The Avenger is ready to go. I ran it on the hose today and it idles like a champ. the new plugs helped alot. I have the 32P props on it with 1.50 gears. I dont know if I'll have a chance to open it up tomorrow but I will soon. Last year I was running 1.36 gears. I hope I get a little more speed out of this setup. I will report in with my results.

Good luck! It's always fun going for the first run with new equiptment.

Hi Ray,

Good to hear you will wet the hull!
What made you switch from 1.36 to 1.50 (advantages)?

FM

Well I didn't actually wet the hull yet, I got there and had to wait a good hour or so. Then they had me drop the trailer while they got time to get it off and rack store it. When I came back 2 hours later it was in storage ready to go but we ran out of time. Hopefully this weekend is not a wash out.

I switched drives at the advice of others, 1.50 is a better ratio for this size boat. All the experts kept saying I was "prop loading" the engine and thats why I could not get the rpms up.

I may be starting out with too big a prop (32P B1) but I do have a set of 30's too. I will test the 32's and see. I figure most people are getting 80's on 30" props with 500 HP's I have 700HP a side. 32's should be about right. My ultimate goal is to run the Hydromotive P5 or maybe the new merc 5 blade prop. It does tend to slip on getting out of the hole. I need to have some bottom work done before I spend the $$$ on new props though.

Ray,
I'm in Springfield Illinois at work ,8 hours away from home! I still may beat you in! I hope to make it by Friday evening.

Good luck

Ray, let me know if you find out you can not use your 30's. I need a pair!!

Everyone have a great holiday and enjoy your boats!

FYI- working on screen printed t-shirts should be done in a month. Designs were approved and ready to send to the press.

Mandi

Firts run was a sucess! I took it easy on the drives, only hit 70 once or twice. Engines ran beautifully. I have a 10 min idle out my canal not a stall or studder. Only problem is the oil leak I had last year is still there. It was supposed to be fixed. Nothing major but aggrivating. I officially hit the water at 1:15 PM. Maybe I beat Scott in this year...

8:00 PM Saturday

One Bad alternator that did not stop me from running! Everything seems good I really like the set of cruising props that Throttle-UP did for me I got close to 60 @ 4000rpm and dancing with 80 @5000 boat was full of fuel, water and gear! I hope to see higher speeds with the labbed props that I will use for Poker Runs.

Hey 80 mph people,

Please let me know what setup you are runnning so I can find out how to to go that fast in my machine when the moon and stars aren't alinged