Re: Need Help with Making Boat Go Faster
You are talking close to doubling your speed. In order to get to where you want in speed, you would need to at least triple, if not quadruple your horsepower. That is not feasible. I think the person you are talking to is feeding you a line, has an inacurate speedo, or has fallen victim to the sensation that a person has on the water that makes it seem like it is going faster than it is. A rigged bassboat with a 300 horse outboard can get up around 80, an early Hydrostream Vector with 300 hp can get over 100, these have essentially the same hull, a high performance hull that allows the boat to litteraly run on a pad that is about a square foot in area. This pad and the prop are the only things in the water, that is what it needed to get speed. If your boat is a regular v hull with inboard, you will never see 70. You could get more horsepower and torque with some mods, mayber get it up around 250 hp, run a prop with more pitch, and get in the high 50s. After that, your wallet will vomit gallons of cash for little gain. My recommendation, just have fun with it. High speed in boats is fun for a couple minutes, after that the white knuckle factor has set in, and it is easy to get in trouble at high speeds. Also, if your lake is anything like mine, it has a speed limit (mine is 50mph) and it is pointless to has all that potential.
