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RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 07:50 AM
Just curious, Lots of y'all have big power, superchargers, etc... in your boats. I look at the Dam run pics and it looks like everyone is running flat out all the time. Is that the cast. I run my (POS Prodution Boat) between 3,000 and 3,500 RPM's 98% of the time.

Jbb
12-02-2004, 07:54 AM
WFO ...Till It runs out of gas....or breaks.... :wink:

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 07:57 AM
WFO ...Till It runs out of gas....or breaks.... :wink:
Ladies and Gentlement. JBB<===== Paul Tracy of Boating :D

2440
12-02-2004, 07:57 AM
I ran it a little too hard! :hammerhea

BarryMac
12-02-2004, 07:59 AM
Option #4 made me laugh, I wish you would have made this pole before I bought my Carrera...

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 08:02 AM
I ran it a little too hard! :hammerhea
No doubt you get the award!! :D Just glad you're here to joke about it ;)

THOR
12-02-2004, 08:03 AM
Cruise around 3500 -4200 rpm usually.

Sweet Addiction
12-02-2004, 08:09 AM
2440,
What is the story behind your boat. I saw your thread that said you missed your boat, and then a comment about it being on the bottom of the Ocean or it being stolen. So whats the real story?

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 08:17 AM
2440,
What is the story behind your boat. I saw your thread that said you missed your boat, and then a comment about it being on the bottom of the Ocean or it being stolen. So whats the real story?
Keep searching. There are pics of the thing burning. He and his crew were very lucky!!

Sweet Addiction
12-02-2004, 08:19 AM
Thanks River Otter. I was headed to the photo Gallery to see what I could find. Did this happend lately? Because I thought I saw some pics of his boat in the ATDR. I liked the paint job. Sorry for the highjack.

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 08:23 AM
Thanks River Otter. I was headed to the photo Gallery to see what I could find. Did this happend lately? Because I thought I saw some pics of his boat in the ATDR. I liked the paint job. Sorry for the highjack.
Just a few (3-4) weeks ago. I remember it was a run to Catalina (sp?). 2440 was the depth where it sank.

BADBLOWN572
12-02-2004, 08:25 AM
The beauty of a boat with a big H.P. motor is the ability to cruise at higher speeds and lower RPM's. It is actually pretty rare for me to go past 5k RPM more than 2-3x a weekend. I run right at 70mph at 3500rpm. I was always taught that the best way to do it is to over build an engine and under drive it.

redneckgirl
12-02-2004, 08:26 AM
2440,
What is the story behind your boat. I saw your thread that said you missed your boat, and then a comment about it being on the bottom of the Ocean or it being stolen. So whats the real story?
Here ya go!!!!
2440 (http://www.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63354)
RNG

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 08:28 AM
The beauty of a boat with a big H.P. motor is the ability to cruise at higher speeds and lower RPM's. It is actually pretty rare for me to go past 5k RPM more than 2-3x a weekend. I run right at 70mph at 3500rpm. I was always taught that the best way to do it is to over build an engine and under drive it.
Exactlly the way I feel! I'd love to have a DCB F29 with HP 525's and cruise around all day at 70MPH without hurting anything.

mbrown2
12-02-2004, 08:32 AM
50/50....and the reason the slow 50 is there is because I have a number of people aboard...those outboards love to rev till a prop breaks...

ELIMINAT THIS
12-02-2004, 08:35 AM
I cruise at 3500 to 4500 almost all day only take it 5800 to 6000 once or twice a trip. 6000 rpm soft touch rev. limiter when the boss is not in the boat.5000 rpm hard hit in the arm rev.limiter when she is in the boat. :eek: :hammerhea .I can't even slip 50 rpm past her.

Sweet Addiction
12-02-2004, 08:44 AM
Thanks RNG. I remember the thread now.

throwerb
12-02-2004, 08:45 AM
Turn up the stereo and float.

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 08:47 AM
Turn up the stereo and float.
Now that is funny! :wink:

TBONE1904
12-02-2004, 08:49 AM
Im not from Beaumont....but I'm always running it hard....wherever

ColeTR1
12-02-2004, 08:52 AM
How Do You Run Your Boat???
W.F.O.

