I know there's at least few members on this site with Hot Rod style boats so let's see them. Post your best pics! For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about these boats became popular in the 50's and follow the light weight with big power school of thought taken from Hot Rodding,
Re: Jet Boats vs Outboards and IOs
Right on! :cool:
Hey I see you have an LX mustang.
I had 2 that I bought brand new and then played with them some. 86 and an 88. Great cars!!
Re: Gas or Diesel.
I've got 50,000 miles on my 06 Chevy. It's got an 8.1 with Allison trans and 4.10 gears (I ordered it that way).
Best truck I've ever owned. Gets 11 mpg empty or towing a 3,000 lb boat and more like 6-8 mpg towing big trailers.
Honestly, I'm a little green when it comes to slow boats. Until I joined this site I had never even heard of hulls with Horspower limitaions. Back here on the west coast (where the Hot Rod boating world started) we put as much power as we can in boats. The local cops don't check us and I don't...