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Old 12-24-2017, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by class6
Whipple.

Originally Posted by SecondWind
One of these performance intakes will get you 5mph.
Marinara or alfredo sauce for the al-dente crank and rods?
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Old 12-24-2017, 02:06 PM
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The best bang for the buck is to leave it alone and boat while others are at the dock with melted pistons on their $40k blower motors.

In the good ol days you could really find something to wake up an engine such as a cam, bigger carb, headers etc but that’s not really the case with boats.
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Those motors aren't worth much of a difference in money dead or alive. Whipple it and enjoy it while it lasts. Just don't venture too far offshore if you get chance.
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Old 12-25-2017, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by phragle
Marinara or alfredo sauce for the al-dente crank and rods?
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Old 12-25-2017, 06:42 AM
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Agree with the majority of posts above so forget about going faster in that boat.
Assuming it's the Crownline, have you got thru-hull exhausts? If not, spend the money there. Still won't be cheap, will make little or no difference to performance but will give you a new interest in the boat. A stock 454 can still sound pretty good and you won't compromise reliability.

Anyone now a good deal on thru-hulls?

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Nitrous Oxide on a boat
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Hi , yes this boat has threw hull captains choice exhaust , but instead of spending thousands , have that drink or two at the bar and say it goes 5 mph faster , or just keep it tuned right up .
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You could put in a Baja speedo. Those always seem to read 10mph faster.
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Or just take the speedo out. We grew up with jet boats-nobody had a speedo.. We would ask people skiiing what rpms they would like be be pulled at. A few of the boats in the group were 100mph boats (realistically the would run mid 70s��). They sounded fast anyway!
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