STV_Keith
12-02-2004, 09:03 AM
Can't remember the last time I went out and DIDN'T turn it over 8000rpm. :hammer2:

dicudmore
12-02-2004, 09:21 AM
some of all the above.....
lotsa cruise and occasional WFO (couple times per trip)

CornWater
12-02-2004, 09:23 AM
Full throttle or no throttle.. :2purples: :2purples:

phebus
12-02-2004, 09:30 AM
Depending who I am running with determines how I run it. Having a stock 496HO, I run in "trying to keep up mode" quite a bit, which causes my throttle arm to go forward quite a bit. :D

jdf
12-02-2004, 09:31 AM
if mom is in it slow me hammer down and on the juice

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 09:42 AM
Full throttle or no throttle.. :2purples: :2purples:
Off or On :2purples:

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 10:05 AM
Ive been know to run my boat pretty hard at times.... I guess Im around 30/70
30WOT

FRENCHIE
12-02-2004, 10:06 AM
ask around!!!!!............WOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :hammer2: :hammer2:

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 10:10 AM
ask around!!!!!............WOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :hammer2: :hammer2:
how fast is your WOT?

welk2party
12-02-2004, 10:16 AM
As fast as the people on board will allow me. :cool:

Liquid Courage
12-02-2004, 10:19 AM
When I had the stock 454 in the boat it was WOT all the time! :D
525SC now and let me tell ya, blowers are a whole different story. You don't want to run a blower motor WOT for long periods. The cool thing is though that I can cruise at the my old WOT speed now :D

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 10:23 AM
As fast as the people on board will allow me. :cool:
how fast is that?

rrrr
12-02-2004, 10:25 AM
Ladies and Gentlement. JBB<===== Paul Tracy of Boating :D
If he was the Paul Tracy of boating he would also run into things regularly and piss off everyone around him. :D :D

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 10:26 AM
When I had the stock 454 in the boat it was WOT all the time! :D
525SC now and let me tell ya, blowers are a whole different story. You don't want to run a blower motor WOT for long periods. The cool thing is though that I can cruise at the my old WOT speed now :D
I agree.. in most cases its not safe for me to run WOT for very long..
Im just curious what WOT is for different folks.. Like WOT for Bling is 170ish where for River Dave might be say.. 62mph..lol
So.. Whats your WOT? or is WOT just hit it to the floor till I let off.. is it the same as top speed?..

Liquid Courage
12-02-2004, 10:41 AM
I agree.. in most cases its not safe for me to run WOT for very long..
Im just curious what WOT is for different folks.. Like WOT for Bling is 170ish where for River Dave might be say.. 62mph..lol
So.. Whats your WOT? or is WOT just hit it to the floor till I let off.. is it the same as top speed?..
Wide Open Throttle....Yes, top speed of 'your' boat. There's no magic # associated w/it.

BADBLOWN572
12-02-2004, 10:46 AM
WOT is the time when you start watching the $$$ gage (fuel) go down at about the same speed as the speedo is climbing. :D ;)

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 11:06 AM
WOT is the time when you start watching the $$$ gage (fuel) go down at about the same speed as the speedo is climbing. :D ;)
LMAO.. yes.. how many gal an hr do you burn at wot?..lol

Liquid Courage
12-02-2004, 11:06 AM
WOT is the time when you start watching the $$$ gage (fuel) go down at about the same speed as the speedo is climbing. :D ;)
:D :D :D :D Is that when the boost gauge climbs and the belt starts to whine!!?? :D

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 11:08 AM
yea.. it sux when you blast a 1/4 tank of gas just going to the Dam and back (in parker)

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 12:06 PM
If he was the Paul Tracy of boating he would also run into things regularly and piss off everyone around him. :D :D
and get into a fight with your Team Owner :hammerhea

BADBLOWN572
12-02-2004, 12:11 PM
Well, on the flow bench, it was tested that my two carbs flow right at 3 gallons of fuel at wide open throttle per minute. OUTCH!!! About $8.85 every minute. Gets pretty costly. :D :cool:

Tom Brown
12-02-2004, 12:14 PM
Can't remember the last time I went out and DIDN'T turn it over 8000rpm. :hammer2:
What about that time you ran that 27 Mazco?

Tom Brown
12-02-2004, 12:15 PM
WFO ...Till It runs out of gas....or breaks.... :wink:
Of course, with all that sand in the hull of your SeaDoo, that puts you at about... 25 mph.

