Congratulations on your purchace on your "new" boat. I hope my replies to your initial contacts were helpful. My friend had a Mirage 217 Intruder when I had my first Powerquest- actually a Powerplay 230 Conquest. As I told you earlier I've had that exact boat - a 257 legend- 454 Mag. Great boat! You'll have a better ride and more speed than your Mirage. I,ve also owned a '98 260-502 Mag and most recently a '03 260-496 Mag. Here's a picture of my last boat's dash with a new steering wheel and bezels.

Jus Roamn--Your replies were very helpfull and one of the reasons I decided to commit and buy the boat. What brand of gauges and steering wheel do you have (I really like the look)...
I shopped out some tabs and looks like the Bennett ST-12 would be a good fit for my boat (dual ram) and at $565 including next day DHL delivery and no tax doesnt seem like a bad buy..
Its going to be fun this summer--I will probably be the only person in Seattle on a powerquest (we've never had a dealer out here)..I'm glad to hear that there is a new owner of Powerquest and that they will start building boats again..I really would like to pick uip some shirts, hat, towels etc with the powerquest logo on them.
Thanks alot guys for all of your feedback and support!

Hello again Powerquest baby. The gauges and bezels were from Livorsi . The steering wheel is from CP Performance- A 2000 Infinium Steering wheel with polished spokes. Dino makes one like it but I've heard some of the holes don't line up without an adapter. As for shirts and keychains and other stuff ,there is a graphics shop just down the street from the PQ factory that can make anything you want. They still have a lot of stuff in stock. They have done work for PQ in the past. The name is Graphix in Holland, MI 616-396-0009. Good Luck!

I had a 95 257, 454 mag, loved the boat. I didnt have tabs, but I think they would help, the boat seemed to like to be trimmed out. or maybe it was just me.

I have a 2000 280 Silencer now, big difference in the ride, the 257 was very predictable, the 280 is a lot faster but is a little harder to handle.

all my pics are too large

Not Right. Go to microsoft and download a little free program called re-size it.

I've heard the same thing from a couple other 28 owners as to the ride compared to the 26.

Thanks guys..Im going to pick up one of the Infinium 2000 steering wheels and some Lavorsi gauges--cant beat that look for a few hundred bucks (well, maybe more than a few hundred but who's counting?). Think Ill probably try the boat out without the tabs first just to see if they are needed. I'm typically dealing with 3 foot waves here so we will have to see. From what Ive read it sounds like Im looking at a top speed of 62 mph with a Mirage plus 21 pitch prop. Would I still be ok with a 23 pitch that is lab finished? Would this get me up to 66 mph? Ive got a friend with a 2002 Nordic Heat (496 Mag HO) which does 66 mph and at least want to keep up with him. Also, how do I attach a picture so it shows up in the email versus being an attachment somone has to click on to open?

Congrats!!
I bought my first Powerquest in April of this past year. Its a 99 Legend with a 454MagEFI. What a great boat. Looking forward to a great season; 6months and counting. Good Luck

Hey congrats on the new boat! I had a 98 260 and it was a great boat! I had the mag carb motor in mine and I put Stainless Marine exhaust and a K&N filter and had my prop reworked from a 21 to a 22 and picked up a little top end. I would run at 62.7 gps at 5000 rpm's To get to 66 you might need to ad new exhaust and free flow air cleaner and a remap of the cpu. As far as tabs, I added them to my boat. I went with the bennett sport tabs the big dual ram set-up and added stainless marine mechanical indicators. You really do not need tabs on this boat as there is a built in wedge at the back. But they are nice to have for correcting any imbalance in load and to offset the prop torque.

Unfortunately I think you'll need a few more ponies to get the boat to 66 gps.

Thanks! Any suggestions on exhaust?
Hell, I havent even seen the boat in person yet (I put alot of trust in digital photo's and the surveyor--Hopefully not a huge mistake)..

Does anyone know what size gauges (actual size in inches) fit in the Legend? I want to order new ones now but since the boat is 1500 miles away I cant measure. Thanks