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Hi Matt. You read well between the lines. I’m dual Canadian/USA so I understand the bravado. It would be cool though if these events did become a true taste of what is out there in the entire world. Much like the Miami Yatch Show or to a degree Frankfurt Autoshow. And I we could argue convincingly that these are the badest cats in the world. But sourced in USA. And if anyone objects, bring your stuff and prove you’re better. |
I would like to see Mercury on hand to check ECMs. We have already seen Fountain hide the truth regarding their boat.
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Better yet let them hand them out like NASCAR and restrict or plates!!!!! LOL!!!! For me the weight is the most important number. |
Originally Posted by Matt Trulio
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Given that everyone involved on the test team is familiar with the operating range of Verado 400R engines—and that there should be a Mercury Racing presence on site—I'm not concerned about any builder trying to gain an advantage through ECM modification. Double Rigged's post does bring up an interesting point: Lake of the Ozarks conditions on test day could well limit top speeds, so of course will report top speeds within the context of those conditions. (We'll also start the top-speed testing portion of the day as early as possible. That should help.)
While Powerboat magazine's testing program was far from perfect, the four of us who were extensively involved in it (Teague, Tomlinson, Johnson and me) learned a lot from it. We'll try to bring the very best of it to this roundup. I wouldn't be too concerned with rough water until at least after noon. Probably best off to make the high speed runs closer to the dam as there will be even less boat traffic that direction. |
Originally Posted by Double Rigged
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Better yet let them hand them out like NASCAR and restrict or plates!!!!! LOL!!!! For me the weight is the most important number. Perfect opportunity for ALOT of exposure to whoever built the hot ECM Fountain ran....if boats run stock then hot box would be quite the article although there could be interesting conversations with the Merc hauler there and swapping ECM's |
Originally Posted by speicher lane
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Agree - I'm surprised no one organizing has considered St. Louis Scale co. or Hammel for a portable set of scales - weigh boat and trailer before splash and then just the trailer..... closer than a guesstimate and real time data for drawing conclusions.
Perfect opportunity for ALOT of exposure to whoever built the hot ECM Fountain ran....if boats run stock then hot box would be quite the article although there could be interesting conversations with the Merc hauler there and swapping ECM's I would also bet Mercury knows and has their own version of a tune as evident with the 340x MTI last year that jumped the same 10+mph from one run to the other with the ROS motors. Who knows they may tune all the boats to provide a great showing for their motors. |
Originally Posted by DirtyMoney
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I would like to see Mercury on hand to check ECMs. We have already seen Fountain hide the truth regarding their boat.
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Originally Posted by DirtyMoney
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I would like to see Mercury on hand to check ECMs. We have already seen Fountain hide the truth regarding their boat.
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This sounds fantastic. If all works out properly, and Skater gets Dales boat done, we will be there to check it out.
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Totally read the headline and first line of text as Mercury 400R going to Sport Cat heaven...which in reality probably isn't a too distant future. I would guess by this time next year, we'll be seeing or at least hearing about the SC version of the new 300R V8. Hope to see some new gear ratio options in the very near future so we can at least see how the 300R stacks up against the 400R with more than a 100 lbs of weight savings per motor.
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