Tuff Boat on Long Island

[Greg G]

It was in the low 80's which makes sense plus I tried a Evenrude prop, talk about bow lift, Im starting to think I need a cleaver

Ok, you had a totally different prop when you blew out, thought you had the same one on it. Well, at least you know you can go even higher with the motor than 1" above the pad and still get plenty of good cooling when you bajabag the side water inlets. Throw that ET back on it today and see what she does at the current 1" above.

[Dirk Pitt]

That doesnt look to bad at all. Other than the covering on the upper holes. haha You could plug those up nice and {Smooth} with some danaglas then paint white and look factory..

The sides shape its self looks good I think! It looks like it would carry well.

kev the tuff has plenty of bow lift, why did you close up the top holes ?

[Greg G]

I believe he already told us why .................

The water control valve requires 12psi for the stock cooling system to keep the engine cool. They will not maintain 12 psi if the side water pickups are putting air to the water pump.

If anyone else has been 100+ on an m2 case I'd like to hear the story cause I've never herd of anyone doing it. Even the Aussies just get a sporty and they aren't scared of anything

[baja200merk]

i gathered that about the look. Just had to rib ya on that that pic. haha. Ya your motor looks SICK!! Love to hang that on my Allison!!

Thanks that was my old setup now that mid is cut to 12" and getting a cool clamp. That setup was probably the lightest 3.4 in the country. Believe it or not A sporty is much heavier then a m2.

[XstreamVking]

The big robust skeg and skeg root on a sporty might weigh 1/3rd the total wt of the unit. Designed to surfaced and run with only the skeg in the water. Gotta be tough to not break with all that stress.

[baja200merk]

The big robust skeg and skeg root on a sporty might weigh 1/3rd the total wt of the unit. Designed to surfaced and run with only the skeg in the water. Gotta be tough to not break with all that stress.

I agree that's why my 16" Taylor hs a sporty under it now. I'll take a little extra weight for the reliability, big gear and saftey. Nothing like a reliable case when your 80 miles from the boat ramp and can cruise at 90 the whole time.

[Greg G]

Believe it or not A sporty ismuch heavier then a m2.

It's raining so I just threw a Sportmaster case on a scale. Filled with gear oil it weighs 54 lbs.

Given the placement of the BRP M2 case's 6 nose water inlets, have you and your crew ever considered tapping the top 2 holes and closing them with removable hex screws for chits and giggles?

[powerabout]

Sporty is sand cast ( strong)i think and the brp die cast (light)

[AZMIDLYF]

[QUOTE=Dirk Pitt;2789475]

So just to regroup...........

You are still running 18" of setback. A couple of days ago with the motor lower or roughly dead even with the pad, you had no blow out at all and ran 90mph. Now, you are 1" above the pad and experienced some blow out. What speed was this at?[/QUOTE


It was in the low 80's which makes sense plus I tried a Evenrude prop, talk about bow lift, Im starting to think I need a cleaver

Agree...this boat seems to have no problem carrying the bow.

[Dirk Pitt]

I dont remember if the Canadians ever tried cleavers, Im sure they did but the 106 boat ended up with a 32 bravo, with a ballast tank,

[CUDA]

Why no nose cone?

IF your serious .. only one way to go.

[AZMIDLYF]

Quick rookie question...blowout is more serious in a V-bottom than a tunnel?

[mikeylarge]

Quick rookie question...blowout is more serious in a V-bottom than a tunnel?

Im sure theres alot of factors to this but my boat will nose hook hard right when you blowout

[AZMIDLYF]

That's what I figured..the V digs in and you hang on.

[mikeylarge]

That's what I figured..the V digs in and you hang on.

Potentially get tossed out