Any truth to this??
 

A guy was telling me that his 37ft scarab twin 454 940 total hp 23 pich prop will run 147 mph what do you think top speed will be close to:bsflag:

Did he go by the name TripleDigits ??? :lolhit:

No he didn't do you think it will run triple ?

Please tell me your not serious!? It should go 200

You probably weren't an OSO member when the TRIPLE DIGITS threads were going on ..... :drink:

The person can say all he wants but until you see it for yourself, you will never know.

We had a guy on here years ago saying his Sting Ray would do over 100.

So I showed up to verify and for one reason or another he refused to produce the number...

Might see it if he can run around 9500 rpm with 1.35 gears.

Even with blowers and nitrous and all the bells and whistles his little heart could dream of, 454's wont push a 37ft boat a legit 147mph

GREAT :lolhit::evilb:

there still must be some snow up in ND huh?

LOL i didn't think so we will get together one of these days and see just what he can do . And no the snow finally left had a great 4th burned lots of gas loved it.:lolhit:

mid 80's is more like it.

Never see 80 mph!

My guess is 65mph wth all moons aligned

BT

Maybe he meant kilometers/hr.

And hell froze over and we are all ice skating in Detroit City!!!! :lolhit:

if he's only spinnin 23's he can't get over 100. even if he spun 1.36 gears at 6500rpm he'd only do 95mph. at 9,000 rpm he could go 131mph. I say he Bluffin big time (and probably drinkin too)

Lol thanks guys for all the info kinda what i thought:lolhit:

Did they even make a 37?

I don't know it didn't look that long butt thats what he said it was

I can't find the BS flag but believe me, I'm wavin it!. I think IF he gets 75 out of it it would be a great day. He might have to throw out the seats, frig, cooler, bed and everything else thats nailed down or not. Heavy boat. Not even close to enough HP and what drives?

Guy said 147?.... Let's get him checked out, make sure he's feeling ok....

Was that 147 MPH or 147 BAC ?

funny what some people really believe...the salesman tried to convince me my boat runs 72mph....I laughed in his face and said 65 tops, he didnt like that. :lolhit:

Hard to believe that 1 sperm beat out the other million to create this fellow? What were the other 999,999 like???

75

23p props, 5000rpm, 1.5:1 drive and 10% slip is 65mph, so that's my guess at his actual speed.

Or perhaps he just added a 1 in front of the actual speed.

more like 60 mph

His claim is absolutely TRUE!








So long as you are heading on a Rocky Mountain 30 degree downslope, the trailer breaks free and emergency brakes don't engage. :)

It must be true I saw it on the internet. :eek:

He was being towed by a skater at the time.

You've got a 27' Fountain with 650hp, I'd tell him you wanna race... If he thinks he goes 147mph, he's gonna think you go like 180mph after you race. :drink:

I use to brag at parties that my Velocity has been to 95 before, on the trailer of course goin north on 95 in Fla.

a very light 33 PP with Bravos and 454's does ~72-75 MPH at 5400 RPM with 23 4 blades...


So i say if he sees 65-68 he would be a very lucky guy in a 37 footer !

Hey, haven't you heard about the magical negative slip number???:lolhit:

Man guys like this make me want to punch babies... Seriously on a perfect day, he might snag 65.. he is full of it.. run him down with your boat.. A 3x scarab is a big hog...


John jr

Ya I will b looking for him on the water for sure:lolhit: Maybe he's just got a crazy speed meeter lol

New Math?
 

I know they are teaching this new math in school over the last few years but I"m kinda sure this guy flunked math. Or maybe he meant 147 mph divided by 2 (2 engines) = 73.5 mph! Geez, I can still divide!:lolhit:

Wow, I guess we're gettin desperate for thread topics?

Best Regards,
Ray @ Raylar

your 27 with 650hp should blow him away, with a step hull he might hit 78 to 80. if its a older non step 74 would be more like it.

In sales that is called "mere puffing" (slight exageration), but in this case that seller has puffed way too much laced weed, PCP, or whatever mind altering drug that could be ingested to make that claim, and the seller is definitely hallucinating with that claim. With the insults dispensed, as said before, that would run in the 60 mph to 65 mph range.

Was he from Canada.... maybe 147 KPH? 147 = 91.35 MPH..... Maybe bad stock speedo? Or maybe thats his engine temp??

LOL!