UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
06-01-2006 | 08:16 AM
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UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
Last Sunday we left Diversey Harbor(Chicago) and went across the lake to New Buffalo, MI. Had lunch, walked around (man, it was hot!), came back to Chicago for a late dinner. On the way there I gave the crew a little speed burst, on the way back a little longer blast. After all that, my (3) gas gauges still read FULL! Am I right, is that not unbelievable? I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the gauges haven't worked since day one, although, to their credit they have attempted to fix them a couple times.
06-01-2006 | 08:31 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
Originally Posted by RJ1340
Last Sunday we left Diversey Harbor(Chicago) and went across the lake to New Buffalo, MI. Had lunch, walked around (man, it was hot!), came back to Chicago for a late dinner. On the way there I gave the crew a little speed burst, on the way back a little longer blast. After all that, my (3) gas gauges still read FULL! Am I right, is that not unbelievable? I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the gauges haven't worked since day one, although, to their credit they have attempted to fix them a couple times.
I've learn early not to trust in my gas gauges...
06-01-2006 | 08:51 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
Yeah found out over the weekend that you can save 1/3 the fuel if you blow and outside drive and run around on the other 2 at about 40 
BTW, it won't plane with the 2 outside drives unless you remove the center prop, but it will plane on the center and one side drive with no problem-hope you never need to use that trick.
BTW, it won't plane with the 2 outside drives unless you remove the center prop, but it will plane on the center and one side drive with no problem-hope you never need to use that trick.
06-01-2006 | 08:53 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
Originally Posted by insptech
Yeah found out over the weekend that you can save 1/3 the fuel if you blow and outside drive and run around on the other 2 at about 40
BTW, it won't plane with the 2 outside drives unless you remove the center prop, but it will plane on the center and one side drive with no problem-hope you never need to use that trick.
BTW, it won't plane with the 2 outside drives unless you remove the center prop, but it will plane on the center and one side drive with no problem-hope you never need to use that trick.
06-01-2006 | 08:54 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
nice - I put in a navman with fuel flow meters - getting .53 gph at 30 mph and 3600 rpm - of course I had the drives down due to a screwed up trim pump hose but even if it were up on plane ,,,,right?....ouch
06-01-2006 | 09:11 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
My gas guages in both the car and boat don't move off full until about 1/3 of the tank is used. Half full is really 1/3 full, and it is scary to see how fast that needle moves towards empty in the bottom third of the guage!
06-01-2006 | 09:15 AM
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Re: UNBELIEVABLE GAS MILEAGE WITH TRIPLE 525s
Originally Posted by CBR
My gas guages in both the car and boat don't move off full until about 1/3 of the tank is used. Half full is really 1/3 full, and it is scary to see how fast that needle moves towards empty in the bottom third of the guage!
