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    Hey y'all I just picked up a purty clean '81 16 footer. PA boat, motor'n & trailer from original owner. Rigged with, get this, the original 650 Merc. Motor's blowed up. Imagine that. The most appropriate replacement I have in the arsenal at the moment is a '86 90hp crossflow from my wrecked Gtron. Would've liked to have a lil more hp. Anyway the 90 is punched .030, etc and very strong. Would spin a 13 3/4 x 23 SRX to 63-64k @ 54.8gps behind my 15' Glastron. Any idea what kind of performance and/or top end to expect from the Baja with that motor?
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    '71 Glastron V153 - Composite rebuild - Unceremoniously wrecked
    '81 Baja 15 SS - "nine-paged" '77 140
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    I have a 1984 16 SS with 100 Johnson. 57.6 with a 23SRX. A few mph slower but a lot more usable with a 22 Raker. I use a 17 Stiletto for skiing

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    Thanks David. Ironically I have a nice 13 3/4 x 23 SRX, my best go fast prop for this motor. A ventilated mildly 'finessed' 13 1/2 x 22 Lightspeed serves as my more usable one. Carry a crappy beat up alum as a last resort. Ain't got no ski prop so to speak ...

    Upon further inspection the boat is in fact a 15ss & not a 16. Hope we can still be friends ...
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    '70 something Speedcraft - Allison 16R clone - Undergoing restoration
    '79 Carlson CVZ 19 - Far back burner
    WALK TALL AND CARRY A BIG BILGE PUMP

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    Sure we can be friends, but with a foot more boat I'll have my built in excuse if you are faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David View Post
    Sure we can be friends, but with a foot more boat I'll have my built in excuse if you are faster.
    Heh heh. Fair 'nuff! It'll be interesting to see how it performs. My boy was s'posed to have it rigged by the end of the week. Come to realize he musta meant next week. Sigh ...
    '71 Glastron V153 - Composite rebuild - Unceremoniously wrecked
    '81 Baja 15 SS - "nine-paged" '77 140
    '81 Carlson C500 Metric - Currently in foster care
    '70 something Speedcraft - Allison 16R clone - Undergoing restoration
    '79 Carlson CVZ 19 - Far back burner
    WALK TALL AND CARRY A BIG BILGE PUMP

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    Little Rock? I thought that Baja's of that vintage were made in Bucyrus, Ohio?

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    1976 Baja 16ss

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    Little Rock? I thought that Baja's of that vintage were made in Bucyrus, Ohio?

    This picture was sent to me by a lady in Farmington NM she has the boat for sale on craigslist and sent me the picture of the capacity plate, I also thought the boats were made in Ohio.

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    Since we are back on this again my 1982 was made in Ohio.
    82 Baja 16SS with 1978 Evinrude 140

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    Yeah I never knew they were made in Little Rock too?

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    Years ago i had a 1976 16' Baja with a 1976 135 Evinrude Silver Starflight spinning a 23p SRX. It ran low 60`s according to my Kellar. Was plenty fast back then and barely sipped the gas. Those was the days.

    DB

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