shaun1368

Steve/Ed.....i figured i would aak the experts
I have what i believe to be the one or two 28 PP's with the factory outboard packages. Originally fitted wth 2.5 merc's, she now has 300 pro max merc's. i am considering repowering due to the age of the pro max's (although they still run great). Do u think that hull could handle 350 or 400 merc's and not upset the weight/CG? i truely believe Powerplay trailblazed the outboard sportdeck deaign way before this outboard revolution. This is my second PP and i always loved the brand - classic lines race boats under the mask of pmeasure boats with impecable quality. Any thoughts (good or bad) are will apperciated.

cowisl

I miss that boat! I know when we switched to 300 Promax's, Ed was concerned about the placement of the engines in relation to the bottom strakes, etc.

300R would rip on that boat and you would save tons of $ on fuel.

shaun1368

Agreed Chris.....the pro max are a bit thirsty and have expensive taste (91). Do you still have ur 38?

looks like Ed and Steve my have gone radio silient.

johnmiffco

cool having 1 of the few factory o/b 28s
the 300 pro max motors are a very dependable motor with good torque for a 3.0 for the
heavier well built powerplay wave crusher
they are thirtsy over 4k rpm
reasonable fuel drinking if cruise 3500 window
the ecu adjusts fuel curve from the tps and map sensor below 4k after 4k they run mainly on the fat fuel map
i just did a resto and conversion on a 32 hustler and used tripple 300 pms
for the reason of the good torque and dependabilty as i run 50+ miles away from my trailer at all times in the bays and gulf
with 34 props and 3500 rpms im cruising 62-68 mph window and that 6mph flux is depending on water conditions for trim and tabs and fine with the fuel consumption
5k on well she drinks,,,
as stated a pair of 300r would be a great upgrade over the pm
not bad on the wallet over 400,450,500 ,,,,and lot lighter on the transom
the 4.6 ltre would have great hole and midrange
put up a pic of the 28,,,,

sonicss42

I believe that Steve recently died. There was a notification on here about it. If this is wrong then I apologize.

shaun1368

ugh! So sorry to hear that. His Powerplay thread on this site is legendary and a wealth of knowledge for us PP fans. God speed Steve.

shaun1368

Here's my 28.

Twin O/B Sonic

Being a lifelong OB Vee bottom guy, your 28’ PPs are like holy grail!

I looked at a couple of 33‘s which I have lusted after forever, but with previous power you needed triples to get one to run the way that it should and I will not do that.

With the new 450R’s on the market though, you would have one bad mammer jammer!

johnmiffco

thats 1 good looking 28 u got there,,,

shaun1368

thanks. i got to give some credit to Chris H. The boat originally had the classic pp colors. Chris gave her a good update.