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Old 03-14-2008 | 11:21 PM
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Gary Taylor posted the latest on his 28 Howard Bullet -
130.3 MPH with more left!!!! UNREAL!!

http://www.performanceboats.com/html...ead.php?t=5228

The man built the engine, rigged the boat and dialed it in. Very impressive.
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Old 03-15-2008 | 05:15 AM
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That is sick. GT engines are sick.
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Old 03-15-2008 | 06:27 AM
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Gary is a real nice guy, I have spoke with him in the past and he has serviced some of my engines that went out to the west coast. It's nice to know someone out there I can trust to oversea my stuff! Very pleasant to work with.

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Old 03-15-2008 | 08:53 AM
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I have one of his TPI1100 engines, its just the rest of my set up that wont play nice!!

The engine is like a work of art.

He honestly thinks he can get a few more MPH out of his Howard.

It is being disassembled - gimble, engine, drive and the hull inspected before he does anything else.
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Old 03-15-2008 | 09:13 AM
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Wow!
I wonder how fast it would be with twins........
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Old 03-15-2008 | 09:48 AM
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wow...thats fast dude....
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Old 03-15-2008 | 11:25 AM
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Those short snouts on the whipples along with the pulley built on the dampner is a really cool setup!
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Old 03-15-2008 | 11:41 AM
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i have always thought that he makes one beautiful motor that runs as good as it looks.
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Old 03-15-2008 | 02:27 PM
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Wow! That is impressive. I almost bought a 28 Howard Bullet but went the conservative route with a Formula 292. The bottom design on the Bullet must be incredible to handle that speed and be stable. Considering it is a relatively light weight rig being pushed by a single!
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Old 03-15-2008 | 02:31 PM
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My customer in a 28 Joker went 110 last week on a 32 prop in 1 footers. (926 hp)Trying a 34 next and he said the faster he went the better the boat handled. He's shooting video next run and I'll post. 130 is smoking fast.
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