SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => WarZone => Topic started by: Warlock on April 23, 2007, 12:15:00 PM
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Thought this was kinda cool...Pontoon with 2 dildo's..errr...300x outboards strapped on the back set the world pontoon record 81mph! ;D Looks like a wild freakin' ride!
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WOW!
Out at Parker we saw an outboard race with some v-drives, kind of a pointless story without the proper details, but I was surprised - he didn't come in last. 3rd or 4th I believe out of 6.
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Are you positive, I think that there was a guy that had three 2.5 mercury drag motors on the back.
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Are you positive, I think that there was a guy that had three 2.5 mercury drag motors on the back.
Check out this link..This was back in 2003..so maybe it's been beat but not that I can find...http://www.missourioutdoors.net/showarticles2.php?id=196&lakeid=196&subject=Boating&location=
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I think I read that it went 98mph back in 1998
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IT's a tri-toon
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Are you positive, I think that there was a guy that had three 2.5 mercury drag motors on the back.
Like I said it's kind of pointless without certain details, like which class he was racing in, what kind of v-drives he was competing with, etc... but I am positive he had ONE black (Merc. ?) outboard on the back of it. It was a red hull. ;D ???
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Like I said it's kind of pointless without certain details, like which class he was racing in, what kind of v-drives he was competing with, etc... but I am positive he had ONE black (Merc. ?) outboard on the back of it. It was a red hull. ;D ???
I beleive it was the nost. endurance class . Once he got his fuel delivery issue straightened out , he was running real good .
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Found it!
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Found it!
Looks like an older 2.5 how fast was he averaging? Thanks for the post Hotrod...
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in the late 80s at Advantage, the first partycat outboard we built was for a wealthy Texan, I take that back. The first outboard was for Mert Littlefield, of blower fame, the second was for this other guy. We built it with twin OMCs on the back. I don't remember the HP rating, been a long time, but whatever was the biggest engine at the time, that's what we used. Anyway, it ran high 80's. Shoot, that was almost 20 years ago. ;) I would think the record is much higher than 81 today.
This was before we had the 'glass' deck on them, they were just a flat deck with railing, canvas and seats but still, that's honkin'.
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Like I said it's kind of pointless without certain details, like which class he was racing in, what kind of v-drives he was competing with, etc...
How fast was he running? See above. ???
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in the late 80s at Advantage, the first partycat outboard we built was for a wealthy Texan, I take that back. The first outboard was for Mert Littlefield, of blower fame, the second was for this other guy. We built it with twin OMCs on the back. I don't remember the HP rating, been a long time, but whatever was the biggest engine at the time, that's what we used. Anyway, it ran high 80's. Shoot, that was almost 20 years ago. ;) I would think the record is much higher than 81 today.
This was before we had the 'glass' deck on them, they were just a flat deck with railing, canvas and seats but still, that's honkin'.
I don't know what ta' tell ya' but check out the link...Looks pretty shady to me.
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How fast was he running? See above. ???
98MPH back in 1998?
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I don't know what ta' tell ya' but check out the link...Looks pretty shady to me.
What's shady about it?
I would think 81 in an aluminun 'tri-toon' (not a pontoon) is pretty good. There's a record, or a worlds fastest, for every damn thing built. Boats are no different. Shit, back in the early 70s at Tahiti we had the worlds fastest jet powerd tri hull...didn't mean a thing. It's all marketing. ;)
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What's shady about it?
I would think 81 in an aluminun 'tri-toon' (not a pontoon) is pretty good. There's a record, or a worlds fastest, for every damn thing built. Boats are no different. Shit, back in the early 70s at Tahiti we had the worlds fastest jet powerd tri hull...didn't mean a thing. It's all marketing. ;)
The fact that the whole boat isn't touching the water and looks like it's about ta' blow over looks shady ta' me..;) I can't image going much faster then that in one without a certified death sentence! And how fast was the worlds fastest jet powered tri-hull?
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Wow ! That thing looks like it could use a little weight in the front before it flips over! :o :o
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Wow ! That thing looks like it could use a little weight in the front before it flips over! :o :o
I bet a stripper pole and a stripper would do the trick. ;)
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The fact that the whole boat isn't touching the water and looks like it's about ta' blow over looks shady ta' me..;) I can't image going much faster then that in one without a certified death sentence! And how fast was the worlds fastest jet powered tri-hull?
Hell, I think it looks good in that shot, but you can't tell a thing on how it rides from a single snap shot of the run. I know what you mean though, but to me it looks shaky, not shady. Shady to me is someone that dishonest. :D And the last 3 or 4 feet of the pontoons are still in the water, not that hairy of a ride.
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=654.0;attach=1725;image)
Oh that 'worlds fastest tri-hull' at Tahiti...never saw the water. It was a pure advertisement ploy. It had a 427 chevy, custom made dry stacks, nice intake and carbs and so on including painted down the side...'TAHITI Worlds Fastest Tri Hull', the speed and ET too.
Now THAT'S shady. ;)
My dad and another rigger took it to the water after it had been sitting around for a while, Schuster would have it sitting out front of the shop, (or even better, in the parking lot at boat shows!) and threw a rod outa the block trying to get that big toad close to the advertised speed. lol. I don't remember now what the speed was.
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shady, shakey, sketchy.....call it what you want, I wouldnt want to be on that deck doin 80. 8) An 80mph gust of wind would be enough to toss that beer can over like a sheet of paper.
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shady, shakey, sketchy.....call it what you want, I wouldnt want to be on that deck doin 80. 8) An 80mph gust of wind would be enough to toss that beer can over like a sheet of paper.
Couldn't agree with ya' more even if it is 28'...
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Check out the bottom pick with those two beauties hangin' off of the back! ;D
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Check out the bottom pick with those two beauties hangin' off of the back! ;D
It has been a very long day at work. I have been looking at this picture for 5 minutes and I don't see any beauties, beaters but no beauties. ;)
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It has been a very long day at work. I have been looking at this picture for 5 minutes and I don't see any beauties, beaters but no beauties. ;)
Proof that beauty truely is in the eye of the beholder. ;)
That bottom pic is pretty cool. I'd kinda like to go for a spin in/on that thing.
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That cover looks like dath vaders helmet :)
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How much HP are ya' gettin' outta that thing?!
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WOW!
Out at Parker we saw an outboard race with some v-drives, kind of a pointless story without the proper details, but I was surprised - he didn't come in last. 3rd or 4th I believe out of 6.
He musta finished just ahead of Q-Jet...;D
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335hp
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335hp
It's that a stock 300x hp?
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no, IT's a simon motor. I need to get one. I'm tired of my 2.5's (300hp) I just need one motor.
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As far as the internal combustion engine goes . Thats just bad ass!
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=654.0;attach=1754;image)
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WOW!
Out at Parker we saw an outboard race with some v-drives, kind of a pointless story without the proper details, but I was surprised - he didn't come in last. 3rd or 4th I believe out of 6.
That was "speed limit" racing in Parker. They run a speed limit so who knows what would happen in a real race.
I heard the outboard vs big block races were in havasu and a jet beat everyone. 8)