28 Skater 122mph
 

Congratulations SkaterJim! 122 at the shoot out! Nice job

"Thats what we're talkin about"....... COOL!

Congrat's JIM!!!

Don't expect to see any other outboard even close to that speed.

Any one know if the 32 Doug Wright ran? Kap was supposed to run.

That's awesome! What motors was he running?

I saw the boat at Lake Lanier and they were 300x's. Probably not stock.
Still dam good run

Yea that is flying in a 28!

Congratulations Jim!!!! Jim has spent countless hrs in set up and testing, work has paid off. I believe Diamond Marine may have massaged his motors, not sure, his Skater has Always been on the fast side, I believe his unofficial top speed is 126+

113mph

I work with Jim and know him and his boat well. Jim's powerheads are stock. The only modifications to the motors are Wayne Taylor mids. As Steve said, he has spent countless hours testing and tweaking the boat to achieve his top speed, which is 127.3 mph on radar (at one of the past hot toddy runs I beleive). It's all the little cumulative tweaks he has made to the boat and the set up over the years which have added up to that top speed. I wanted to set the record straight because I have personally heard people say that he must have modified the powerheads to achieve that speed.

Stock what? Is he running 2.5's or 3.0 litres?

"Awesome run"

Post #6 - 300X's.

I think he runs 300x's on 2.5 gearcases

Yes, the gear cases are 2.5 gear cases.

Thanx

Does anyone know where there is a complete list of speed runs you can look at. I would like to see what other boats ran in that class. Anyone see the Doug Wright run? 113 for a 32 is impressive.

until you see a pontoon boat was right there also:poopoo:

Congrats!!!!! That's haulin'. Dave

any photos of the boat??

not only is that boat fast as hell, Jim is one of nicest guys out there... Most importantly he's not kunty about helping other guys dial their 28's in.... congrats Jim

Chris

I like the new avatar! Congrats on the new boat. I can't wait to see it and run with you next year.

It was a pleasure meeting the other outboard Skater guys at Coconuts this weekend. When I pulled the 24 in, they all came over and introduced themselves. Had a great time talkin shop and sharin stories. What a great group of guys! Congrats Jim on your run, we were all cheerin for ya!

And I think jim told me he was running 300x's on taylor mids and sportmasters.

Thanks to everybody! boat was running good. I had a good second pass going but the plastic clip on the tpi linkage broke off that finished my day. 300x motors 2.5 gearcases and 15 inch taylor mids, and lots of set up time. Congrats to Steve Wallace 28 skater 300x 117mph pass he always runs well.

here is link to video of run starts at 1:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2PCTMz-LY

What props were your running? Congrads on a fast run.

15 x 34 casting 3 blade mercs and Brett at bblades tweaked - very good props.

i was not able to be there, but thanks for posting that video, watching it, felt like I was there

I'm planning on using the 15x34 too. It's good to know someone is having awesome success with the merc 3 blade cleavers

Jimmy you animal nice job hay was good seeing you at skater fest didn't make lotto had a wedding to go to will be there next year

I have had good results with the 3 blade mercs. There is a guy locally with some dewalds and we are going to try and swap props to see what we both think about the two sets. Everbody that has tried my 3 blades picked up speed and like them enough to want to buy them. I will give an accurate speed on both boats and both props the day we swap.

Great, keep up the good work! I'm interested in what you find out

Amazing numbers Jim for 300x powerheads, congrats!

I would imagine the boat feels pretty loose with this setup and completely aired-out, does it?

"nice"

Great Picture Jay! I will have to get a copy of that. I will call you this week.

SS930 that shot was taken at 122 so you can see it was not aired out that good. The wind was blowing 15 to 20 mph from the back which was actually pulling air out of the tunnel. If there was less or no wind it would pack air better and would go a little faster. Really cant feel much difference from 115 to 125 in handeling.

Thanks Jim- just hit the gallery if you want a print.

What class is this considered and what are the rules? I saw some of these passes at LOTO, looked great. To be fair to the Doug Wright boat, he had 300XS's on it, a huge difference from X's. Congrats to both.

There are many classes. 27-31 ft stock and modified then 32-35 stock and mod and also canopied, pro,amature, outboard, inboard.

DIVISION(S):

P……..PROFESSIONAL
M…….MANUFACTURERS
N…….NON-PROFESSIONAL

HULL TYPES:

V……V-HULL BOATS
C……CATAMARAN AND TUNNEL HULL BOATS
VO….V-HULL OUTBOARDS
CO….CATAMARAN AND TUNNEL HULL BOATS W/OUTBOARDS
P……PONTOON
D……DECK BOATS
F……FACTORY BOATS
H……HYDROPLANES

LENGTHS:

1…… ………22' - 26'
2…… ………27' - 31'
3…… ………32' - 35'
4…… ………36' - 42'
5……………43' AND OVER

ENGINE CLASSIFICATIONS:

S - STOCK ENGINES (ANY PRODUCTION ENGINES WITHOUT MODIFICATION, 500 HP ENGINES ARE NOT STOCK)

F - FOR MODIFIED FACTORY ENGINES WITHOUT POWER (INCLUDES 525 SC STOCK)

M - CUSTOM BUILT MODIFIED ENGINES WITHOUT POWER ADDED FEATURES

P - POWER ADDED FEATURES (i.e. BLOWERS, TURBOS, NITROS,etc.)

T - TURBINES

A - MERC 700's

Last digit = NUMBER OF ENGINES


EXAMPLE - PV3P4 is Professional division, V-HULL, 32' - 35', POWER ADDED W/4 ENGINES
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Thanks Jim for the class info, so I would run as NCO4F4?