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bcarpman

08-16-2010 09:26 AM

Nose cone on slow boat??

I returned my boat to stock to sell and it's not running near as fast as it used to before I started messing with it.

The drive I put on has a nose cone but other than that is standard BravoI and standard x-dim. How much would a nose cone hurt a 50mph boat??

thanks

laszlo01

08-16-2010 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcarpman (Post 3183361)

Nose cones only help past 80 mph, at slower speeds my experience is more drag due to more surface area, 3 mph loss is my guess.

picklenjim

08-16-2010 10:58 AM

I would think it would slow in your case due to the motor not having the power to move the extra water loading in to the prop.

bcarpman

08-16-2010 11:55 AM

Thanks :( Kind of what I thought.

If anyone knows anyone who would be interested in trading for a recently rebuilt (2 seasons) bravo 1 with a nose cone for a stock bravo1, let me know.

Preferably within driving distance of the Detroit area.

BLOWN85

08-17-2010 09:28 PM

I have a bravo lower I would look at trading on one with a nos e cone. Not too far away from either. I live in NW Indiana. pm me if your interested.

Too Stroked

08-18-2010 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laszlo01 (Post 3183378)

Nose cones only help past 80 mph, at slower speeds my experience is more drag due to more surface area, 3 mph loss is my guess.

X2 on this reply. If you need to run lots of trim to get top speed out of your hull, a nose cone can really hurt due to increased drag.

laszlo01

08-27-2010 09:23 AM

I have two spare fresh Bravo XR DWP lowers available if you need one.

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