Expectations of -2 Sportmasters on a Baja
03-04-2019 | 04:32 PM
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Tim, For curiosity I measured the lifting strakes to understand what you said earlier about lifting strakes being to short.... mine stop 12 1/2' from the transom. According to "Mild Thunder" ( Straight bottom Cig lifting strakes ) the 38 scarab is 10' and the straight bottom Top Guns are 14'. Sounds to me like it is pretty similar to a cig bottom profile. I mean... what other differences could there be?
03-04-2019 | 04:34 PM
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I appreciate that you call yourself the "braintrust"... which, I'm not denying. Lol. I always appreciate advise, or warnings... whichever this is... ;-) I agree, money in the motor is the way to go.. but I was hoping to do motors next year... this year I guess I'm looking for some bolt on speed. Maybe I should buy a huge fan from an air boat and bolt that on. Hahaha....
03-04-2019 | 04:57 PM
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Well, if boost is my end game, then Sportmasters might be a good move because they are basically xr's. I believe they have the same prop shaft and gears. Does anyone know this? So, I could go with the Sportmasters this year in preparation for more power in the coming years. So... I've been told that I am about 2 - 4 mph slower than you, and I've got 470 hp. But idk... that's what people tell me.
03-04-2019 | 05:10 PM
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Personally I'd consider buying another boat if your endgame is another 10-20+mph. Add it up - shorties, boost, xr's, then props, and what's the headache worth, etc. You may be better off just buying a good used boat that already runs the speed you want.
03-04-2019 | 05:22 PM
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Yeah, i'm not looking for 10 - 20. If i do anything with the motors next year, it'll just be freshen up and mild upgrades. I just bought this boat, and it was as fast as i was looking to go. But then again... is any boat fast enough?
But by then.. Tim will upgrade and be faster... it'll be cat and mouse for 10 years if i tried to play that game. 
