looking At Velocity 290sc
 

As the title states I am looking at a 290sc. Its a 2006 single screw. Its a bank repo boat and seems to be that the previous owner kept the stereo system. The engine cover stickers are missing but am told its a 496 ho. I would like to know how to tell what engine it really is. None of the hardware looks like wreches have been used so I dont think its been swaped. The drive is a bravo one and is clean and not bent or broke, again no wrench marks on bolt heads. Will an ecm read help? Overall the boats seams well taken care of. No stains rips tears or smells. Thanks in advance if you can help here.

Call Velocity with the hull ID number and they can look up what engine was installed at the factory. To be extra sure, get the engine serial number off of the engine and a Mercruiser service dealer can confirm that it's an HO.

No longer looking at a velocity. I am an owner now. Picked up my 290sc on Thursday at LOTO and staying for a week. So far it has been a blast. It was a repo boat and was tore up a bit when the stereo was removed. Should have in like new condition by next season. I called velocity and talked to kenny about the boat before I bought it. What a great guy. I will send them as much business as possible during my project. Thanks kenny.

Congrats on the purchase, By chance any pics...

Will post some pics when we get back home. Haven't quite got the smart phone down good enough to post pics with it.

Welcome to the VELOCITY family. Bob

Congrats! I love mine. Fast, fun, and very versatile :cool:

Definately my next boat..just got to off load the 260...

I have some learning to do still. Had a hard time figuring out how to get the best ride in the Ozark chop. Still a blast and can't wait to get it fixed up and personalized. Those with the same boat....where do you cruise at as far as trim tabs and drive position and what speed and rpm. I spent most of the time with the tabs level and drive almost all the way down. Seemed to bounce the bow alot if I tried to trim the dive up. I know its a pad boat and its going take seat time before I go all out. Just curious how others run in rough chop.

Try Puting your tabs down a little more then trim the drive up if it purposes put the tabs down a little more . It might help I drag alot of tab on my 32

My Vr1 is the same lower hull as your boat...I run tab neutral or up just a touch depending on water conditions, and run the drive up about halfway...5.5 to 6 on my indicator...tabs are three to 4...four being level. When it kicks up I run the tab down a notch or two to keep the bow down and the boat flying more level. If I run the drive any higher it just ups the prop slip and it acutally slows the boat down.

Oftentimes, in chop, you get a smoother ride by running faster.

also agreed..mine is much happier at 60 than 45...

Congratulations on your purchase. The tab/trim question always depends on the kind of chop you have that day. By all means try putting yout tabs down and give it some trim to go over the chop. This generally yields a nicer ride in nasty chop but at the expense of some speed. Half the fun is experimenting with the different combinations to figure out what ride you like best. Work on getting a smooth ride first and then work on the speed part. Good luck and enjoy the process!

I want to say thanks to all you guys that gave welcomes and advice. I am very pleased with the new toy. Today had small to no chop. I got it to 60 ish. I was in the 46-4800rpm range tabs at level and trim at level. Previous owner put level stickers on the indicators. Its all she had. Prop has damage so Im good until I get a new labed prop. When it was rough I droped the tabs and got a great ride. Wife was way happier. Asked how im driving better. Thanks guys. Made our mini vacation awesome.

In mild water, I don't use my tabs at all when cruising (over 40mph), and drive set to about 4-ish. Add a little more speed to keep nose stable, but you can use tabs. also. In rough stuff, the boat flies pretty level with the tabs set horizontal and drive 4 to 5. As others have said, gotta adjust boat speed according to wave height and spacing. For top speed runs, the boat climbs up on the pad nicely above 60 and I can trim drive out past vertical with no tabs (about 7 or more) to lift the nose up for more speed. This is with a hydro P5X prop and the propshaft sits 3+ inches above the pad.

Glad you are having fun!!

Welcome to the family, Something I found that helps also is 800-900 HP and a fat prop ;)