Gimme Fuel

I am thinking your tachometer is reading 500 rpm high. That MPI motor has a 5150 rpm rev limiter....meaning you never hit that claimed 5700 rpm with that 18p prop. So that 5000 rpm with the 25p prop is likely only 4500 rpm. So, being over-propped with a smaller diameter Laser (not good on bigger/heavy hulls) you are probably getting slip. So far what you HAVEN'T done yet is put something close to original stated prop on the boat. Both you have tried are on the extreme ends of what the boat needs (too small vs. too big) and boats are really sensitive to that. sometimes going to a smaller prop gains speed if you are over-propped. Too small and you loose speed because you simply are limited to 5150 rpm.

SB

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No triple engine Sonic's or two engine Baja's in that vid ?

OP: Big Blocks usually like the larger Diameter (over 14.5") Mirage +, Bravo's, etc props

Small blocks and smaller faster boats usually like the smaller diameter props (lower than 14.25") like the LaserII, Turbo's, and etc.

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maybe bring a shovel and get all the $hit out of your boat cause you`re full of it??

69.8 lmao good one buddy.

bobl

I don’t get on here much anymore since I retired, but I saw this thread and thought I would share some hard earned experience. As many of you know I’ve spent a lot of time messing with Crownlines. I’ve built engines, setup and driven probably 25-30 of them in the past 25 years, many with 600+ HP. So, here’s what I know. The 225 CCR will run 60-62 with a 454 Mag. and a 1.5:1 Bravo 1 drive and 21 Mirage+. That is by far the fastest prop. Most came with 2.00:1 B3 drives. I built a 600hp 540 for a red 225CCR (just like in the video posted). It would run 70 on a good day. I did a 225 BR with a built 454 with a Whipple that made 750 HP. With a Stern Jack and hydraulic steering it saw a best of 81 on GPS. As far as I know that’s the fastest a Crownline has been, except maybe behind a truck!

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We had some new Crownlines plus many trade ins back in the day . The largest dealer in the world for Clines was here in Dallas. They sold a min 400 new Clines per year like clock work in the 1990s thru about 2002 or close years. Anyways in 1996 we had a new one that went to my brother a cuddy 225 with a Volvo Penta big block 454 - thru hull exhaust... The top speed was 63 mph lightly loaded and a dialed in 3 blade SS prop - trimmed well. . Also It did have trim tabs either Lenco or bennys

On another note Clines had some rough years as well in the late 2000 s. plus after filing they sat idle for about 4 years. Just before they went out of biz and filed in the late 2000 s the last group of boats they built were super poor in quality . - I got a trade in around 2011 on a 2008 --- 20 ft Cline and that freaking boat had wiring short issues. Thought it was kind of odd for a 3 year old boat at that time to have those kind of issues.. Long story short, I climb under the dash to see what I could find and every freaking wire was orange in color - I could not believe it. anyways I thought it was kind of funny - they made some boats in the bad years with what they had left on the shelves. Must have been orange wire was not used much until they knew they were going out of biz ---I could just here during manu of these last bit of boats -- ah use up whatever was on the shelf. at that time --- freaking orange wire everywhere..

bobl

Yeh, Bobby Carlson (son of Art Carlson of Glastron Carlson fame)was the designer of the original boats and they were a very decent boat for the price. Not particularly fast but they did handle good. We had many good discussions. He asked me one day over a drink or 3 why did I keep trying to make these things go fast, why not just get a cat. My answer was "it's the challenge" everyone knows a cat is fast, but pull past a big Baja or many of the older go fasts then you could see the surprise on their face....priceless. A lot more fun than having a fast boat and everybody knowing it. I took Phil Dill for a ride in my personal boat one day just so he could see what the fuss was all about. He even had me work up a package for him to offer, but the pricetag was a bit too high. Once the Claxstons sold CL it went down hill fast. They were all about making mass produced, price point boats. More like Bayliner. The 202/225/266 line of boats that Carlson designed were what I'd call a semi custom boat. You could get any power Merc or VP, many options on gelcoat design and interior layout

madbouyz

No , no no .. That's supposed to be ' 10 foot chop' ... lol

Twin O/B Sonic

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Was hoping you would chime in on this thread, Bob.

They were good looking boats and the 266's rode very well for their size in rough water. They were just never going to be fast compared to other hulls.

My '99.

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