Launch / Holeshot what is safe for your drives?
#31
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what’s does beating the snot out of a boat to get it on plane have to do with pushing the boat to its limits when it’s on plane. None of these boats are categorically fast at getting on plane…if I wanted hole shots I would have bought a drag boat or jet ski.
pushing a performance boat in big water is the adrenaline rush. Not waiting minutes for the thing to plane.
just my 0.02.
pushing a performance boat in big water is the adrenaline rush. Not waiting minutes for the thing to plane.
just my 0.02.
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I got on it one time and had a coupler go. it was also 20 years old... I went from idle to GO quickly, but not like FLOORING it... and port coupler just said NERP.
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I didn't firewall it either getting on plane, it wasn't going to jump so I didn't pretend it was, of course you need to give it juice to get on plane but these are not hole shot boats.
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I absolutely smoked two uppers on my alpha drive with a built 350. 20’ boat and **** ton of initial timing. Made a nasty noise both times lol
#37
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I had a HTM cat with a blower and it pulled like a drag boat. I ended up breaking the prop shaft and loosing a very expensive prop in the bottom of the lake. Boat drives are like running a 7.5 rear end on a big block.
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