What he said

I agree

Good job !!!

I know Gary's 280 with 1000+ hp would pick up a few mph with the hatch cracked. He made a tether to hold it down. He would open it a few inches. My VR 1 ran 2 mph faster and didn't vapor lock anymore when I installed a scoop. Also make sure your boat has vents on the back of the engine compartment. You cant believe the amount of hot air that comes out at speed. Especially with a blower. You cant have to much air and every 390 I had I added more air intakes and vents on the back. Big difference especially on long poker runs where your running the crap out of it. also try running a left hand prop. I did on my VR 1

I don't have vents on the back so I think the scoop is going to help.

As for steering, I'm running a full imco hydraulic setup from the helm back. It's only a single arm (I know dual is better), but it is working for now till I can add on to it.

Get in touch with Velocity Mike or Mark they did alot of testing over the years with big power in 280,s

Very Cool! Glad to see a plan come together. I have been trying to get my 23 Scarab in the mid 70's to 80 and I'm getting real close. I felt the same way you did! (just not as fast)

I went out today by myself for a little while to run and took some cool gopro videos from the transom.

Here is a picture I took while I'm loading the videos to YouTube.

Craig glad to see you up and running and you got that thing flying!!!! the pics look awesome cant wait to see the video

thats fast! i heard you at sarritas yesterday and the boat has a good blower surge at idle. it made me get up and go look to see what boat lol what rpm does it roll at idle? thanks

Thanks guys. I'm really proud of the boat. It was a lot of work, but has been worth every bit so far!

It rolls 800-1400 rpm. I tried tuning some out, but its easy to drive so I left it. Sounds awesome to me.

Here's a gopro video of some high speed runs in the mid-upper 90's. Still learning were it likes to be trimmed. Apparently I wasn't going high enough. I was keeping at neutral, but it likes a little above neutral as I learned yesterday.

http://youtu.be/NW4SA30aStM

don't mess with the surge. it really sets the boat apart. good job