mirage ski racer speeds

[LeeRiverVector]

starting to rig my mirage ski racer and wondering what kind of speed she will get???? putting on my 2.4 from gpi and i think it was around 230 -240 hp as it pushed my vector to 91 mph with a 30 inline chopper...just wondering to expect.....

[pyro]

I would expect similar speeds with a heavier layup (91-95), maybe 100+ with a very light layup and good setup. Sometimes just the right recipe can produce crazy fast numbers...

[Rusrog]

I'm thinking more along the line of low 90's to high 80's if you prop it for big numbers. Depends on the boat though. If it's a light one it may run harder. that old Stream is more efficient than the Mirage will be under ideal conditions.

Still a lot of vairables there. Hard to really say what it will run without some more info. Hull weight, which bottom, prop pitch, etc...

[Little Jon]

Our 260 Pushes Our Mirage 111 With A 31 Cleaver

[Boz]

Hope you don't get passed by a cuddy cabin this summer!!!!!!:D

[LeeRiverVector]

hey boz you guys will probaby have trouble beating my wifes boat with her driving it..17 foot larson xri black max

[Little Jon]

them black maxes were nice motors, my dad had one on his laser bassboat and ran 89 mph and it was a 175 worked to a 210

[Little Jon]

Imagine what a 32 cleaver will push ours :D

[mercpunk]

my dad's mirage with a 225-2.4 2.1 gears with a re4-28 went 94 with two of us in it and 98 with him in it im positove with light weight driver it was tripple digits . His is a 96 ski racer medium weight

with a mod 2.5 200 fishin mota on 2.1 gears and 30 pitch chopper he went 117.3 9300 rpm's at gps with only 6 minutes hose time on motor :

[peedeerooster]

I had a 1992 with a carb 2.4 bridgeport, 26cc heads, 1.87 cle with Bob's cone, Bob's jack plate and 14.5 X 30 lab merc cleaver. On top end, I ran the plate up to water pressure started to drop and then bumped back down to where the pressure picked back up. Turned the 30 7800 and ran 105mph. When I first started the setup the boat only ran 94mph. It's all in the setup. I worked the trailing edges of the bottom a little. The boat picked up speed the higher you went with the engine. I want get into how it ran with a MOD VP ported bridgeport EFI with the same setup. But it would fly. I tried Hoss's, spinelli's and anything else made at the time, but if you want one of these boats to pull the big numbers all I can say is nothing came close to the Merc lab cleaver. If you have anymore setup questions ley me know.

[mercpunk]

for sure setback makes numbers to we run a foot offset :eek:

i forgot about the bridgeport days we had a efi bp on a left hand case 1.87's -- 26 chopper and only went 101 :(

what tuner will you be runnin

[Sam Baker]

I think low 90s is possible if it's 225 HP or more. We had a stock weight Collins built Ski Racer with a 200 ProMax and it would run 91-93 MPH with just me in it with a 29 OMC SRX on it. If I would have jacked it up more and thrown my 32 Cleaver at it, it may have gone more, but low 90s is certainly reasonable with a boat that's not too heavy and is set up decent. That was with a stock CLE.

[ProComp]

Hey Ken, I figure about 2 mph slower then a Rocket with the same motor! LOL Let me know when I can get a look at more then just the sponson.

[2 De River]

I have a 94 ski racer with a 260 merc, it's turned 103 on a real good day, you will have to run a high pitch prop for that, I have found that the yamaha style choppers do better, I had a vector before this boat I tried a 30 pitch merc chopper, the yamaha style did a better job for me. Set up (motor height) plays a lot into it also. Good luck and be careful. Jimmy

[Wolverine]

I think somewhere in the mid 90's is where you're gonna be with your current motor and prop combo. The fella that bought my neighbors 96' Mirage put a 225 ProMax on it. He claims that he's running 102mph with a 34 Cleaver.......so breaking 100mph is entirely possible. However, I've heard that the pre-94' or 95's had a slightly different bottom and weren't quite as fast as the newer ones.

[mercpunk]

I think somewhere in the mid 90's is where you're gonna be with your current motor and prop combo. The fella that bought my neighbors 96' Mirage put a 225 ProMax on it. He claims that he's running 102mph with a 34 Cleaver.......so breaking 100mph is entirely possible. However, I've heard that the pre-94' or 95's had a slightly different bottom and weren't quite as fast as the newer ones.


you are right man .... they skiracer/supersport bottom has changed quite a few time's over the year's !!! last time was 95-96

[mercpunk]

I think somewhere in the mid 90's is where you're gonna be with your current motor and prop combo. The fella that bought my neighbors 96' Mirage put a 225 ProMax on it. He claims that he's running 102mph with a 34 Cleaver.......so breaking 100mph is entirely possible. However, I've heard that the pre-94' or 95's had a slightly different bottom and weren't quite as fast as the newer ones.


you are right man .... they skiracer/supersport bottom has changed quite a few time's over the year's !!! last time was 95-96 and there is a major change in all bottoms

[LeeRiverVector]

hey pro comp this is going to be a very wild summer... although you have to beat my wifes boat first......

[ProComp]

hey pro comp this is going to be a very wild summer... although you have to beat my wifes boat first......

No problem, you know me, beating pontoon boats makes me feel like a big man!!!! LOL :D

[merctech1979]

I think somewhere in the mid 90's is where you're gonna be with your current motor and prop combo. The fella that bought my neighbors 96' Mirage put a 225 ProMax on it. He claims that he's running 102mph with a 34 Cleaver.......so breaking 100mph is entirely possible. However, I've heard that the pre-94' or 95's had a slightly different bottom and weren't quite as fast as the newer ones.

i first broke 101 with that same prop, but i pitch it up to a 34 thinking i was going to see some bigger numbers. but for $180 i spent on pitching the prop up to a 34, i only got 1 mph. makes me think if it was worth it.

[Wolverine]

That's still a sharp looking boat..........even if it's in Florida:D

[LeeRiverVector]

first time out in the mirage she ran 92.2 on gps in a short distance... still getting the feel for her and also looking for right prop as i was running my inline chopper......