Ray,
Sounds good I may be trailering it in the near future (some club events near toledo). If your serious I would be happy to take you out on a trial run


My numbers were very close to 80 just not quite there. This was on Monday when the temps and humidity were high. In the past I would of been lucky to hit 75 with those conditions. I have only set base timing and have a few more things to check out so I'm hopeing for higher #'s. I was also running with a little tab dragging I'm just a little nervous running WOT for any lenth of time with only 2 hours on the motors. I guess I need to take of my skirt and have at it

Wildman1:

If I read your post correctly, you have a set of 28P B1's that you are not using?

If that is the case, you want to sell em???

Thanks

Wildman - as I recall weren't you hitting mid-80's when you had installed the prochargers on the original stock 502's?

prochargers we were hitting 87mph. boat was chime walking over the place that's why I took it back up to the factory. As I said before pq are not a true v bottom because of the pad. Still all and all I am please with the boat. It's turn key now, and the 500efi have the aswsome sound. 82mph is still fast enough on the river or lake.

b1 28 p props are for sale 800 apiece, use them one time up at Brookville lake in May. Boat only ran 76mph. E-mail me or call 859-653-7321. I'll probably have the 30p for sale as soon as the 32p get here. They are lab finish also.

Wildman1 Do you mean the Brookville Lake in Indiana ? I grew up about 10 Min's from that lake. Its not really big enough for a 38 foot boat, let alone one that goes 80 mph

Let me know when/if your going back. We'll have the Thunder there before Summer is over It's only 37 feet

So, am I understanding that 99 38's are not handling quite right at high speeds?
What's this about hull mods?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm out "kicking tires" and 99 38's are some of the tires I'm kicking.

This is the first I've read about this kind of thing, So you guys fill me in.

DAVE

Maybe you could offset the chine walking by taking some of the frozen dinners out of the freezer, and adding a few tubes of ben gay to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. . MIdnight

Either way, chine or no chine, I turn tale when I see those PQ's coming! MIdnight

I had it out Saturday and Sunday with the 30" P B1's. I could not take it up to the max as I had the Kids, wife and the dog on board. But I am running about 300-400 higher RPM with the 30"'s over the 28"'s I knew the 28's were cupped but according to the calculator they are spinning like 32's. I am having the 28's re-worked back to true "labbed" 28's". I think the 30's will perform well but I need another high speed run to tell.

I am trailering the boat tomorrow and bringing it back to the shop for some repair/mods. I am still having the black gunk showing up in the bilge. I believe it is coming from the seawater pump and it appears to be a seal failure just behind the pully. I also got in my Gaffrig Outlaw mufflers and I have to pull the pipes inorder to mount them. (I need to drill a 1/4" bolt hole in the tops.) I also bought two drive temp guages and will be installing them also. This should work out good as over the 4th I am staying at home to see the fireworks on my little lake. Hopefully I will have the work done in a week or so.

One more $$$$ bummer I need to buy a new tie bar as the latham setup will hit the new mufflers when in the trailer position.

Here is a few picts of last weekend: