380 K-Plates on Flame
 

I currently have 280 K-Planes and have ordered 380 K-Plates to switch out.
I sent a couple PMs out asking those whom I had thought made this change but have had no brotherly help.

We have a brand new Flame here in town here that has the 380s vs my 280s and when we're running 90 it is much more stable than mine. Mine tends to start rolling side to side pretty hard :eek:
He runs his tabs at just a tad below neutral when running hard. Says it actually gains speed when he brings them down to that level when running :confused:
Tres had Nordic set this boat up with props turning in and the 380s. He ran them out and saw no difference so it must be the long tabs.

I was wondering if anyone else has made this switch and what the results were. I need to get this dialed in before dropping off our 5000 foot plateu and risking bodily harm :eek:

Thanks for any input,
Dave

Dave,

Did you get a chance to check these out? Just wondering how they did.

Linnie,
I machined and painted them yesterday and am installing today. Probably won't be able to try them until next weekend due to weather.
They look cool!

BTW, your phone acidentally called me twice last Friday at midnight and left me two backround noise messages. Sounds like you were having fun; it was 2 a.m. for you :party-smiley-020:

Dave, curious how your Flame is running with the new power?

It did it until 5 in the morning with numerous people. Sorry for the inconvenience. It was just sitting in the garage on the back of my boat. Very weird, but has not done it again. Anyway, sorry.

No worries...
Glad you were having a good time :drink:

Hey Advantage,
It runs up to 88-90 GPS very, very quickly and then starts getting loose and rolling side to side which is why I am swapping tab plates.

All of my testing has been at 5000 feet so I'm trying to get everything dialed in before dropping to the sea level arena where I should be able to run it up to the triple diget mark pretty easy.

Dave

Cool, thanks for the update. Good luck.

How did the new tabs perform?

Look like it will be Spring before I can try them.

Filled her with the pink stuff over the weekend :angry-smiley-055:

Bummer.

Its cheap, you never know December speed runs are fun.

The only speed run I'll get around here in December would be on the trailer going across the ice behind the truck :evilb::evilb:

hey im about to replace my 28s with 38s on my Flame. how much do you have to clip off for a good clearance? thanks

I just replaced my 280's with these. No modification necessary

CP Performance - 28" Lower Upgrade Kit

Man, I just don't remember but I may have some pics somewhere. You do need to machine the 380s. I remember cutting them on a band saw and then milling them nicely.
They made a world of difference on that boat. I have another post in here somewhere about the results but triple digit stability is achieved.
I will send pics if I can find them and if I can still post pics here..
Dave

Here is the other post...
https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...y-results.html

Crude pic that I just drew, but this should work.

this should be it

THANK YOU soooo much u da bomb!!

[QUOTE=Nordicflame;4641220]Here is the other post...
www.offshoreonly.com/forums/nordic/232415-winter-flame-projects-complete%3B-some-preliminary-results /QUOTE]

In that thread it looked like you might have had some shorter lowers? Any data on those? Thinking of trying some out in the spring.

[QUOTE=jackstand;4654771]No shorties. Nose cones and a lot of work. X dimension seemed perfect.