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i would say more than just room....

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OK i mean self proclaimed king of the boating world

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Did anyone notice by any chance the amount of rocker reggie put into the bottom of the new 42PR

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Sort of like "The King of Pop"... :D :D :D

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Bingo :)

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Any updates on when & where OL will try for a record run?

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Is Niagara Falls available?

T2x :p

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Too many chunks of ice this time of year...... :rolleyes:

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Let s see a pick

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I noticed it at the Miami show. But, if you look hard enough at his ad in the new PRA mag you can see it. May explain why hes ready to blow over during that 177 kilo pass.

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The rocker's the reason its out of the water the way it is.

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i guess u can think about it either way. it allows the stern of the boat in a sense to sit back, but, at the same, lifts the rest of hull/running surface out. Think about how Hook makes a boat run flatter almost pitching the nose down. A boat w/ rocker will obviously run w/ more bow lift than a boat conventional bottom will = slighty less wetted running surface = more speed = KILO RECORD. :D

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So Has Anyone Heard When The Kilo Run Is

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Rumor has it Benny wont drive the fountain .like an eggshell he keeps making the same boat faster.OL sell them,makes the next one faster.

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Does anyone have any guesses on who's going to be the fastest? Any estimates on speed?

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I always thought that having rocker on a step bottom/speed master boat isn't very good.

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I was under the impression that the one that holds the record now is a new hull.?.

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jest once you are right it is and improvmnt over the old bottom . 30 spec you need to go to fountain thier is no built in rocker in a fountain . as for unstable no in this life time, that boat was on rails at 177. i and a lot of 0so people were standing on the dock watching it robbie :drink:

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I still haven't seen any video of ANY Outerlimits at any speed over 140mph.

Actually, anything over 100mph would be a start.
Not a slam on OL or anything, I just haven't seen it. I am hoping someone will post a video of an OL running FAST. . . . I have seen the Fountain boat running FAST - pretty impressive.

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For every step in the bottom creates the effect of a rocker. Last I looked, Fountain doesn't run a conventional straight vee without any steps....
That being said, the rocker is built in... ;) ____-------

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Can be found here: http://nationalpowerboat.com/
I was just watching them last night...
Sounds great with the surround sound and the volume cranked up! :drink:

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Sharkey - help me out. There is a lot of links on that page.

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i have seen rusty rahms 51' OL run 115 in a standing mile at LOTO ... have had him pass me when i was running over 100... no video though.... and that is a 51 w/ full cabin and leather interior, flat screens and all the goods.... :D

i have seen russels boat(s) run well north of 100, no video either....

i think there is a scope clip somewhere of "lets rock" being first to a card stop.. by a couple of minutes...

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Speaking of high-speed Poker Run boats . . . I would LOVE to see the Fountain 42 "race hull" in a Poker Run configuration.
By "race hull", I mean like the 'fastest V-hull' configuration. Kinda like Firewater, or ZNETIX, or Rio Roses, but with an open cockpit, as opposed to the canopy configuration.

The new 42 PR just isn't quite the same look.

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If you go to the bottom of the page and click on the link "Videos" you can get them there.

http://nationalpowerboat.com/Videos.html

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I don't want to spend any money to see the viddie.

Anything free, per chance ?

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You would have to check with Billy Frenz on that.
If I knew how to load a clip onto my PC I would upload it.
Unfortunately I am still learning all this media stuff.... :(

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http://www.boatingtodaytv.com/searoddertv.asp

clip 2 about 10 secs into it they show a clip of XXX running in the cockpit and the gps is ticking from 139 to 140....

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Clip one had some good running footage as well! :drink:

Thanks for the link Sean!

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A top fuel motor won't live long enough to push a kilo boat.
No way to keep it cool long enough. It'll melt hard parts.

I suppose you could back it down to 3,500 horses, and start it on low nitro and as you need more, use a second set of injectors to feed a more concentrated dose. But remember, a 6,500 horse nitro motor melts the plugs every run. Pistons are flexing like jello, and valve faces are glowing like a light bulb - and this happens after 4 seconds. Turn down the wick a bit so that the top end parts will make it for 30 seconds, and now you'll have block temperatures that will puddle into the hull.

I'm all for big power, and an alcohol motor is a great idea. But a nitro motor in a kilo boat? It'd take some serious re engineering.

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well we are headed to straight alky engines now so where do you stop?alky is better than gas BUT a 10%nitro boost would be just a tick faster......

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The new 42 Poker Run is basically a race boat. Sit-down, no cabin, full stagger, about half the sheer of the pleasure version. Well into the 100's with the new 600's.

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So then the Fountain is faster with less power??? What will a 39 or a 42 Outelimits run with that power????

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I didnt mean unstable as in chine-walking. I meant on the edge of going-over backwards. As far as rocker, I've never seen any in any other Fountain Ive seen. But, I'm almost postive the new 42 PR (sit-dwn) had some at the stern. In that kilo-pass, that 42 looked like an overgrown bass-boat running w/ the bow pointing to the sky like it was. Im not knocking fountain by any means, just stating what I observed.

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Dayum.. well into the 100's??? How far in..
I think OL claims 110 for the 39 quattro w/ 600's

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they say the PR will hit 100 w/ 525's.....

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As of two separate editions of tests in Powerboat magazine(March 05 and April 05) the Outelimits 39 Quattro with staggered Mercury Racing 525's ran 96.9mph at 5400 rpm's on radar and 95.8mph on the GPS. The 42' Fountain Poker Run Edition with the same power ran 98.7mph on radar and 96.8 on GPS.

If anyone wants to go by tests it appears that the Fountain is about 2mph faster with equal power.
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doesn't the quattro have a cabin?

wouldn't a better match be a GTX? 37 or 39?

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were they tested the same day, same conditions...... don't think so... :cool:

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Quattro definitely has a cabin..