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Tommy!!!! These boats where chopper gun with a little mat over the stringers,as were the southwind drag hulls.I can see by the way this is going,except for the fact of you riding in this you will never believe it.Their is also a GOD just don't wait to see him believe it.

80 mph John

Chopper gun doesn't necessarly mean a light boat it just means a weak boat. And mat and chop are the same material.

None the less it is a well preserverd cool little ride.

Tommy! when I put the gps telltail gps speedo in and a camera guy I will post to you. Peace it's all good JOHN

Deal.

By the way here is a sweet little 20 Cigarette running 80 mph at 5200rpms from a 700 horse big block.

http://www.vimeo.com/4374769

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Originally Posted by tommymonza (Post 2890452)

Deal.

By the way here is a sweet little 20 Cigarette running 80 mph at 5200rpms from a 700 horse big block.

http://www.vimeo.com/4374769

Once again two diff style boats, huge v vs a semi v pad. BBC more weight... The cig is laid up much heaverier..Man I feel like im in school again lol.. I will just let ya see the vid of it on gps when I get it...

John jr

Newer pad bottom on the Ciggie. 85 top end at 5400 out of 700 horse and a ton of big block torque.

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Originally Posted by tommymonza (Post 2890607)

Newer pad bottom on the Ciggie. 85 top end at 5400 out of 700 horse and a ton of big block torque.

Anyway, I will get ya that vid, so you can be owned :lolhit::angry-smiley-038: Also there is another 20 cig that runs 101 or 102 with that kinda power, but i guess that guy is full of it too..

John jr

Didn't say you were full of it . Just commenting on how remarkably light and fast your boat is with a stock x dimension and basically stock efi motor.

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Originally Posted by tommymonza (Post 2889808)

Nice looking old Stinger for sure

.But i still highly doubt 1500 or 1900 lbs dry. That would still only leave 500 to a 1000 lbs for hull and rigging after you back the motor package weight out at 900lbs .Maybe 1500lbs for just the hull minus motor package which would place you back at 2400lbs with the package added back in which sounds about right.

These boats were not balsa cored carbon fiber lite weights.

77-80mph is about another 100 to 150 horse from 73-74mph.

Did you raise the x dimension on it and what kind of power do you think you are getting out of you engine?

Just curious because i would never dream that the stinger would be such a fast and efficient bottom.I know it is not a real deep v and has a pad but just find it hard to believe the speeds you are saying and the slip ratios agree with it.

I brought up running with the old paddd bottm 21 Scarabs as a reference that the padded bottom did very little to add to the overall speed over my convential rounded v bottm i have.
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I THINK A small block with alpha drive is lighter than 900. I thought the big block bravo drive set up was 1000lbs.

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Originally Posted by tommymonza (Post 2890607)

Newer pad bottom on the Ciggie. 85 top end at 5400 out of 700 horse and a ton of big block torque.

the new sutphens 21 does that with a 496ho:evilb: its sad that it takes 700hp to move a 20cig to 85. its a nice looking boat, I have seen the 27 cig sq do 74 with 500hp. maybe they have there drive deep.