Sold! Thanks Rookie!

I never gained any speed with nosecones. I ran nosecones on several outboards, but the boats were a bit faster with no nosecone.

On one of them with no nosecone, I ground off the blowout ring just ahead of the prop, and that was a BAD idea. The result was blowout in the 90mph range, where there was no blowout previously. So I put a nosecone on it, and lost speed but no blowout. It did turn and handle a bit better but the top end was slower.

That same boat now has a nosecone with a blowout ring, and low water pickups in the cone. It will still run around 100, but it took some more motor porting to get it back up there.

The gearcase with no nosecone was faster, but did not handle as well, and was very difficult to maintain water pressure (even with carrier grooves and pickup wing plates).

All setups are different.

MC

I'm not running near the speeds that you guys are (around 60), but it made absolutely no difference on a late 90's B1 in an older Baja Force. Sounds like you have to get way up there in speeds to see much benefit. Might make a bigger difference on a twin application.