He's going to be spinning a small prop very fast

That thing is going to pull like a beast........

Its going to be a fairly long stroke if im correct. Lowish rpm, 5500 or so, probably only around 600 hp....but...he has it pinned down to about 675 ft lbs at around 3800-4000...so when we come out of turn one and stand on it, something happens . Slowing the boat down will be the hardest part....we broke out plenty last year..but youd be suprised how much power it takes to make a boat go 75 with 20 gallons of ballast, the tabs down and it far from trimmed up...remember...its never, ever calm lol

Making a lot of progress...OceanCity is coming!

Well let's see some pics..........winter sucks!

Not much to see until its in the shop next...ubless you like shrinkwrap and snow I guess I can get motor shots

that hull always ran very well when its rough. do you know if that water tank has baffels?

Chris

I just found this thread!!!! Racing is different then pleasure so with that being said all I know about is racing. After years of running the Kryptonite I have just a little knowledge on what works best in a racing set up. If you want to be competitive in class 5 its about being consistent for 40 miles. Its nice to lead but its better to win. Build your power for reliability!!!! The boat will take more punishment than you can. Put 200 -300lbs in the beak of the boat and try not to use any tabs. Im talkin Ocean City. Keep your X dimension deep aprox -3 bellow the bottom. I have always run a 4 blade hydro. This should keep the boat level with a true 1'-3' chop. Keep the throttle to the dash unless you are sure you are stern out of the water. You may think you are flying but most of the time you are still eating water at the prop. A strong XR drive can take a beating with 600 HP.
I read you guys were chine walking when you trim up. What did you expect? Thats when you get fast and need to drive the boat. Not all boats react the same but in a Kryptonite when its loose and walking jerk the wheel to the left and right like you are driving a dirt car through a turn. You dont see them just holding the wheel. Trust me it will settle the boat down with out lifting. Is it comfortable HELL NO! It scares the **** out of you the first few times. If you are racing you have no choice. Lifting is not an option.
My biggest fear is more people will by Kryptonite's and race them. For some crazy reason they just didnt sell to racers well. YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH THIS BOAT. I have won 4 World Championships with it and Kirt The owner won 1 World Championship with it. I hope you win one every year you race it as long as its not against me in my Kryptonite. I still have some posters of the boat from 2002 if you guys what one. E-mail me your addresses and I will send.
I love Lake George maybe we can all meet up this summer with our boats.

MD

Nice post. The chine walk is definitely driveable, but with the hydromotive p5 it was damn near uncontrollable. with the Bravo 1 4 blade it is negligible, even at 100+.

Good info about weight in the nose, I never really noticed it being stern heavy when jumping, but when trimmed out and running hard it does tend to stick the bow up every once and awhile, especially if it catches you by suprise.

Let's see some pics of the Typhoon winning races!!

I Never Had A Problem With The P5 ,,You Just Had To Drive It Thru

My Kryptonite has a pretty aggressive X dimension. Lightspeed and I took it out for a test ride in October after JC performance rebuilt the motor up to 620hp. We had a 4 blade bravo 1 32p doubled labbed at the time ( a little over pitched). We had the boat up to 89mph with some to go, not much if any chine walk ( and we were trimmed to the moon ). It's all in the set up.....

If you go towards the end of this video you can actually see only minor steering tweeking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSrixhICY88