My 230 stingray with a bravo 3 took a ton of trim before it started loosing speed. It's more about the hull and drive depth than the drive itself.

I didn't catch the b3

Leak down on engine?

I think that's easily a 50-55mph boat if it's setup right and healthy.

hi sorry hadnt been on the computer for a while, not sure of the drive ratio WOT is about 4200 if i remember corectly, maybe a little more but i dont want to push it. its a 7.4litre 330hp i thnk( boat is in storage and i dont really remember) i have 26P props

i dont think the salesman lied i just think he wasnt sure, the boat has lost some speed because its not bottom painted and its in a brackish river so by the end of the season its got crap on it and this year it had barnicles because the river had a lot of salt water in it. so that sloed it down i believe. id be happy with 55 if i could get it without feeling like engine was going to blow.

Gotta keep that bottom clean. Anti-foul can knock 5mph off top end speed quite easily. No bottom paint with barnacles, weed and sludge is worse!

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B3 is not a good drive for speed at all, if you make sure the bottom is clean and swap out to a bravo 1 you will see a decent increase in top end