Baja_man

Flege on here has a 32 with HP500 in it, he might chime in and give you what he thinks.

JaayTeee

His is a Force not and ES.... different boats.

chris-jack

i have offers for hp500 longblocks for 13.500,- and new 496 plug and play for 20.000,-

but i am undecided if i should not try it first with the 454mags. if i decide, i always can make a change. My wife will be happy if i do not go for more.

Rookie question@kaama: how far do you trim the drives up?

Baja_man

Irish Tornado has some low hour (40's or something)496 HO's complete ready to go......$15K for the pair.

320es

Like Jaytee is saying. The 320es is not similar to the force, outlaw or caliber, which are the same basic hull. The 320ES is an extremely deep boat with a large pad, that apparently isn't large enough. They ride up on the pad, then fall off. Very unpredictable handling. Turning the props in makes them TERRIBLE, turning out is better. I loved the room and looks of the boat but hated the ride and handling. Honestly, I would take my 24 outlaw in the rough over my old 320es, at least I know what it is going to do. I have no problem putting more hp in a 32' boat, just not that one. Hell, I have more HP going in my 24' than I had in the 32.

JaayTeee

Thank you

All you cheerleaders telling him to add power to
it, need to drive one of these....I guarantee you'll
change your mind.


It's not a setup issue, it's the design of the boat.
( yes, you can add things that might help, but it's not going
to overcome some of the design issues of the boat,
performance wise)

I'm all for going fast, but if you can't control it
the potential it has for speed is useless or deadly

I too loved the room and lines of the 320ES, but
I couldn't deal with the ill handling, compared
to other boats that were out there.

KAAMA

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Chris, In my cousin's 32' Baja I would NOT know and I am not sure if he has trim/tab indicators.

Now, on my boat....I cannot quite remember, maybe about 6-8 on the indicator. And you must know I have -2" IMCO shorties on extension boxes with 5-bladed props.....so, it does NOT take much trim for my boat to throw a rooster tail.

chris-jack

What do you mean with pad? do you talk about the flat space underneath the boat?

How could i be able to fix the problem for more stability? hugh tabs maybe? Anyway, i will not invest in bigger engines untill i have a stabile boat. Thats for sure.

chris-jack

I read on this forum about "chine walk" and i could not allocate it. also i could not find the word in a translaion program. Is this the name of the problem?

Griff

The pad is the flat spot at the rear bottom of the hull. Pads are there to help increase speed. When you get up to speed, the pad will be about the only part of the boat touching the water.

I think you are worrying more about making changes to the boat before you're even comfortable with it. How much seat time do you have in the boat????

Get comfortable with it with the power it has and you will learn what it will need when you want more speed.