just saw a video on youtube that looks like an HTM promo video the guy is driving a SR-24 with a 540cid 8-71 blower pushing 900 hp...
he said he is hitting 124 mph, how is this possible with only 900 hp?

not going to happen unless it is a very light layup

Never happen in an SR . I ran in the low 120's with about 1000 hp in an SS but that boat would have gone 125 -127 legit that day but nobody had a tall enough prop.

I agree, I have an SR with 920hp and 940 tq and it does 116mph gps, in an SR for those numbers if I recall Steve saying they needed more like 1100hp to get there but its certainly possible with lots of hp. Steve actually had one over 140mph with big power.

Its a 10 minute video but you can pull the red dot up to 4min 15sec and it starts there he said its running 7200 rpm...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CleWqw1L06M

That video is the test of an SS-24... Where is the test of the SR ? I cant find it.

lots of times Steve skewed actual hp numbers on his test boats. he says 700 when its more like 1000 ( which is sick in my opinion). His 144 mph boat was every bit of 1500 hp ~

oops my bad yer right it is a SS and not a SR... watched it in the blurry little window...

Back in 2001-2 a friend of mine (Kenny Gaumer)had a sr-24 with 1300hp and it was radared numerous times at 133 at a radar run at 34 degrees timing. It was a 572 w/ a 1471. Testing before the radar run it went 135 on the gun at 34 degrees. With another few degrees timing it would have went 135-140 for sure.

No way they are doing that speed with 900hp either they are not telling the truth on the HP( which is probably the case) or they have a dream o meter