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Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

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Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Andyhydro » Jul 23, 2011 8:24 am

lol your off to a waaaay better start compared to me!.....31 Ft cat growing up ...I'm sure she'll be fine.....and figure out the you have to fly the boat!

The first time my girl stepped into my CV 16 ss she said...and I quote "Oh ...so this is a British boat?" .....I said no...why do you say that? "because dummy....the steering wheel is on the right hand side!" ......I don't even want to ask her what she thinks flying a pad boat is !!!! LMAO ....I can only imagine the "that time of the month" scene she will set up.

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by YDOC462 » Jul 22, 2011 9:33 pm

Minimize! Minimize! Minimize! Close! Esc! Esc! Delete! Delete! .... " Huh, what? No I was just checking my bank account." Lmao

Luckily my ol lady grew up in her daddys 31 ft offshore cat running 130mph. She still don't get what a pad boat does though. Lol

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Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Hippie459MN » Jul 22, 2011 9:23 pm

Andyhydro wrote:
:pound: :pound:

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Andyhydro » Jul 22, 2011 8:22 pm

Rut311969 wrote:Oops just made the mistake of letting my girlfriend watch that vid and she says thats what we look like in are boat shes like are you kidding :o me ! I thought more boat was inthe water :lol: now she knows. We"ve only hit 81 but thats still haulin :D .
hahahah I just had the same convo with mine....I was all excited showing her a similar setup to what ours will be and she said the same thing! ....Looks like we've gotta be more careful who sees the screen when we're on the forum....its gonna be like nervous teenage porn surfing around here hahah jks.

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Andyhydro » Jul 22, 2011 8:19 pm

Great, thanks for your input! You recommend a manual or hydraulic jack for application such as this?

I suppose regardless of the weight of the heavier engine you still need to put it back to get more boat out of the water and get the prop away from cavitation?

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by transomstand » Jul 22, 2011 8:03 pm

Andyhydro wrote:Makes sense thanks allot! What about engine height, set back, prop ....or does that all depend on the individual boat and driver?
Some will be driver preference, but it should be close to "normal", round ear prop, a little above the pad, probably 4-6 inches of setback.

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Rut311969 » Jul 22, 2011 7:44 pm

Oops just made the mistake of letting my girlfriend watch that vid and she says thats what we look like in are boat shes like are you kidding :o me ! I thought more boat was inthe water :lol: now she knows. We"ve only hit 81 but thats still haulin :D .

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Andyhydro » Jul 22, 2011 7:32 pm

Makes sense thanks allot! What about engine height, set back, prop ....or does that all depend on the individual boat and driver?

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by transomstand » Jul 22, 2011 5:52 pm

Andyhydro wrote:Hahah you weren't kidding! Thats quite the fridge on that thing. Not to annoy you pros with too many questions but what does one have to do to set up a 500 pound engine for those kind of speeds?

Some engine shots at the 8.30 mark in the video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/MyVking#p/u/40/j2pqn3r_3fI[/youtube]

It's probably no big deal, some later model 2.5's were 400+ lbs, add 28 gallons of fuel in the back, a big battery, and you're carrying a bunch of weight. Move the battery forward, less need for a big gas tank with better fuel economy, and it would balance out.

Re: Vking with 250 Optimax - 99.1 MPH

by Andyhydro » Jul 22, 2011 4:37 pm

Hahah you weren't kidding! Thats quite the fridge on that thing. Not to annoy you pros with too many questions but what does one have to do to set up a 500 pound engine for those kind of speeds?

Some engine shots at the 8.30 mark in the video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/MyVking#p/u/40/j2pqn3r_3fI[/youtube]

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