Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave (Post 2036834)

So T-Mone and myself were talking about what he should do to make his boat run a little better and we were talking about either an extension box and 380k's or an IMCO shortie. Any experience or ideas? His motor will have a little more HP this year and shouldn't make a signifigant difference but maybe a little. There is nothing wrong with it right now but he runs it like he has square grouper aboard and always is looking for a little more. Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by IRONMAN (Post 2029001)

I talked with a guy that has a '79, he called me about drives and stuff when my boat was for sale. He had bought it less power and installed a 632" solid roller motor with 800+ Hp at 6200rpm's. He was still dialing in the rig but had a first run of 93 on gps with a stock mirage+ prop, I think he is going for solid 95 - 100 speeds. I think it had one of the early short torpedo bravos on it too because it did not have the internal oil reservoir and he was sure that he needed some better newer drive technology. I also knew the guy that had the boat before and know that the X is really low on that boat so there is still a lot left on the table in my opinion. I am sure that jo has delivered some much faster than this from the factory though.