zoomer

what happened to the rest of this thread?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thumper292

I've got a 292 with the 350s. I love the boat. The best I've seen speed-wise was 70 on GPS and that was with the gas tank almost empty and only me on the boat. A good average for the 350s seems to be around 67-69. I've heard the 6.2s are only a mile per hour or two faster. I'd be skeptical of the 75ish. In any event, the 292 is a great boat and I'm sure you'll like it. You can always drop a couple ProChargers in on those 6.2s if they don't perform the way you want.

zoomer

thanks for the info!

Bikini Bottom

Zoomer, did you decide to take the plunge? I love my 292. For what it's worth, I run a consistant 75-78 with Scorps load dependant. I've seen 80 real light in a following chop. It's a great boat, trailerable, family friendly but still fun with the boys, more fuel friendly than big blocks, and it's good in most seas (the wife likes it unless the bay is real kicked up).
The Fastech hull is a little slow coming on plane but runs sweet once up. I replaced the standard Bennett tabs with K-Planes...big difference. Next the box comes off, new headers and I'm gonna try some Hydromotive 5 Blades. Good luck on the choice.

zoomer

I'm headed to Miami in three weeks to check it out. I will also ride on the 353 and 383, I'm hoping not to go to crazy and end up wanting the 353!

Bikini Bottom

I'd love a 353...I'm headed to the Baltimore show this w/e but I'll try not to drool all over it. Robert has a sweet 05 listed, it's a little rich for my blood this year but it sure looks good. Maybe next year if I can convince the wife that she really needs a vacuflush head and a set of 525's to better enjoy the summer! Enjoy Miami...it was 14 degrees here in the Mid-Atlantic this morning!

smokinh2o

Bikini Bottom,

Can you list the specs of the K-planes, what it took to install them and what performance gains you saw (ie: planning time, ride, etc)

Thanks.

Bikini Bottom

Smokin,

I went with Eddie Marine Billet 12X24" tabs with a cut-out for drive clearance, they are heavy duty and look pretty slick. The install was a weekend plus project because of fiberglass filling and paint mostly (Learning point: triple check tab placement and drive clearance up/down/left/right b4 drilling...or drill & fill one side twice!). I ran the thru-hulls above the tab mounting plate for stringer grid & transom depth issues (might have been able to mount on the tab plate if motors were out). Because of the non-standard thru-hull location, I special ordered another set of SS lines. The Formula K-Plane indicators and switches work 4.0 but I needed the Eddie Marine actuator kit to mount the indicator cables to the tabs. All in all it looks professional and works great (Joe Rhode from Eddie was a great resource in figuring the project out).

Performance: I plane 1-1.5 seconds quicker, stay on plane down to 20 (kids wakeboard/tubing) instead of falling off at 24-25, and run much better in big water with a lot more wetted surface area and much quicker tab response than the Bennetts.