Fountain vs Outer L racing
10-08-2017 | 02:48 PM
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One observation I had when I was walking around the dry pits a couple years ago was that I couldn't believe how small and cut down those fountains seemed, and extremely narrow in the stern . The outer limits race boat looked huge compared to them
10-08-2017 | 03:11 PM
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What kind of water flat, chop, waves, head on or side to side waves. All those things should make a big difference. Unless the water is flat like they usually use for the kilo runs they can t just push the throttles forward and let it go.
I wouldnt think any of these race boats ever set up for nice flat water so that would probably be different setup than any of the teams have really ever set up the boat for. Even if the course is flat the boats still end up with wakes and chop from the other boats on the race course.
If I had to guess they all could get really close # to each other on a top speed kilo run as long as conditions were the same for everyone.
10-08-2017 | 06:41 PM
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There is 8 boats in that super v extreme class that were ever built that I know of that are still around & competitive
hooters amh construction
Cooper std
rio roses
freedom
outer-limits has 2 boats
honey party/geico caveman
lucas oil skater
until you have a full showing of boat in this class you can't put a comparison on table to who what where & when is the best & the fastest
that's why superboat class with sthl,jimmy,whm & ect is so much fun to watch,
is the only reason jimmy fast because of JT??? I'm sure that's part of it but other teams have the potential to be rite there with them in a blink
hooters amh construction
Cooper std
rio roses
freedom
outer-limits has 2 boats
honey party/geico caveman
lucas oil skater
until you have a full showing of boat in this class you can't put a comparison on table to who what where & when is the best & the fastest
that's why superboat class with sthl,jimmy,whm & ect is so much fun to watch,
is the only reason jimmy fast because of JT??? I'm sure that's part of it but other teams have the potential to be rite there with them in a blink
10-09-2017 | 09:44 AM
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Randy, to answer ur question in a spec class with the same motors Fountain hands done pound for pound is the faster boat.
The concept of other boat racing in the class is doubtful, the reason being the Fountains are just to fast. They have proved it yr after yr. You can go back to the old F2 days they dominated so bad that all the other manufacturers that had tried to compete just gave up. Fountain has single-handedly put an end too numerous offshore race classes whether it was F1 F2 or Super V.
The concept of other boat racing in the class is doubtful, the reason being the Fountains are just to fast. They have proved it yr after yr. You can go back to the old F2 days they dominated so bad that all the other manufacturers that had tried to compete just gave up. Fountain has single-handedly put an end too numerous offshore race classes whether it was F1 F2 or Super V.
10-09-2017 | 04:21 PM
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10-10-2017 | 08:32 AM
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