LeE ss13
12-02-2004, 12:24 PM
7300 RPM (WOT) for 5 miles at a time.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/308T5-med.JPG

Jbb
12-02-2004, 12:25 PM
Of course, with all that sand in the hull of your SeaDoo, that puts you at about... 25 mph.
Thats not sand,,Bran Muffin Head...Its ...Ballast... :hammerhea

dicudmore
12-02-2004, 12:32 PM
WOT is the time when you start watching the $$$ gage (fuel) go down at about the same speed as the speedo is climbing. :D ;)
that's it....:D
I tend to throttle back shortly after the speedo stops climbing....
I don't leave it for extended periods at say 5 grand...

BADBLOWN572
12-02-2004, 12:49 PM
Well that is what the boat does for wide open. I know where the boat stops and how it feels when I am getting to the point. Once the needle stops moving or the boat stops accelerating, I am off the gas. Probably wide open for 10 seconds AT MAX. Slow roll into it and roll out of it. It has been great that way. The beauty of the motor is that at 3500 RPM I am only at 1lb of boost at 70mph. I can run all weekend without having to pull the boat out and refill the tanks. (80 gallons). Gets great gas milage when cruising, but open those butterflies and it sucks it down!

boatnam2
12-02-2004, 12:53 PM
i like to cruise,maybe get on it a few times.nothing i hate worse is a guy that runs wide open 60mph all trimed out and squirrelly all day long.and i have been in quite a few guys boats like that.

jackpunx
12-02-2004, 12:54 PM
Well that is what the boat does for wide open. I know where the boat stops and how it feels when I am getting to the point. Once the needle stops moving or the boat stops accelerating, I am off the gas. Probably wide open for 10 seconds AT MAX. Slow roll into it and roll out of it. It has been great that way. The beauty of the motor is that at 3500 RPM I am only at 1lb of boost at 70mph. I can run all weekend without having to pull the boat out and refill the tanks. (80 gallons). Gets great gas milage when cruising, but open those butterflies and it sucks it down!
with my little 50gal tank im going to have to adjust the trim just compensate for the weight of the fuel I just burned on that run.. :notam:

Three Days Only
12-02-2004, 01:11 PM
I run mine at about 4000 - 4500 RPM and cruise at about 100 - 110. Unless dumb ass Bling Bling is there, then shes at 5500 - 5950 at 120 - 130 until one of us breaks. Lake Mohave has been lucky for me, he breaks there alot!!!! :2purples:
Jeff

eliminatedsprinter
12-02-2004, 01:23 PM
I don't run my boat, my boat runs me. :wink:
Actually none of the above is the answer I would put on the survey. Because, I try to spend some time at pretty much all RPM levels. I've been told that I should avoid staying at any particular rpm levels for long periods of time. But then again, I have a weedwacker, so........ :notam: :rollside:

clownpuncher
12-02-2004, 01:45 PM
Turn up the stereo and float.
That's a good one. I run mine about 5%wot (6500rpm) and 95% cruising (3500). When not running, we sit and float and turn it up :D
Shot ya some greenies for that one LOL :D :cool:

78Eliminator
12-02-2004, 01:47 PM
With a motor.

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 02:18 PM
I run mine at about 4000 - 4500 RPM and cruise at about 100 - 110. Unless dumb ass Bling Bling is there, then shes at 5500 - 5950 at 120 - 130 until one of us breaks. Lake Mohave has been lucky for me, he breaks there alot!!!! :2purples:
Jeff
DAAAAAAAM! What's it run at 3,000? :jawdrop:
Edit: And if get MrsRiverOtter to let me (and her) come out to OP6C9. Can we have a ride?? :D

SHAKE-YO-AZZ
12-02-2004, 02:47 PM
I run mine at about 4000 - 4500 RPM and cruise at about 100 - 110. Unless dumb ass Bling Bling is there, then shes at 5500 - 5950 at 120 - 130 until one of us breaks. Lake Mohave has been lucky for me, he breaks there alot!!!! :2purples:
Jeff
and so do you :hammer2:

Bling Bling
12-02-2004, 03:02 PM
ans so do you :hammer2:
Thanks SYA, you always got my back. Suck it 3DO!

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 04:40 PM
Thanks SYA, you always got my back. Suck it 3DO!
So Bling.... How do you run your boat?

Bling Bling
12-02-2004, 04:47 PM
So Bling.... How do you run your boat?
Trimmed alot better then 3DO! :D 3900rpms, 95 mph.

