Power/ weight ratio?
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you would get better mileage with fuel. you can't burn 1500 lbs of fat chicks for fuel without getting in trouble. and what in the world are you doing with 750 lb skanks on your boat? and how did you get them down the dock?
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Let's try this. What about speed loss due to weight ? Let's say you have two really fat chicks in the boat weighing in at 1500 lbs. what kind of mph could be due to 2) hogs. I'm trying to calculate how to get 300 miles without stopping for fuel. Maybe this is easier to calculate with fat chicks... Don't know
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Lol..... I couldn't get a real answer so I thought I would put it in terms that everyone can understand..... Ok let's try this. Let's say I have 12 really HOT chicks in my boat. What can I expect to happen to my fuel consumption .... ****.... That's not going to work either.....I would never leave the dock.....let's try cocaine .... Let's say I have 1500lbs of cocaine......... Or replace it with what're you like.... No one will judge you.......
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He's trying to get around Long Island without getting fuel and win the ALI race next season lol. I would say that with 1500 additional lbs in the boat you will be 10-12mph slower at the start of the race until You burn some fuel off if I had to guess. You'll have to prop accordingly. Possibly drop 2 pitch sizes and towards the end of the race you might be on the limiters but you'll be easier on the drives with all that weight. I'm far from a setup master but that's the way I would go about it. Are you going to use a fuel pump to transfer fuel from the bladders to the main tank? That's the way I would do it. Simplify everything.
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I don't do, traffic or promote drugs.....what I'm trying to figure out while I can't do any testing , if there is a way that I can calculate how much EXTRA fuel I would need on top of my 160 gal of fuel to make a nonstop run for 300 miles. I can easily test in the spring but just trying to figure out what size fuel bladders to order
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He's trying to get around Long Island without getting fuel and win the ALI race next season lol. I would say that with 1500 additional lbs in the boat you will be 10-12mph slower at the start of the race until You burn some fuel off if I had to guess. You'll have to prop accordingly. Possibly drop 2 pitch sizes and towards the end of the race you might be on the limiters but you'll be easier on the drives with all that weight. I'm far from a setup master but that's the way I would go about it. Are you going to use a fuel pump to transfer fuel from the bladders to the main tank? That's the way I would do it. Simplify everything.
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I looked in bam. I couldn't find the speed calc. My new motors are going to be roughly " desk top Dyno" 580 hps. Btw thank you




