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11-07-2005, 02:27 PM
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Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
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Outboard Tuning
I have a 2.5 Pro Max 225hp
What mods can I do to push it into the 260hp-300hp range?
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11-07-2005, 03:06 PM
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Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
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The cheapest and safest/most reliable mod would be to sell it to me and buy yourself another motor!
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11-07-2005, 03:22 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
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Location: Birmingham
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How much would you give me for it? It has a bullet box with low water pickups and a carbon fibre cowling and is in pretty good nick too!
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11-07-2005, 03:23 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
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Location: Birmingham
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could also consider selling the powerhead and dropping on a 300+bhp powerhead
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11-07-2005, 03:38 PM
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Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
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Quote:
Originally posted by MrRob
could also consider selling the powerhead and dropping on a 300+bhp powerhead
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Username "Captain Hook" is still available
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11-07-2005, 03:40 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
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Location: Birmingham
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I dont get it!
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11-07-2005, 03:46 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
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Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
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I'll leave it with you for a while ..................
Hint "Say What Now"
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11-07-2005, 03:50 PM
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Maybe I can help. The more push at the back, the more the back will want to overtake the front.
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11-07-2005, 03:53 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
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Ahhh! Im with ya
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11-07-2005, 05:14 PM
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Occupation: IT Director, www.lighthouseit.co.uk
Interests: Boats, Surfing & Snowboarding
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Boat make: Colvic 35 Suncruiser / Bernico F3 / Phantom 16 / Zodiac 420 YL / RIB / Apollo 9
Engines: 2 x Perkins Sabre 225ti / Mercury Pro XS /Mercury Pro XS 115/ Tohatsu 2.5 / Mercury 25 / Mercury 50
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Quote:
Originally posted by Matt
Maybe I can help. The more push at the back, the more the back will want to overtake the front.
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Have a go in Taz's boat to feel the true power of the Force - The dark side of Mercury Performance!
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11-07-2005, 05:34 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
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Boat name: Never Enough
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what was the top end you got from Taz's boat?
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11-07-2005, 10:59 PM
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Force were shit!
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Originally posted by Silversurfer
Have a go in Taz's boat to feel the true power of the Force - The dark side of Mercury Performance!
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11-07-2005, 11:26 PM
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nah they werent they were primative..........not shit!
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11-07-2005, 11:28 PM
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wasnt force in connection with mercury
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11-07-2005, 11:28 PM
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Force=Farce.
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Originally posted by Captain Chaos
nah they werent they were primative..........not shit!
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11-07-2005, 11:29 PM
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Quote:
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what was the top end you got from Taz's boat?
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So fast u dont get time tto look at the speedo and its never truly been trimmed up and pedal to the metal!
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11-07-2005, 11:32 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
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whats the top speed of your boat taz?
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11-07-2005, 11:34 PM
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How longs a piece of string id like to think with a decent driver 90mph
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11-07-2005, 11:36 PM
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Ive touched 70 personaaly but got bit scared, I think silversurfer flew past me in my boat doing late 70s maybe even 80
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11-07-2005, 11:37 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
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Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
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Location: Birmingham
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Shit the bed! Thats fast. Do tell the details of your rig!
Have u not got a GPS for tracking your speed?
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