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Mastercraft240 03-06-2010 01:30 PM
Originally Posted by mustang3414 (Post 3061050)
Got a great deal and its a good looking boat. The wife picked it out too. Only thing I'm worried about is it have the 502 mag mpi motor which i believe is 415hp. It has a mirage plus 25p prop. It should be a decently quick boat? good acceleration? I wish it were nice enuogh to take it for a spin and find out for myself
I think you'll be VERY happy with that package! Like others said, that 502 will be great reliable motor and easily upgraded. :bigbird:

rmfriday 03-06-2010 02:11 PM
congrads! sounds like a good set up.

Sunshadow 03-06-2010 02:47 PM
Originally Posted by mustang3414 (Post 3060725)
I just got my 1st real power boat. I just got a 2000 Checkmate 259 with a 502 mag in it. Has al the goodies with trim tabs, indicator and hydraulic steering. I hope this turns out to be a good boat. Has a mirage 25p 3 blade prop now so i'm hopeing he boat is decently quick and can break the 60mph mark.
Nice you should break 60 easily. The prop calculator I use puts you in the 67 range. My buddy has a 23' Checkmate with a 454 mag and he runs over 70 not sure what prop he has.

Scarab Billy 03-06-2010 02:54 PM
Yea Mustang..you're pretty much screwed now.... just like the rest of us! have fun this summer with it. 65 in that boat will feel like 100 :)

boatfreak 03-06-2010 03:23 PM
Originally Posted by specialk (Post 3061064)
Unless you go boating with a bunch of 40 foot 100mph boats, you will be super happy with your Checkmate.
That's what I kept doing wrong with my 28' 65mph boat so I fixed that in '07. :coolcowboy: Like they've all said you're so screwed.:drink:

Russ13100 03-06-2010 05:26 PM
Originally Posted by mustang3414 (Post 3061050)
Got a great deal and its a good looking boat. The wife picked it out too. Only thing I'm worried about is it have the 502 mag mpi motor which i believe is 415hp. It has a mirage plus 25p prop. It should be a decently quick boat? good acceleration? I wish it were nice enuogh to take it for a spin and find out for myself
I picked up a 25ft Sunsation Aggressor with a 502 MPI in it last september and couldn't be happier. With my dumbass driving with only 6 runs worth of seat time, a full tank of gas and 4 adults we were a tad over 60 on the GPS. I'm running a 4blade 26p mirage prop. I also must say when I was running it at the end of last year I didn't know how to get it going (i.e. drive was all the way down :lolhit: and my prop had 2 bent blades I didn't notice when I bought it, so that 502 is more than enough to get well into the 60s in stock form).

Got any pics?

fireguy 03-06-2010 07:06 PM
Like all the others said, you have a nice boat there. It is a well made all around perf boat. I have a '96 253 with a 502 mpi turning a 4 blade Bravo 1 24P @ 5000 rpm and it goes in the mid 60's pretty easily. You should easily see the same results I would think.

Congrats and remember :worthless_without_p

SOX 03-06-2010 07:19 PM
Congrats on the new boat! NOW LETS SEE SOME PICS!!

mustang3414 03-07-2010 08:58 AM
How do you post a picture?

trc2 03-07-2010 09:23 AM
Have a friend with the same boat but with a 454 mag 385 H/P and it ran 68 on gps so you should see 70 with no problem and welcome


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