This brings up a good point. Maybe the discussion should be limited to boats that will run at least a 50-hour season without the replacement of major components...

She has more in her Smitty. I have another 85HP in her at 5.5lbs of boost and guessing she will be right at 900HP at 8.5lbs of boost..... Have right at 50hrs on engine. Just glad I haven't broken anything for once this year...... How much power you have in the 272 again? 1000 plus right and you took off ur extension box for it scrubbed off MPH too?

Been there done that, has been the story of my life with this boat........

Hey Matt, I actually asked Bob about the boat and ride a few years back, and he said he couldn't feel the bottom of the boat at that speed, but just kept the throttle pinned...

I remember the boat, it was a cooling looking yellow/blue flame paint job, I wonder what ever happened to that boat...?

PS, I can't imagine 144mph in that boat, I have the same boat, and theres no change I would ever have enough nuts to drive it at those speeds, its actually remarkable, when you think about it..

Hey, I'm glad to hear you say you were scared, bcuz even with Bob driving, I'm not sure I would get in it.. LOL

I was told the drive went back to Imco, motor went back to Pfaff. Two guys in Ohio ended up with pieces of the original motor both were 598s. One went in a 25 Daytona the other in a 28 Nordic.
The hull was sold seperate.

Mark Kinser in Iowa had a 28 Daytona with a big PSI motor and a #6 drive. He ran 144 at loto a few years back. I think he parted the boat out and sold it now. He now has a newer step bottom 43 Larry Smith (zero gravity).

Based on Scaldeds description...cats are out of the running

Right?


So then you have V's .

Do you want a shallow (lake) V or deep (ocean) V?




Uncle Dave

On my particular boat (2000 Baja 272) the only thing I have found that actually made it go faster was more hp, stellings box slowed it down and made it go from being mediocre to poor in rough water and the imco shorty made me see god over 95 mph when boat tried to swap ends, I am done trying to find the "magic" part that makes my boat faster, there aren't none, I have had every kind of prop and running over 1000 hp and ft lbs of tq anything more aggressive than a 4 blade labbed just makes drive parts break quickly, I run mid 90's these days with boat slightly under-propped and things last quite a while and 99% of the "fast" boats I run into get still real small behind me real fast unless waters rough, Smitty

I remember that test and thinking holy smokes that thing is on the edge!!!

Is there a size limit to this question?