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skaterjim 10-27-2009 02:22 PM

boat is beautiful!! love it, good luck with it Jim. hope to see it in jacksonville next year Jim

Ptufaro 10-27-2009 05:58 PM


Originally Posted by Boatlesss (Post 2980417)
you seem to have the same hp range as the silver one why is your boat only going 120. seems with that type of pwr you would be much faster or have you not been in water that would let you run it hard

As a guy with no horse in this race I feel I can say 120mph is fast for a first time set up. Smallblocks and a new style drive that will take some setup time, and I am sure that they are expecting more once the boat is dialed in. "Only 120mph" will pass a lot of boats on the water.
Keep up the good work the boat looks great.

Boatlesss 10-27-2009 10:49 PM


Originally Posted by Ptufaro (Post 2980641)
As a guy with no horse in this race I feel I can say 120mph is fast for a first time set up. Smallblocks and a new style drive that will take some setup time, and I am sure that they are expecting more once the boat is dialed in. "Only 120mph" will pass a lot of boats on the water.
Keep up the good work the boat looks great.

yes 120 mph is a fast speed but lookin at the silver one that runs so fast this one with the same relative power is not going near that ones speed and looking at a 368 skater they are running in the 130s with 525s far less power than either of those two 30s so reguardless of drives or small i would have thought it would be much faster

Hustler40 10-28-2009 08:47 AM

It will be faster, this is a new boat, new setup, and it has not been streached out yet. Give it a little time.

JIMKID Motorsports 10-28-2009 04:22 PM

insurance is only good to 130 so keep that in mind da

AppSysCons 10-29-2009 09:47 AM


Originally Posted by JIMKID Motorsports (Post 2981311)
insurance is only good to 130 so keep that in mind da

Excellent point Jim.

Did you like the pictures?
Jim's 30 Skater, LS7/X-Power Drives, at PRA Sarasota

Enjoy!

JIMKID Motorsports 10-29-2009 11:18 AM

thanks frank pictures look awsome nice job

DrGaryDC 10-29-2009 11:34 AM

Hey Jim, looks awesome, thanks for the help
Dr. G

JIMKID Motorsports 11-26-2009 11:42 AM

your welcome gary update on mine will be going to punta gorda in dec for the winter will post some more on progrees in fla

DoTheMath 12-04-2009 10:13 AM

This project came out amazing!! I particularly love the way the windshield turned out, totally functional and yet really - really nice profile in complimenting the lines of the boat.

There really is nothing like a Skater! :cool:


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