RiverOtter
12-02-2004, 05:07 PM
Trimmed alot better then 3DO! :D 3900rpms, 95 mph.
LMAO! Are those engines just loafing at 3,900?

FRENCHIE
12-02-2004, 05:42 PM
how fast is your WOT?
last summer we topped the gps on 73.8 m.p.h. just me and the wifey!!!.....although i run 70 solid all day with 4 or 5 people on the boat no probs!!! as the peeps at the dam runs will attest!!! :wink:

Scream
12-02-2004, 05:45 PM
I chose #3, but I liked #4...lol
I like to cruise, I like to go WOT, I like to just sit in my boat in the driveway with a nice Ciroc Martini...Where's my Bartender damnit
Scream

riverbound
12-02-2004, 05:50 PM
depends on who is with me. If the kids are with me I just cruise, the only time it is trimmed up and WOT is when I am by myself (if something happens I want to be the only one hurt)

Schiada76
12-02-2004, 05:52 PM
WOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2purples:
Break it :(
Fix it :D
WOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2purples:
Break it :(
Fix it :D
Repeat as necessary

Three Days Only
12-02-2004, 09:30 PM
and so do you :hammer2:
I only break for a half hour or so. He's down for at least four!!!! If Pep boys wasnt open he would have never made it back out on the water. Thank god for Bling they got that pimp your ride section where else would he find those fake spinner hub caps!!!
Trimmed alot better then 3DO! :D 3900rpms, 95 mph.
You can actually trim that tuna boat. Im surprised the bow of that milk truck even moves up and down.
Jeffrey Son

XtrmWakeborder
12-02-2004, 10:05 PM
WOT! all the time..but then again its a jet with a smallblock so thats like floating for a propped BB. HAHA

RiverOtter
12-03-2004, 04:10 AM
WOT! all the time..but then again its a jet with a smallblock so thats like floating for a propped BB. HAHA
LMAO!!

SoCal_fun
12-03-2004, 04:11 AM
i like to cruise,maybe get on it a few times.nothing i hate worse is a guy that runs wide open 60mph all trimed out and squirrelly all day long.and i have been in quite a few guys boats like that.
You been in my boat?? :idea: LOL!! oh, and make thaty 65mph fella! :D

STV_Keith
12-03-2004, 08:33 AM
What about that time you ran that 27 Mazco?
Oh Tom, I NEVER only bring one prop. I always have at least 2 with me. Off with the 27, on with the 24 and we're good for 8900. :eat:

jackpunx
12-03-2004, 08:55 AM
Oh Tom, I NEVER only bring one prop. I always have at least 2 with me. Off with the 27, on with the 24 and we're good for 8900. :eat:
Keith,
can I borrow that prop?.. I want to know what its like to go fast :D

CrazyHippy
12-03-2004, 07:05 PM
3000 rpm is cruising???
5000 rpm is for cruising..... :D
BJH

switchin'addiction
12-03-2004, 10:44 PM
I hate to admit this, but it really depends a lot on what tunes are playing. The right CD & it is WOT baby!! Other times a nice mellow cruise is just what the doctor ordered. :cool:

JustMVG
12-03-2004, 11:39 PM
WFO ...Till It runs out of gas....or breaks.... :wink:
My New Hero JBB, yes thats the PT attitude, MikeVG, and i love PT's attitude

RiverOtter
12-04-2004, 07:52 AM
3000 rpm is cruising???
5000 rpm is for cruising..... :D
BJH
If you're running a wacker :D

RiverOtter
12-04-2004, 07:52 AM
My New Hero JBB, yes thats the PT attitude, MikeVG, and i love PT's attitude
Alright Mikey!!! Another PT fan!!
Paul Tracy = Cold Blooded Speed Freak :D

Wicky
12-04-2004, 12:01 PM
WOT...cuz the fish are biting!!!!
Mow,
Wicky

RiverOtter
12-04-2004, 12:11 PM
WOT...cuz the fish are biting!!!!
Mow,
Wicky
Gotta catch those FAST BASS http://midwestboatparty.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/wowguy.gif

Keith E. Sayre
12-05-2004, 07:27 PM
I want to agree with everything that BADBLOWN 572 said. Hit it when you
want to, keep after it for 10 or 12 seconds and ease out of it and back to 4000. I've found that my motors last about 100 times longer than when I
used to "leg" it all the time. The gas deal is bad here too. I can go from
Havasu to Topock, down to the Palms, Steamboat and never get on it and
say goodbye to 65 gallons. Oh well, it's worth it!
Keith Sayre
Conquest Boats

