Outerlimits Launching Assault On V-bottom Kilo Record
02-09-2014 | 12:09 PM
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Without getting into a pissing match here are real world issues. This has to be apples to apples.
1. Just like "inflation" and the 171 speed record - shouldnt this be more like 180 MPH to win due to advancements in materials and technology? 172 MPH might beat the record, but did it really break the RECORD.
1. Just like "inflation" and the 171 speed record - shouldnt this be more like 180 MPH to win due to advancements in materials and technology? 172 MPH might beat the record, but did it really break the RECORD.
02-09-2014 | 12:12 PM
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47' with 1450hp. unless I`m looking at the wrong info:
In setting the new mark, the 47-footer, which was powered by twin 1,450 supercharged engines, escalated what has become a full-scale battle between Outerlimits and Fountain Powerboats for V-bottom top-speed supremacy. Less than two weeks earlier, a Fountain had averaged more than a 157 mph in kilo runs on the Pamlico River in Washington, N.C. The Fountain record beat the existing mark, set by another Outerlimits model, by more than 7 mph.
Sorry AT man but length=weight=running surface. 27-29 ' fountain in your example is not quite 4' difference .
One has a bustle the other a beak so its all a wash.
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02-09-2014 | 12:14 PM
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When I post to this site i always picture my kids reading it. So when were busting each other it should never get personal or that sh!tty its usually about the boats. But there is always someone who has to act like they are writing on a bathroom wall.
02-09-2014 | 12:15 PM
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02-09-2014 | 12:22 PM
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Just some facts to throw out here.
1. As someone already mentioned, no one knows if those 1550hp motors in the fountain were actually 1550's. OL is doing this would STOCK 1650 Mercury motors, no guessing games on what they're "actually running".
2. The fountain was purpose built vs. Outerlimits PRODUCTION 43sv.
3. When Reggie broke the record, was that "corrected for technological advancement". Laughable statement.
4. Most importantly, haters will be haters!!
1. As someone already mentioned, no one knows if those 1550hp motors in the fountain were actually 1550's. OL is doing this would STOCK 1650 Mercury motors, no guessing games on what they're "actually running".
2. The fountain was purpose built vs. Outerlimits PRODUCTION 43sv.
3. When Reggie broke the record, was that "corrected for technological advancement". Laughable statement.
4. Most importantly, haters will be haters!!
