Thanks - I have looked there a few times, I saw that one. Based on what I've seen so far he's over priced for what it is. I like the look and set up of the Nordic posted here and everywhere, but think if I pull the trigger it will have to be an Eliminator.

There are none now, but a month or so ago I saw a couple that I would consider for $15k that were pretty well set up. Good enough parts to do some engine swapping.

I'll either continue with my Rogers or go Daytona. None of the others interest me.

Don't fool yourself here. You will NOT go any faster with these changes. I have your boat in the 21' model. Your thoughts of 5 to 6mph will not happen. Our boats are pretty big and heavy. The stock design seems to be well thought out by the builder. I don't see any easy way to get more out of it. I have never reached out to Cobra. Maybe you can get a hold of a someone there who has the experience to point you in the direction you want to go.

If your going to add a supercharger with the low boost your talking about I wouldn't change the pump at all. Adding rpm's will be your additional speed. Why do you want to keep it at 5000rpm? Do you think 5300 or 5400 would cause any problems? My 496 could take it just fine.

The droop I tried already had wedge built into it. Go up another 4 degrees and you will have serious up angle at your control. I'm sure you already know max speed comes with your roost just above water level.

Based on my personal experience you may end up with a slower loose riding experience. I only post here when I have experience in the discussion. My experience and opinion - take it for what it is.

I SAID if you cruise you would get good mileage. I do with my Cobra. I ALSO SAID if you have a lead foot you won't dumbazz 

I was going to try the Place diverter droop with a ride plate that attaches to the droop until TIM PLACE SCREWED ME. I tried it on my Rogers and it was the wrong direction. To small of boat for what that thing is. Buy it from someone like Tom at JBP and you will get a fair deal.

I don't believe a shoe and ride plate would do you any good. Call somebody who does this for a living and ask. Fuel injected Procharger would get you there. 5 or 7psi would work good with that engine. How much are you willing to spend? Are you able to do the work yourself? If not it's really expensive. Have you ever heard the phrase "Expect to spend $1000 for every mile an hour to go above and beyond your stock set up" I've lived it for a long time and found this to be pretty accurate.

Or you could do what I did. Buy a small jet boat for going fast.

I just picked up on the Nordic in the post

Eliminator picklefork is the subject

Excuse my ignorance, but is this a 19' Eliminator Daytona?

If not what are the differences?

Calling all 19' Daytona owners - Need your input - Thanks much

So I've been thinking lately about my direction with my Rogers. I like the boat. To complete the project I expect another $10 to $15k would do it. For that I could buy a 19' Daytona, move my engine over and maybe a few other things. Take what is in the Daytona and put in the Rogers and sell it for $5 or $6k. The Daytona would have to have the pump pretty much set up for me to buy it. Clean paint job as well.

My Rogers runs to 86mph in 6 seconds with a stock intake. Based on my research having my pump set back is worth about another 10mph. Changing the impeller may increase this as well. I'm running a AA now.

How much more would the Daytona run with my engine? 10mph, 15mph, 20mph?
I feel pretty safe running the Rogers to 100mph, How much faster would the Daytona run before it goes airborne? I know it's a fine line, I would prefer to stay right below the death defying line getting as close as I can 

I want one of the quickest boats on the river, not the fastest.

When you look over a Daytona what exactly are you looking for? Good and Bad

Thanks for the opinions guys

if your looking to spend that kind of money i would get an i/o any way with a boat that size.. gas is going to kill you'
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I disagree, jets are proven to get better mileage than I/O's

That being said if you have a lead foot then every boat eats gas fast. I'll burn $120 in my Rogers in about 30 minutes of run time luvin every second 

He mellowed out a bit with the 1994 Howard 22' Deep V set up with a 502 Magnum that he built up a little.

From the front it looks similar to my Rogers. I know he built some race boats before he started selling to the public. If it is one that might be why the imprint of the hull ID numbers aren't there.

Hey Jesse, Have you run into this type of issue when bumping up the boost in any of your cars?

Interesting.   When you say it didnt sound right or run right,  what was it doing ?   

The sound that was different was more than the ear numbing exhaust. It was like I could here the blow back of the pump. It was quite different than what I'm used too. I'm very in tune with my ears to catch trouble before it's too destructive. Maybe I over reacted on the safe side.

The way it ran was much less giddy up and max speed of 72mph on my gps.

My jetting should have been close enough based on my conversations with the Procharger tech I had before I attempted this. I haven't called them back yet to get their opinion.

I felt maybe my system won't allow this much air flow. Am I wrong? It would be great if I was, that way I could get more out this as it sits.

I would like to try again. If it's warm Thankgiving weekend I'll take it to the river with me. If it's cold I'll play golf and hang out watching the water go by 

Sometimes less is more.

Woke up at 4:30am Saturday and headed for the river to try out the 13psi pulley. Got on the river about 11 and I didn't like the way it was running. Didn't sound right and didn't feel right. Jesse was right in that I would probably need a surge valve with this much boost. Several other thoughts came to mind as I experimented. I put the 9psi pulley back on and started the tuning process again. This is all trial and error to find what we're looking for here. I believe I am at the best place I can be with my current set up. I run quick and hard to a max speed of 86mph in about 6 seconds. My pump is pushing as much water as it can. My intake is stock and yes my next step will be to change this. Need Cash 

My engine is set up strong, but with the iron square ports heads (mildly ported and polished) I think they are only going to flow so much. AFR heads are on my wish list, but again it's about the cash flow.

I'm bummed I didn't take the time to stop and meet you guys at Buckskin for the 21' boat race, but at the time I was tired and in a place to get my Rogers running right.

Lots of time this off season to do stuff, hopefully business will pick up and the cash flow will allow some big changes sooner than later.