i am surprised your running 26's...with 28's you are sure to see a top end difference.

Yes i am also wondering why i only can spin 26s when everybode else spin 28 or 30s, but my slip is very low.

Did try out some Revolution 4 25s last week but with these i had 3% more slip, 4-5mph slower cruisiespeed and same topspeed at 5400rpm.

But i did noticed that one engine did take more time to spin up at same rpm as the other, when i tried the Rev 4s. Do also notice that with the Bravos but not as much. So i dont think one of the engine performs like the other.

A friend has an 05 382 with 496HO's and on a light load spins labbed Bravo 26's to 5000rpm....71-72mph.

recently sold a 2002 382, air/heat, no boxes. Had 8 psi prochargers on 500efi's and ran upper 90's.......sold the prochargers and built N/A 540's than ran mid 80's. The boat handles great at speed but does take alot of power to run. I ran 3 summers on 32P 4 blades then the boat lost 2 drives in under 12 months after switching to 5 blades....700lbs of TQ probably didn't help matters though.