Wicky
12-06-2004, 12:08 AM
20 gallons...6850rpms @ 96 mph = 51 miles in a hurry...thank you Allison/Mercury. Now I remember why I sold my Big Block boat!!!
Won't own another one until I have my own oil well and refinery!!!
Mow,
Wicky

RiverOtter
12-06-2004, 04:25 AM
I thought this thread was dead. :D Didn't realize wackers got "good" gas milage :idea:

jackpunx
12-06-2004, 09:52 AM
20 gallons...6850rpms @ 96 mph = 51 miles in a hurry...thank you Allison/Mercury. Now I remember why I sold my Big Block boat!!!
Won't own another one until I have my own oil well and refinery!!!
Mow,
Wicky
96 MPH?.. for 51 miles? HHHHMMMM .... what time of day is this?

Wicky
12-06-2004, 10:43 AM
96 MPH?.. for 51 miles? HHHHMMMM .... what time of day is this?
7 laps in the middle of the day at Lucky Peak, Idaho.
check it out (http://www.allisonboats.com/sportboats/xs2003_grandsport_index.php)

jackpunx
12-06-2004, 10:49 AM
7 laps in the middle of the day at Lucky Peak, Idaho.
check it out (http://www.allisonboats.com/sportboats/xs2003_grandsport_index.php)
Nice.. Actually reading about that boat.. its pretty cool.. are you running a 2.5?
are you coming to BBSP?

Wicky
12-06-2004, 10:51 AM
Here are some stats from another Allison.
The SS 2000 SuperSport, four years in the making, is designed to be the most efficient boat in the world. Independent tests reveal “an un-heard-of fuel mileage of 12.8 mpg, and over 10 mpg at 60 mph.” With triple the gas mileage, higher speeds, quicker acceleration, better rough water ride and handling, and incomparable durability . . .
I'm not getting 10 but I never go just 60 either!!!

Wicky
12-06-2004, 10:55 AM
Yes and yes!!

DryHeatOnly
12-06-2004, 11:34 PM
I only break for a half hour or so. He's down for at least four!!!! If Pep boys wasnt open he would have never made it back out on the water. Thank god for Bling they got that pimp your ride section where else would he find those fake spinner hub caps!!!
You can actually trim that tuna boat. Im surprised the bow of that milk truck even moves up and down.
Jeffrey Son
You guys are comedy :D

DryHeatOnly
12-06-2004, 11:43 PM
With the family in the boat I'll cruise at 3500-4500 rpm's which keeps her between 50mph and the low 60's.
Without kids, I'll bump it up to WOT here and there ;) That'll put me between 73-76mph @ 5000rpm. :cool: For a 25' open bow, that's good enough for me (usually :eek: ).
I'm kinda gentle on the boat. I never hit it hard from a dead stop. Always rolling the throttle.

RiverOtter
12-07-2004, 06:44 AM
With the family in the boat I'll cruise at 3500-4500 rpm's which keeps her between 50mph and the low 60's.
Without kids, I'll bump it up to WOT here and there ;) That'll put me between 73-76mph @ 5000rpm. :cool: For a 25' open bow, that's good enough for me (usually :eek: ).
I'm kinda gentle on the boat. I never hit it hard from a dead stop. Always rolling the throttle.
Are you saying that 3,500 rpm's gets you 50mph? Sounds pretty good. The best cruising boat I have owned was a 1989 Pachanga 22 with a 7.4 and an alpha drive. 3,000rpm's and 53 mph. Of course that was not GPS that is BSS :D

DryHeatOnly
12-07-2004, 07:53 AM
Are you saying that 3,500 rpm's gets you 50mph? Sounds pretty good. The best cruising boat I have owned was a 1989 Pachanga 22 with a 7.4 and an alpha drive. 3,000rpm's and 53 mph. Of course that was not GPS that is BSS :D
I'm pretty sure those numbers are right (it's been 65 days since I was in the boat :( and my short term memory is shot).

dicudmore
12-07-2004, 08:07 AM
I'm pretty sure those numbers are right (it's been 65 days since I was in the boat :( and my short term memory is shot).
sounds like time for a boat ride ;)