HBjet:
Ok, I know everyone tends to stretch the truth a little when telling someone how fast your boat is, etc. But I was thumbing through the latest Hot Boat mag and in the back (where all the good stuff is) there is a Shovel Nose hydro with a 632ci motor, blown, running some Edlebrock carbs, and according to the owner, it makes 720hp at 7200rpm (remember, my little 496ci makes 732hp at 6300rpm with a tunnel ram on pump gas) He's running it 25% over drive (what does that mean anyways, one rotation of the motor is 1.25 rotations of the prop?) There is no tranny, and he claims to have taken the boat to something like 140-142mph and hasn't ran the boat at WOT yet, but if he does, it's capable of running 170mph.......
Ok V-Drive guys, is this for real?
I was thinking, Damn, I'll slap my 496 into a flatty and I would be in the 150 range no problem!
HBjet Stretch the truth? Nahhh!
I love these guys who will never run their boat through the lights because they really don't want to know how fast it REALLY goes. I never met a jet boat out at the local lake that didn't go 100 mph. And the best one that cracks me up is " I know you go 135 at the races, and I was 4 boats behind you at the finish...so I figure I'm running about 129, maybe 130."
But it's all in fun. I don't think he can go 170 nor do I think you'd run 150 in a flat. But you'd probably have more fun!