Thirsty Turtle

Got a 1994 with 502MPI's running 26 B1. Love the boat! Acceleration is awesome for the mild power. Comes on plane quickly and easily. Will always run 75 mph. Tops is 77.5. Being tail heavy has never been a problem, just tab down a touch to fly level. Plus, sitting low in the rear, makes it look like a hot rod at the dock.

moviemoney

now we're talking.... any chime-walking or pourpoising? how much fuel do you like to keep in her ..re: that 140 gal is a heavy load.are you runnig the props out or in ?any thing else you like to add

Craney

I have 2 tanks in mine 1 60 gallon in the bow and 110 gallon in the floor. I'm turning my props in, I should swich the drives and see how it runs with them turning out.

mikebrls

craney , you dont have to switch the drive's to test . all you do is switch the prop's from one side to the other, and then when you run the boat for test only you put the gear shifter in reverse and that will make you go foward . if you put the shifter in foward you will go in reverse

z.zuperboat

If their trs drives dont run them in reverse hard. the trannies dont like that. I would switch the drives. bravos are another story. Mine had 468,s and trs,s spinning in and man that thing would hang like a stream. Your going to love the 28 with twins. best of luck

Thirsty Turtle

^ You can do that with Bravos. Can TRS also be run like that?

We made a fuel mileage trip last year. 200 miles with minimal no wakes and 4 locks. Ran 3300-3500 rpm most of the trip and saw 1.73 mpg and we wear loaded with gear. Thought that was pretty good!

Thirsty Turtle

z answered my question

z.zuperboat

I was told the something in the trannies for reverse is different then the forward. Thats why they make noise in reverse. I was told not to do it.

Cattitude

If it's like an inboard tranny and makes the whirring noise in reverse it's using planetary gears to get it done- and yes, they would not be happy in continous use

jimjomack

I have a 28 twin with the equivilent of 500 HPs. Boat was a little rear heavy. Had to add weight in the bow and that balanced the boat out but took a few miles off of top end. I run 75 mph on GPS with Bravo 1 30 pitch blades