I'm not sure if my built 454 with the procharger will be enough motor for my new 28. Might go tall deck!!

What are you running for power, what prop and speeds are you seeing in your 28 single?

700 Horse 572 CI. Current best speed is 75 with 30p Bravo @ 5000 rpm. I only have 10 hours in the boat and 8 of them I had high water pressure issues so I wasn't running it hard during that time.

I'm still getting seat time and learning the boat. There is definately more speed to be had with some setup work. Prop slip is over 20%

Wildthing,

Hows the time to plane with the 496 HO?

Thanks for the input guys.

575sci and ITS. Best speed 74 average top speed 72

WOW,, those 28's are pigs !!..

When I was looking at a used 2001 with 500 EFI the owner said it would do 70-71... guess there wasn't much chance of that ? if an HO powered does 62 I would suspect a 500 efi powered 28 would do 65 max..

Chris288 don't be so kind with your words. hehehe

The 28 might be a little slower in lakes and smoother water conditions but it will run circles around "almost" any other similar hull with equal power, offshore. Hands down.

Bump it to 78/76 with a little help from Dustin

Our black 28' F-1 raceboat @ about 4200 pounds w/ a merc 500 EFI would run 78-79 mph, panteraman owns it now w/ a big 750 hp blower motor and I will let him tell how fast it runs, or ask lukiepal who owns BJ Maher F-1 "travel now,com ask him how fast his boat run w/ another blower motor, or ask Albert's mypantera28 (I am not sure if that is his handle) how fast his run. Maybe another one to ask would be Bruce Seroff in Awesome or maybe you can ask Danger Kitty who has an Innovation 650 hp and I think he has told me runs over 80,(I think 82 mph)

Anyway to answer Mr. Chris288 about the pig remarks, it will all depend on wether you run salt water or fresh water, humidity, weight of the boat,, water condition (the boat will run best in a real 2-3' shop) and then the person driving the boat!!!
To answer the question, the boat will run w/ 525 merc on a hot humid south fla. day right @ 72 mph spinning a 24" Bravo 1 at 5200 rpm. You will be able to ak Fullthrotle to verify that for you.
Yes, the boat does not have steps, and could be a litle faster w/ steps maybe a couple of mph, but it runs real strong in big water, that is where the boat really shines.

Sometimes it is not how fast you go, but how far you go fast.
There are buyers for stepped boats,and there are buyers for non-stepped boats.

Please, do a search on all the polls done on "BEST 28's" which we won hands down! then I think there was another "BEST TWIN 28-34V bottom" which we did not fair too bad!! We were tied for #1 w/ Cigarrette 28' and still another about 24' to 26' V bottoms we did not do too bad on that one, considering that Bajas and checkmates owners outnumbered Pantera owners by a lot.

Chris, if you are ever down our way, stop by and Jo will give you a demo, so that you could check THE PIG first hand!!! Have a good evening, Later, Pepe.

If you have what it takes to ride for 45 minutes in a race, I have an extra seat in my race boat for you to be my guest and explore the house of pain.
Deerfield Beach your looking at 3 or 5 fotters and I will run 75 with out backing down so if your or game for that, the ride is free of charge. I will tell you this, I cant stop in the middle of the race course for you It is all in who is in the boat & the stick in their hand my friend anyone can run on a lake or in the intercoastal but these bad boys run in the name of OFFSHORE ONLY. With my blower motor I run 98 on the GPS.

Hey Albert if Chris288 doesn't make it or can't make.... it to your invitation.. let me know and I'll be there with my water wings on !! hehehehehe