When do we hear the results?

"the pain is less".......Yup, my knees are starting to tell me that;)

Fever, GREAT to see ya around man. Keep up the good work!!!!!

Allan:) :) :)

Ahhhhhhhh grasshopper
 

Not #6' and not B-Max, and not Imco 4x4's but it does have

Imco Extreme SCs with all of the best parts.

Drum roll please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

:D :D :D :D

Dyno still didn't show how much boost was on the engine. They are suppose to water test tomorrow.
They will have 2 sets of props (30's and 32's). They will also be able to tell the boost on the water. ECMs are supposed to be in tomorrow. If no ECM's no water test. :mad:
Survey says:

So now that the dyno results are as good as they can get. Let's start all over!!
 

Now tell me how fast she will be :eureka:

MIKEHTMSR24 = 91 (I dropped two)

Keith I hope I
 

transferred the data correctly. The fax sheet was like most fax sheets. Piss poor :confused:

That thing had good corrected H.P.//

Please put me down for 90 as it is a big boat with a good but slow bottom ,,,good I said

They would be good in a 26' CAT ,wow

May be to much timing but they must know what their doing it sure looks good ,,,,glad its not my BILL

P.S. I waited 2 weeks on a pair of E C M'S last summer,hope he does not have to ,,,great going ,good luck

Now tell me how fast she will be

MIKEHTMSR24 = 91 (I dropped two)
CESSNA =90

Ps: remember who ever is the closest to the nearest tenth of a MPH.
:rolleyes: I know, I know GLH :rolleyes:

Please explain the corrected hp to me. If anything, I thought it would be lower and is that the number we need to use.

Not totally sure on this
 

Corrected hp is correcting for things like sea level, Bar. pressure, temp., humidity.

What corrected hp does is level the playing field so it is apples to apples no matter where the engine is dynoed at.

Like I say not totally sure on my answer.:crazy:

RIGHT ON MIKE :D Thats the best number to count on :D :D :D

I am going with 81.5!!!

I'll say 89

My estimate is 88.3 MPH on the GPS. Good luck on the Bravos. The weight of the hull, torque of the engines, combined with a conventional V-hull will put the upgraded Bravos to a test. Conventional V-Hulls on boats over 8000 pounds running over 700 HP are murder on Bravos. Good luck on the project.

I'm leaving for Keith's now
 

it's 4:23 pm EST

Keep the speed guesses going and I should be able to post Monday night if everything goes as planned:rolleyes:

86.5 (2 more than last time)

UpDate
 

I'm at Keith's house now. We got in last night around 9.
Weather not looking too good in Charlotte today:mad: so we are water testing in Charlotte tomorrow. Let you all know more when we know more.

the shop is, I think south east of
 

charlotte. Keith said it is about 15 minutes from the shop. Weather looks like shower early in the morning and ending around 9am:p
thanks Fever Mike for the safety reminder
we should be back to keith's house late in the afternoon to post results (if they open them up).

Keith just got a call
 

from the engine builder and we will be on lake wiley

After all the anticipation, you better open them up!:D

90

stop the drum row
 

things just didn't go so well. It started out with rain as we were close to Charlotte.
It was a very muggy humid overcast day. No sunshine. It did stop raining though. We put about 50 gallons of racing fuel in the boat and headed to the lake.
This was the first water test for the boat.
The mechanic (Terry) couldn't make it. His mother had her second heart attack and he was with her in the hospital. Terry was nice enough to call us and talk to us a little at the hospital.
Of course with all major face lifts their is going to be a few bugs crawl out of the cracks.
We were well supported with a group of guys to help dial in the Baja.
It was just too big of a hill to capture on the first water testing. They starting doing the inital tuning then we took the boat out. The ECM's were too rich. It didn't have the power and the mechanic said we needed to call it quits and send the ECM's back and reprogram them. They had turned the fuel pressure down to it's min. and the plugs were still running too rich.
So we took the big beast back shop and we went back home empty handed.
I pretty much new that their would be a good chance that we wouldn't be taking the boat home. I would like to say thanks to all of the people that came out on a Easter weekend for this first water test. It was a great effort on their part.
Stay tuned. As I hear more I'll relay the news.
I was impressed with the Whipple system.

Who bet 0 MPH?

no goose eggs for me
 

I guess that is what we get trying to do it on Easter weekend. Nothing but bunny eggs:bunny:

Mike I hit a BIG old 65 today!!! first time out shake down cruise Those Cig ride nice!

MIKEY I KNOW YOU TOOK PIX , SO WHERE ARE THEY ? GOOD LUCK KEITH ON THE OUT COME . I CAN'T WAIT FOR A RIDE . :crazy:

I am sticking with my guess of 86.1 on GPS

Mike, What's the latest?

My guess is 89.4

I will guess 85 mph.

My Guesstimate is 87.8 on the good ol' GPS!

87.8 after the bugs are worked out.

Sorry for the delay news
 

I called Keith (owner) and he said their was a possiblity the ECM's would be in today. If so he was going up to Charlotte and do water tests.
BBBBBBBBBBBBBut I haven't heard from Keith since I called him at lunch. So no news is probably bad news. Weather is looking good for the weekend.
My older sister has a 50th birthday tomorrow so I am going up to surprise here. Their is 28 yrs. difference between us.:p NOT
Anybody interested in Keith's used parts let me know. 2000 stock 502 MPI's with 240 hours.
Partial List
Cams
Lifters
Heads complete
Fuel injection less wiring harness w/ Eddie Marine flame arrestors.
Fuel cooling systems
Intakes
Water pumps
Thermostat housings
Mirage Plus 23 pitch props (stock) less than 10 hrs.
Distributers and plug wires

Sold
Bravo One drives
Bravo One 24 pitch props





Call Keith @843-458-3745 or [email protected] ONLY ONLY

Your Dad must be the man and your mom must hate him.

Update Update Update
 

I called Keith just a while ago and the parts are in:D .
The ECM's are in!!!!!!!!!
Keith will have pulleys from Whipple. They are going to also try the 5.5 to 6 lb pulleys along with the 7.5 to 8 that they dynoed the motor on.
Keith is bring some labbed 30's by Mercury and they have some stock 30's.
They bad thing is my 48 yr old ass won't be there to experience it :mad:
Saturday is test day!

About my dad
 

I was in the 8th grade when my dad and mom did the big D word.

My step mom is 55 and my dad is 73. Thirty yrs ago he was like the :bunny: after the tail. Now he is the turtle chasing the :chick:

Ok, who won????????????

I talked with Keith sat. and they will not be testing this weekend. Parts are in but have to be put back on and set-up. Maybe next weekend will be the one...:frog:

Keith is on for tomorrow!
 

They got a new dual pyrometer in and it didn't fix the problem. They found out that they had sent the wrong style of thermocouple wire with the kit.
Anyway the pryrometer is working and Keith is going to Charlotte in the morning to do more water testing.
Everybody keep their fingers crosssed in hopes of the ECMs will be right.
Maybe we will have a winner by the end of the week and we can put this contest to bed :crazy:
Keith said he would call me tomorrow for an update. As soon as I hear anything I'll let you all know, Mike.

BET they end up with 28 props a buddy of mine on lake cumberland has a 36 with 509's and 250 blowers and he settled on 28's 30's were to much for his battleship