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thisistank

Damn dude. Nice!! Always liked that ride.

brentadkins

I've been working on dialing in my 39 with Arnesson's over the past few weeks. I tried out my backup props I bought this summer for the first time on Tuesday night and gained 20 mph at 5K RPM's. The Arnesson's are proving to be the real deal thus far. I'll post some videos when I figure out how to post to youtube.[ATTACH=CONFIG]561048[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]561049[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]561050[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]561051[/ATTACH]

brentadkins

A couple of videos out testing.... https://youtu.be/12B2KlmTi-Q https://youtu.be/hulpq3T9dic And a little Borla exhaust action https://youtu.be/z5-4PADW-YI

brentadkins

She likes the drives just fine. Determining the correct prop size is the trick. I literally gained 20mph by going from 18x34's to 17.5x40's. After that gain, not sure if I should go back to a 18x40??

Drake22.250

Brent, video's look awesome, you did a great job with your boat! What have you seen top end and cruising speeds? Like your valve covers, will have the same soon. Any trouble getting on plane with the 17.5 compared to the 18inch?

Quinlan

Looking Great man- Now drag that Beeech up to GLOC some time!

frickstyle

I do not have the boat setup yet. It will probably top 100mph when I get there. So far 92-93 once @ 5200 rpm, with short props. With correct props @ 32p, it should be @ 104 if my numbers are correct.

Locked up the motor when a crank failed in Nashville, trashed the engine with 15-20 hrs on it. Back to rebuilding and winter time stuff. Maybe next year....

brentadkins

It will be there next summer for the 4th... Hopefully hit the Rendezvous as well

brentadkins

I found the sweet spot around 3800 to 4000 RPM running around 80 mph. Not sure where top end will be just yet. The lake was a little rough for high speed testing so we just touched 5K RPM to get a picture with the smaller diameter props. With the 18x34's we were running right at 80 at 5K rpm on slick calm water, and with the 17.5 x 40's we were at 100 with rough water. During a late September poker run, we were running around 107 mph with the 18's, turning 5700 rpm. I am trying to get it in to be tuned by Mark Boos with Precision Marine in New Orleans this winter. Hopefully he can clean it up a bit.

As for getting on plane with the smaller props, that was my biggest concern, but it seemed to be the same. I hope Mark can help with the take off power band. I have to play with the throttle between 2400 to 2800 RPM until the props break loose a bit to get the RPM up, and then it grabs.. And you better be holding on to something.

Hunting season is officially started for me so test and tune will be put on hold for a couple of months. FYI, the Tickfaw 200 is only 6 months away.... JS