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Before and after :drink:

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I love the Goggles....LOL

Try a set of these they are Awesome......

http://www.windaway.com/

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Here a few shots of mine

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Nice! Glad they shipped her to Europe

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Hey Bent,

Been in the back ground for a long time. Just joined last month. Things have been going good. Didn't get to do a lot of boating this year at least in our boat. I blew the motor up just before the Arkansas rally. I did get the top speed of 80.6 out of it before it went. Not a lot of damage just a enough to do some modifying. Now Bob has another project on his hands. We decided to lower the compression and put a Procharger on it. This should be a fun ride, we will see. Found a complete Procharger on OSO for a great price(thanks Mark). How's everything with you?

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Things are great up here in Minnesota other then Winter is right around the corner and I hate winter......Wife and I and the kids just spent 18 Days over in Europe....Made it to Iceland , Denmark,Sweden,Germany,Austria,Italy,France,Switze rland.....I posted a bunch of pictures over on www.crowniehq.com under the thread "Hello from Denmark"So check them out.....So far everything is good with engine I think we have put close to 60 Hours on since Bob installed the Raylar kit.......I was a little worried there at 1st cause it started using a lot of oil right after the Kit ....But after 8 or 10 hours that went away as well .....So all in all I am very happy witk the install........

BTW any OSO Members are welcome to become Members of www.crowniehq.com

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Evaluex, any realistic, noticable gains with the CMIs?
They sure look pretty :D

Thanks,
Dave

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CMI's & 496 HO's is the perfect combination :D

Sound is AWESOME.... midrange "punch" and acceleration better all the way :D :D

Our 28 Heats CB/ 496 HO with "std" exhaust system are all turning B1 24P or 26 labfinished props :rolleyes:

With CMI's we are turning 26 @ + 5100 RPM sometimes hitting rev limiter :eek: .... (on salt water / light load / 1/4 fuel) 28 Labfinished @ 5050-5100 RPM => PERFECT :D

Still no GPS in this boat :mad: .... (LIVORSI) Speedo showing 77-78 MPH

If somebody would need the exact measurements for the custom build exhaust tailpipes, just give me PM :drink:

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Here's mine at Lake Powell last weekend - Heaven on earth!!!

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Kokopelli,
Nice hatch! The boat's pretty cool too :cool: !
Regards,
Steve

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Hey Koko,
Those aren't UT numbers :evilb: :evilb: :evilb:

(we're headed own for UEA)

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That looks like a great place to boat. The scenery is beautiful. Just don't run aground. Looks like it may hurt. Good to see this thread still going.

Ray

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Thanks Steve. I'll pass your compliment on to the "hatch" :D

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Well you see officer the dog ate my UT numbers.........er...... actually the big wad of cash the UT numbers were going to cost me and my grandmother's third uncle's cousin twice removed on my father's side has a place in Oregon that we are thinking about moving to so......... I broke down and sent them the $60 I had left for 2 years registration. So go ahead and write me that ticket. :p

Last weekend was amazing, just the wife and I for 4 days, no traffic on the way down, no wait on the ramp, parking on the ramp, temps in the mid 80's day and cool at night, no wind lots of flat water for skiing and tons of empty coves to hang out in. Hope you have it as good for UEA. :drink:

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Not Mine
Just another Nordic from Long Island
35 flane w/496 HO's

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Here's Sick Nordic
No longer on Long Island
It was sold to someone out of state
35 Flame w/525's

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My Neighbor just got his new 2006 Heat. The graphics look great. One more for the Texas area. Sorry I forgot the picture.

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Here's a picture of it.

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Nice graphics BOBL :drink: :drink:

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What broke?

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Pretty Cool

The wife says she likes it better than ours.
Now I've got a reason to order a new boat.

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And one should always do as the wife says.......

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Your absolutely right!

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Just joining you guys so I thought I would post a pic, although I think you will be seeing it in the classified section real soon. Lots of fun with a blown 600ci. :D

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Lavish,
That's sweet. Hate to hear you're selling.
How does it run???
Regards,
Steve

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lavish62, Glad you joined us. Tell us more about your boat. What is the setup, HP and speed you are getting?

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Steve thank you, I'm not to sad to see it go I'm looking in to a 35' Flame. I'm pretty excited to move up.

bobl she runs pretty hard, putting out about 650hp at about 4lb of boost, we wanted to keep it pretty mild for reliability. When we first dropped the motor in her best run was right at 95, but we know average upper 80's low 90's with a full load and extra people aboard. not bad on a Bravo drive. We put imco hydraulic steering and dana tabs to stable her out. She has been a great boat since 2000, but coming from a 30' formula I miss the bigger boat.

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Lavish62,
Stupid question...Is that a Rage or a Heat? :rolleyes:

I would think 600ci and 4 lbs of boost is a lot more than 650hp no matter how mild :D

You'll love the Flame :evilb:

Dave

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Sorry the seven is right next to the six. You are right it is more around 750hp.

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Lavish62,

Is it a Rage or a Heat?

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Best wishes on your upgrade.....The 35 is a great machine. :drink:

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Rage the boat is a 25 Rage.

TSPM Thank you, although I'm not looking forward to the sales process.

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Lavish62

How does the Rage handle above 80mph?

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Surprisingly she is very stable although you definitely know that you aren't riding on much of the hull. Its quite a fun hot hod to drive around. From 40mph or 60mph she really gets up fast and starts running

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That's good to hear. I am trying to zero in on the max desirable speed target for the Rage. Is there a speed above which it you feel it is not advisable to do anything but stay in a straight line?

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It really depends on the type of water you are running in. Although personally I don't think I would like to see that boat much over 100mph. But I am sure it will handle it.

What are you running in the boat right know?

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I am just completing the process of converting a 2005 496HO to a Gen I HP3. Should be in the 525hp range if I got it right. Recalibrated ECU and repitched prop in route to me now. It was an exercise of hp on a budget.

Now I am looking to the future and what would be the next step that the Rage hull would tolerate well but still looking for the the best bang for the buck. I will be accumulating significant hours on the current upgrade before any future engine work will happen.

RocketMan hit 107 mph in a Rage at one of the shootouts running nitrous with an Imco drive. His answer to my question was that as long as accelerating the handleing was ok but when letting off the gas above 80 mph it was touchy. Your thoughts?

When you say it depends on the type of water you are running in could you give some examples of how the Rage responds to different water conditions as a function of mph?

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When I would run the boat above 80 it was usually pretty stable until I trimmed it up all the way, and then it would want to chime walk a bit. It was usually pretty safe but I would let off the throttle a bit and it would settle down.

As far as the different conditions I felt that the boat didn't handle the digger chop on the lake as well as I would have liked. The chop that we ran in was usually like a washing machine so of course its not going to perform well. It likes to land on its side in that kind of water. When I would make that fast blasts I would do it in fairly smooth water, and I didn't feel that it porpoised or anything like that. Like I said before the only thing I would notice is a little chime walk, but back it down and that calms it down.

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Sounds like the Rage I know and love. Same here on the fast blasts. Light boats do not like rough water and high speed that much. Does using the tabs for controlling chine walk in rougher water at the higher speeds help any? With my limited hp it just slows it down so can not determine if the tabs are improving the situation or the slower speed is.

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Rage

I typically don't use the tabs for the chine walk, usually I'll just back off the throttle a little and she settles down. I really only use the tabs when taking off, long runs to even her out, or in rough water. I've found that they make the boat porpoise at lower speeds any comments on that?