Originally Posted by skate (Post 4359079)

That is very smart. I have the new Garnin VIRB XE which I got from Ron. You can control it and 9 others from your phone and see what it is recording live. I was going to set it up to record my gauges and record set up parameters and performance. Of course I left it at home this weekend. We only deepened my ramps an additional 1/8" from what Pete had done but it made ALL the difference in the world on my water pressure issues. Ron walked me thru the rest of the programming for my VV7's so now I have speed input from my Garmin 7610 to the VV7's. Now I just need to find the prop slip and Max performance Windows.

I would love to fly up the next time you test your 318. I'm still seriously considering upgrading power to 400Rs depending on your results. Thanks for sharing your build and data!

Originally Posted by Nastybug (Post 4359123)

Hey Sam, It would be fun to have you there but it is not my game and I don't know how long it will take this time. Plus there is already a ton of people there it sounds like. Ha. Had 6 in my boat at one point. Still ran 98mph with fuel. Pretty good with what they thought was about 2000 lbs extra. How far were your ramps originally cut in to the hull. Steve.

Originally Posted by Flightplan (Post 4359125)

Man, I read that. I wonder where they put the Yeti...

Originally Posted by skate (Post 4359005)

The new Water ramps are the bomb. Water pressure issues are no more. 102 best and 98.7 consistently 80* mild humidity glass smooth water 420' above sea level Mercury 4B 32" cleavers with minor issues.

Totally Stock motors.

I have not measured the engine height but I was able to lift in higher settings without loosing water pressure.

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Interesting number according to Smartcrart I have logged 577 miles with 284 gallons of fuel. For an overall season average of 2.0 MPG total burn rate.