Good RPM from a standard 2.4 200

[JamesM]

 

[Burty]

thats really good rpm
whats been done to the engine?
what was the water conditions like? millpond, rough, etc

 

[Hydrostream]

Nice

Thats good rpm, but it's not a standard 2.4 is it?

What speed did you make at those revs?

 

[JamesM]

thats really good rpm
whats been done to the engine?
what was the water conditions like? millpond, rough, etc

Standard motor, 1.87:1 box. It was using my 26 chop, you know, the one you could only spin to 6300. It was well rough at weston but I manged to find a flat bit. Didnt GPS it but I reckon it was somewhere on the fast side of 110mph. Not bad for a P20

 

[The gArfish]

It was well rough at weston

ann sow arr de wimmin mi sun . i rekkon wan ov dems shaggid yorr brayns owt dood

gArf

 

[JamesM]

If you dont believe me just look at how white my knuckles are in the photo

 

[Hydrostream]

Cool speed

I wonder how long those standard rods will hold up or are you using bridgeport rods?

 

[JamesM]

They're the big 5250 rods in that motor anyway same as a bridgeport they just dont have the SPS bolts that the hipo motors use.

I supose the motor isn't completely standard, it has an XR2 airbox!!!

 

[Hydrostream]

Wow

I wan't an xr2 airbox!!!

 

[Jon Fuller]

It's so easy to confuse mph with kph, don't you think, still, 68mph is pretty good.

 

[termite]

Or turn the little wheel thingy on the back of the rev counter so it thinks its only a 4 instead of a 6.

T

 

[JamesM]

I wasn't confusing mph with kph cause I didn't record the speed I was just guessing from the rpm prop and final drive!!!

Also there is no 4 or 6 selecter on the back of the revcounter!!!

Its all down to my driving!!!

 

[Burty]

they are all tossers. i took the photo and i was scared shitless.

 

[Burty]

but at the end of the day my boat is faster than yours!!!!!!!

 

[termite]

 

[Jon Fuller]

It's clear non of you have ever been any where near 110, except mebbe just before your mum woke you up with a cup of tea.

Have you the faintest idea how many HP you'd need to get a P20 doing 110?

Being afraid at 70 is nothing to be ashamed of tho'.

 

[JamesM]

Have you the faintest idea how many HP you'd need to get a P20 doing 110?

About 200!!!

It might not have been 110 but the tacho was reading 9500 with a 26 chop fitted and thats the honest truth!!!

I have a question for anyone with a mercury tacho. Whats it reading right now, this very moment? Zero?

 

[Cookee]

I have a question for anyone with a mercury tacho. Whats it reading right now, this very moment? Zero?

Whatever it was reading when I turned the ignition off!

Of course it could be that the prop was turning air when it hit those revs!

 

[JamesM]

Or it could be that whilst trying my new starter motor out the rev counter was kicking about a bit as I flicked the key on and off, as it sometimes does. Its not uncommon for it to stop on 2000-3000 rpm so when it had a big kick and stopped on 9500 I though it was to good an oppetunity to miss. The boat was on the trailer in my drive. I had to chop the picture a bit cause the full picture shows the water pressure gauge on zero and the key in the off position

 

[Hydrostream]

Here ya go!

No BS!

Would you go this fast in an open boat???

I would have serious reservations about it!