Just wondering what other owners have for top speeds on their 24 panteras. I am considering a 24 and would like a target top end speed in the mid 70's just wondering what motor options would put me there.

330/454 TRS = 70 mph
400/454 TRS = 74 mph
500/468 TRS = only lasted 10 minutes 70 @ 4000
565/509 TRS = 85 mph
800/blown / surface drive / -800 lbs lighter mph TBA hoping for 105-110

occ you gotta youtube that 100+ run!!!!

560hp b1 75-78mph

Your first go fast, I wouldn't be so itchy for such speed.

I'm doing you one better then that . I've been shooting time lapse video of the whole build from start to finish and ending with the tuning and the run . Then were taking it to LOTO to make it official .

sweet!!!

1981 24 sport, 250EFi outboard, only 60MPH

1981 496/550 hp TRS 3 bolster= 79

Well this would be my first high performance boat, I have been around boats my entire life, and have worked at marinas for a few years so I am no stranger to those kind of speeds. Although I never plan to go those speeds to often, I would like a nice cruising speed around 50.
I really feel no need to go beyond 80 mph one of my friends had a skater and was going around 100 mph and hit a wave wrong and the last thing he remembers is being in the boat in the air upside down. He escaped with only a really bad cut from the prop on his leg. Luckily other boaters were around and he had his jacket on.

The first few times you throw a 24 into a corner your going to realize why they have the tall seats in them. When driven hard they are a bit of a handfull