28 Skater Motor's ???
 

I have a 28 Skater with 250XS's and cant brake 100MPH.(98mph tops) I have the opertunity to change to new 300Xs or used 300XSs .Can any tell me what MPH to expect from these two packages with and without jack plates. Need to see 100MPH and better. Thanks Frank

28' Skater
 

Hi Frank, , How are you doing? I see you are going to change motors? I thought you were going to be looking for bigger motors soon,, That boat ran very good with 300 promax's I think I would put 300x on that boat, and put adjustable jack plates, or are the adjustable plates on there now?
Philip

we had my old 28 running 115 with 2.5s . I would think with 300x's you should be pushing high teens

I Have One With 300Xs On It Best So Far Is 111, Swinging 15x34s On The Rev Limiter Need Bigger Props ,,,With The Bigger Props Should Be A Little Faster,,,, Great Set Up Fuel mileage Is unbelievable,,,Took Off 15 Inch 280s ROS It Went 119 With Those Motors,,,,,

What hieght are you running?Is your hull notched?How much fuel are you holding runnunig 111?
Steve

Running Them At 1 3/4 Above , On Set Backs ,1/2 Tanks ,,I Run It To The Limiter Then Pull Back To 6100 So It Dont Hit The Limiter Let It Go And See 111 Every Time,,If I Could Get The Right Props It Should Pick Up 3 Or 4 ,,Dont Have The $$$ Right Now To Get Another Set ,,Its Almost Time To Put It Away For The Winter Anyway

Steve What Are You Getting Out Of Yours???????

Top speed so far was 106 with 100 gal.I ran 102 with 200gal. I have 2x135gal long range tanks.I am running 14.75 x32 work done by BBlades.I was told they would not be my top end props so I had him do some work on them to make it accelerate Hard! I have not had a chance to run the boat light on gas with my New Powerhead.I blew one at 26 hrs, good thing for warranty.Not my fault, seems to have been a factory assembly issue.

Offshoresteve
 

Steve,, are you running 300X's or the new 300XS engines??

Philip

New 300XS . They are great motors,28-30gph @90mph!(try to do that with big blocks!) They idle and shift smooth and with the SC5000 race view I can monitor all functions.All I need is the damn Y cable for my Northstar 567( Have been waiting since Jan!) Once I have that I will be able to run two screens for the engs.The only gauge I have is a gps speedo.I will post some pics of my dash soon.