Now I watch videos and all I can say and see that's very awesome experience . just sweet !
not trying to hijac this topic but my prop is blue printed for my enigne for the prop slip with no jac plate 6'' setback enigne mouted soild and I just learn from watching the videos I'm using to much trim ,I have 5 people in my Vegas and I'm getting 65 mph with big roost about 10 to 15 feet above the enigne .I now know I'm pulling the motor out to muchmaybe to fast to at that. I need to get out in my Vegas by my self because the old owner said that when the boat gets to 80 mph its chimes and to just keep it going and it will stop chiming at 82 mph but it scares the hell out of me I've had the boat 4 years now and need to watch the rpms to see when the prop stops sliping to get the motor in it power range .

nice boats for sure good videos hippie

that thing is sick looks like lots of fun

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Being a witness, and a passenger, in Chets Viper, I can say that that if his boat is not on the pad it is just floating in the lake. There is no middle ground with that thing. Weather he is doing 20mph or 90mph it always seems to be on the pad. Then again, He can drive the snot out of that thing so could be a lot to do with the driver.

Here is some more video I did of him and Scott out tuning there boats one day.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5zYOiP3qa0[/youtube]

Chet, your boat rocks. It's just scary the way it comes on plane.

Chet your sick or is the boat sick hell at that speed your both sick but its agood sick .

If you are shooting a rooster tail taller than the motor once it takes a set you are using too much trim.


This pass was just shy of 100, 98 I think.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYQNu_781Dg&feature=relmfu[/youtube]

core is solid it was recored about 5 r6 years ago before i bought it the guy was nice enough to show me all the pix from the recore i dont kno how much it weighs though it feels pretty light me n a friend can pick it up without the motor on it

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Yea Chet, you're right. Looks like 8%. Looking at the roostertail, might have been a little higher than 3/4" above the pad.
Looks more like a jetboat.

It looks like your prop slip #'s are a little high http://www.mercuryracing.com/propellers/propslipcalculator.php

30 is kind of high for timing, I run 25

Is the core good? The bottom can be warping at speed causing a hook.
do you know what the boat weighs?
I would try any prop I could get my hands on.