lot like a Formula 419 SR1 from the 1990 era.
