how much hp make sense in a 32ībaja?
02-04-2009, 11:43 AM
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how much hp make sense in a 32ībaja?
A friend of mine told me, that 2 x 500 hp in my little boat will be too much. The 454 mag are fine.
Is this possible or just a story? I just want to know if boats can get unstable or unsecure. or something else happenz.
I do not have experience with more than 230 hp, so please forgive my question.
Is this possible or just a story? I just want to know if boats can get unstable or unsecure. or something else happenz.
I do not have experience with more than 230 hp, so please forgive my question.
02-04-2009, 12:17 PM
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How much is right?
I would not say a 32ft. Baja is a little boat and equipped with two 500HP engines instead of two 300HP engines would not be any sort of problem unless your drives are old and in bad shape. I think most here on the forum would agree that Baja's are realitivly big, heavier than most, performance boats and having a 32ft. with your current power might be a bit underpowered. Two nice reliable normally aspirated 500HP BBC engines would be a great addtion. My opinion only.
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02-04-2009, 12:29 PM
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There are 32' boats all over with twin 500's. I would expect with that power, you would run in the 80mph range after its dialed in with props.
Yes, boats can become unstable at higher speeds. It can also happen at 65mph though.
Yes, boats can become unstable at higher speeds. It can also happen at 65mph though.
02-04-2009, 01:33 PM
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I used to have a 320es, hence the screen name. As far as I am concerned they are unstable at speed, stock. I never liked the way the boat handled, but 500 a side would make it more interesting.
02-04-2009, 01:48 PM
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Agreed.
The big pad, and high center of gravity make it a handful.
The 32 Outlaw/caliber/magnum on the other hand
is a different boat, it will handle the power fine.
02-04-2009, 04:05 PM
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Did someones else have the same experience with the 320 ES?
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02-04-2009, 04:51 PM
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A friend of mine had a 93' w/502MPI's,
he complained how squirrely it was, and how it
would do weird things.
I thought it was probably just him til he had me drive it.
We were running 70-75ish, I started to slow down,
brought the drives in a bit, and it fell off the pad, heeled
over to the port side running surface
I held it straight til it settled back down.....it wasn't
a real fun experience.....kind of like driving on ice.
Later, we switched the props to outside rotation,
that helped quite a bit, but still was kind of unpredicatable.
This boat didn't have external steering, I don't
know if it would have cured all the looseness it
had, but it probably would have helped.
He later bought a 32 Outlaw w/the same power.
Although it might have been a tick slower, at least
you could drive it at ease at any speed in any water
condition.
If you're set on adding power to a 320ES,
I would make shure you have full hyd. ext. steering
and 380 k-planes, and outside rotating props.
All of that may make it a driveable machine at the
speeds it will run.
