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4 stroke 60/40 on 1648 River Rhino with UHMW??
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<blockquote data-quote="rotus623" data-source="post: 426926" data-attributes="member: 15266"><p>Ok fellas so I took her for a test run today. Checked compression and we were looking at 180psi across the bboard cold. She fired right up and idled perfectly. Looked great under the hood and had a good amount of power.</p><p></p><p>So the boat is .125 all around. It has 1/8" UHMW (30lbsof weight according to Jim Starkey) and a tunnel. Three batteries and a full 12 gallon fuel tank. One 200lb guy and one 150lb guy. Honestly the hole shot was pretty good all things considered. She got on plane in about 2 boat lengths. Stayed on plane easily. There were two issues that I noticed. One was top speed upriver was only 23 and down river 25. The other issue is that the tail end rode heavy. Ran maybe 10" deep in the back on plane. I was hoping for much better than that.</p><p></p><p>The start battery and gas tank was in the rear, about 120lbs total. The 4 stroke motor weighs 267lbs.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking of starting by moving the tank and battery up. If that doesn't work maybe I need to sell the motor and get a 90/65 2 stroke? The motor is clean and I'm sure I can get $4000-4500 for it in a couple Weeks. </p><p></p><p>Price was great!! So I did purchase it. What you guys think I should do to get better performance?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rotus623, post: 426926, member: 15266"] Ok fellas so I took her for a test run today. Checked compression and we were looking at 180psi across the bboard cold. She fired right up and idled perfectly. Looked great under the hood and had a good amount of power. So the boat is .125 all around. It has 1/8" UHMW (30lbsof weight according to Jim Starkey) and a tunnel. Three batteries and a full 12 gallon fuel tank. One 200lb guy and one 150lb guy. Honestly the hole shot was pretty good all things considered. She got on plane in about 2 boat lengths. Stayed on plane easily. There were two issues that I noticed. One was top speed upriver was only 23 and down river 25. The other issue is that the tail end rode heavy. Ran maybe 10" deep in the back on plane. I was hoping for much better than that. The start battery and gas tank was in the rear, about 120lbs total. The 4 stroke motor weighs 267lbs. I was thinking of starting by moving the tank and battery up. If that doesn't work maybe I need to sell the motor and get a 90/65 2 stroke? The motor is clean and I'm sure I can get $4000-4500 for it in a couple Weeks. Price was great!! So I did purchase it. What you guys think I should do to get better performance? [/QUOTE]
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