Rage

Post the results with the BBlades labed 26.

The open bow Rage is 1-2 mph slower than the closed bow version. Most of that can be regained with the bow cover installed.

mreedy

Ran the labbed 26 today, the water conditions were pretty rough for a 25', It was windy with deep swells.
I put together 1 good pass hit'n 72 on gps when my wife started hitting me on the side. (getting scared) RPM was right over 5000 WOT.
65 to 72 is a big difference but the major factors were, I was able to run WOT right above 5000 rpm and is was able to get real aggressive with the trim. For some reason with my 24p I would get around half trim (on gauge) the boat would overrev and loose MPH.
All together I am happy. It was a short run and felt great to finally get that trim and get on top of the water. I will hit a weekday here to get better water conditions and get some MPH's compared to RPM's.
The worst part about it is wondering if it had a little more when she was hittn me to stop. It was a rough ride and short run with the conditions.

CB-BLR

Rule #1 in boating... don't scare the mamma!
If you scare her... she won't ever support making your toys faster.

Sounds like you are getting things sorted out.

Chris

Indiana Rage

+1

Rage

Sounding good! If you get more runs under less rough conditions please post those details as well.

rmikea

For comparison, I'm running an '05 mid-cabin, 496HO with a labbed 26 and no turbulators. With 1/2 load of fuel, 2 people on board and the bow cover on, I run 71-72 on GPS (77-78 speedo). I am hitting the rev limiter, so there is more there, but I mainly ski/tube and always have 3+ kids on board, so the hole shot and slower planning speed keeps me in the 26P.

I've run these number both on Cumberland and the Ohio River.

mreedy

Best run I had with the labbed 26 was 73.2 gps @ 4900 rpm.
At least it is a huge improvement over the 24p that was cavitaing at 1/2 trim only producing 65 mph.

bobl

Thought I'd share some data. I have an open bow Rage. Running a FTM/Raylar 496. It made 570 HP on the engine dyno and 502 HP at the prop. In cool weather it ran 81.1 at 5200 RPM with a stock 28. In extreme heat, humidity and glass water I've seen speeds as low as 73 on GPS. On another day(still hot) it spun a labbed 30 to 80.4 GPS at 5100 RPM, but there was about 1'+ chop on the lake. So, with all that said you can really only compare speeds when running side by side. Just too many variables.