pachanga

Be wary of that tach. I have seen others here say the same...tach will go to 4000 and speed is too high. I had a tach cost me an ignition system...would only go to 4000. 1st time I pushed to probably 5000 it smoked my new ignition.

Kidnova

So lennyk.... you're catfish over on "Speedbump".... I mean Speedwake LOL

Per my post on SW, I'm in the midst of a domestic/wife related situation at the moment. As in, might have to buy my 1/2 of the house, boat, whatever back, if ya know what I mean. I haven't made that public knowledge on the boat sites as it's not the kind of stuff I broadcast. I'm working on things to see what my $$ sitch is or should I say, will be. If it doesn't look like I'm gonna get my ass kicked too bad, I'd definitely be interested in taking a look at your PQ. I hope to know more in a week or two. If your boat hasn't sold by then I'll get in touch with you. Either way good luck selling!!

lennyk

hope everything works out for you,

things are pretty slow right now in the boat market, so check back in when your ready, you never know

Kidnova

Thanks, I will for sure.

bert4332

The best my boat ever did was 64mph on 2-3 chop in Lake Texoma. Now it chined pretty good, but it was like my 5th time driving the boat. Last weekend I spent an entire Saturday on Lake Lewisville in calm conditions playing with the trim and tabs. Best was 62mph but absolutely no chine running stock 454 mpi and 23 mirage plus. I'm guessing if the water had a small chop I would came close to 64, but I'm happy with getting rid of the chine due to just playing testing all the settings. I'm gonna try a 4 blade 23 hydromotive labbed and see if that helps.

Not looking to really increase the speed that much, with this boat it's really not about speed, if so, I have the wrong boat. The ride is AWESOME, I love going out on rough days (for a lake) but Texoma can get pretty nasty too. That boat just is so much fun in the rough, and watching others get hammered is almost as good! I'll admit, my next boat will be a 32 Sunny MCOB, just fits mine and my family's needs best. Until I come up with some $$$, I'm very happy with my 260sx.

Powerquest_Baby!!

Who needs trim tabs if you are flying???

Fast Forward

Nice shot! Looks like I'm getting winterized this week

boatnt

iTrader: (1)

As you can see the (rocker) is out of the water at higher speeds,just there to get you on plane faster.

Nice shot!!!!

bcarpman

Sorry for the delay in this reply

That shot is not a typical "on plane" shot. He's launching quite a bit. I have a '93 which does have the built in wedge. I've observed the back of the boat directly at speed and the wedges are definately in the water. With a 580hp 502, the wedges never get more than half way out of the water.

I've been told by an ex powerquest employee that they removed the wedge sometime in the mid '90's when they started putting tabs on most of them. If I remember correctly he said they did the hull mods when it went from a 257 to a 260.

If you have the wedges, you will definately know it. with them there is no way to get the bow out of the water. The harder you push the boat, the harder it pushes the nose into the water. No amount of positive trim will ever losen up the boat.

You will also not need a straight edge is you're looking at the hull on a trailer. It is a very apparent molded in wedge between the outer strakes and the chines. In fact it is easy to feel by hand even if the boat is in the water

Even without the wedge, the 260 is going to be a slower boat than most for the same reasons already listed. It's a wide boat (even compared to most with the same beam), to make room for that big cabin. There's no pad, and on most of them, the prop is really deep in the water (I picked up 6mph raising the prop 2in).

Remember, length, beam and deadrise do not tell the entire story. A comparison to a 28ft velocity (about the same ACTUAL LOA as the 260) is a pretty good example. They may be the same length deep V's but they're entirely different boats, not only in speed but also in accomodations and ride quality.

Fast Forward

I'll have to disagree on the rocker removal. I could be wrong but I've looked at a lot of 257/260 over the years and I've never seen one without the rocker. I have a 97 and it has the rockers plus tabs. And if you really think about it the last few years PQ was open they really were cutting out the extras and I noted several 260 without tabs at the dealers. Which means the would have the rockers in place thus no need for the tabs.

I still believe the rockers do nothing but help assist in getting on plan and after that do little to nothing due to there location.