120mph 28 Skater w/ DBR 300XSs and Dewald props
03-22-2015, 02:32 AM
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True about the weather Dale. Crazy nice.
And thanks for the info. I've been an IO only guy, and no knoledge of outboards what so ever. But I've gotten to like them more and more and enjoy learning more from u and others. Thanks for that. Hope to talk to Ya soon in person.
And thanks for the info. I've been an IO only guy, and no knoledge of outboards what so ever. But I've gotten to like them more and more and enjoy learning more from u and others. Thanks for that. Hope to talk to Ya soon in person.
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03-23-2015, 11:33 PM
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Thanks for the positive comments guys, it's been a fun 9 months since I got it back on the water after re-rigging it with the 3.2s. As for the Garmin GPS map speedo vs the Livorsi GPS speedo, I couldn't tell you if there's any difference between them as I've never even turned the Garmin on. I know the waters where I boat like the back of my hand (been on them since 1977 - I was 7 years old), so I have absolutely no need for the map or any of it's functions. They use the exact same technologies, so I can't imagine there would be even a .1% difference between the two. Now, if tenths of a mph mattered to me, yes, the Garmin will read out in tenths. I guess I'm sorta' old school, because needle gauges are my preference in all of my boats. I've attached a few close ups of the motors.......
03-23-2015, 11:38 PM
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In the last pic, my buddy Rick Bowling is driving it up at his place on Lake Tahoe. I was really surprised that we were able to get 100 mph out of it up there (6,800' elevation). The best Rick's 28 w/ XSs has run up there is 93 mph (stock powerheads, blueprinted gearcases).
03-24-2015, 05:44 AM
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I'm aware of what it is . I also know that any analog needle display has a larger window of error the farther it moves from zero.
Not saying the boat won't run 120 . Might even be leaving some on the table . I was just curious as to what his digital read out thought of the situation .
Not saying the boat won't run 120 . Might even be leaving some on the table . I was just curious as to what his digital read out thought of the situation .
03-24-2015, 05:47 AM
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Beautiful Skater, really cool midsections, great boat. My garmin 740 drives my speedometer, so they are the same. However, once past 100 the digital reads only whole numbers, not in tenths. Congrats again, 120 is hard to get to. I lost 3 mph switching from 2011 300 XS to 2015 300 XS. Same setup. Port won't pull to 6300 like the old one. 6100 is it.
