125 MPH Glastron

[Instigator]

I like to bring this back to the surface from time to time.

Helps bring us back to reality when we think we know everything there is to know about going fast.

PS, make sure and watch to the end ;)


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=89e_1310693288

[Instigator]

Oop's, sorry. The video is chopped to a 1 min intro.

I had it saved in my files and can't find it.

Anyone else have a copy??

[activator22]

Charlie N might have saved a full copy of it.

[dogeatdog]

The link above played the whole thing for me.

[Frank Molé]

cool,he lets off nice and easy..................

[Instigator]

Very cool.

I read on another site that the owner was a big time Glastton dealer.
Small block on nitrous w/an Alpha drive that he shortend height of and made his own extension box.
Thats why it looks like a Blackhawks while tilted up

[dnelson964]

That was really cool ! Thanks for sharing...:thumbsup:

[josh7_78]

That video is great. Thanks for bringing it up again.

[Instigator]

Just realized the 25' Talon had triples. Way cool.

Also the Glastron Special (known/produced by another name) was flying too. Can see the driver of the winning boat was on his deck helping at dock.

Remember too, this was in '94, 20 yrs ago!
You're how fast now, after spending how much money?

[delawarerick]

"Your how fast now, after spending how much money?"
That hits it out of the park makes me think of Trex Charlie M and you building from what some would think was scrap:thumbsup:

[Instigator]

"Your how fast now, after spending how much money?"
That hits it out of the park makes me think of Trex Charlie M and you building from what some would think was scrap:thumbsup:

One of my hero's, Ray Neudecker told me one time, "I love digging broken parts out of someone elses trash, bolting it back together and beating them with it".

[FUJIMO]

You mean Rich at Performance Engineering, aka RLC...wasn't the first one to invent this type of Merc Alpha drive modification? Hard to believe.

[Instigator]

You mean Rich at Performance Engineering, aka RLC...wasn't the first one to invent this type of Merc Alpha drive modification? Hard to believe.
I believe Canadian. The video is French (as in Quebec) translated to English. The name of his dealership is in the video.

Can also see where he modded the cavitation plate. Note, he also started it in gear.

[Esox4130]

Kick ass

[olboatman]

Gary thanks for sharin.... as kind of a newbe to S&F I never saw that before. What a wake up to what can be done outside of the box!!! Thanks again Gary

[olboatman]

BTW:thumbsup: Where can I buy that rig!:eek::D Gary

[Coupe427]

Pretty cool to see the 20' CPS outboard running 98 and the 23' inboard running 107.

[metal flake]

Thanks for bringing that out again...never gets old:)


:cheers:"None of them can beat the most cheapest":cheers:

[BUZZIN' DOZEN]

Would love for this guy to get on here and tell us the whole nuts and bolts, play by play!:thumbsup:

[whipper]

ive been looking for that link for a year now and then thanks for posting it again!!! im saving it this time!! Very cool for sure. Rock steady also. Sleeper.:cheers:

[whipper]

So thats a 20ft CVX right?

[Instigator]

So thats a 20ft CVX right?
Your welcome and it looks like it to me even though the video says its 17'.

[CharlieN]

Charlie N might have saved a full copy of it.
I love it when this rolls around,
Yes, if anyone can not view Gary's link see if mine works,



http://users.vermontel.net/~dcma/Boat/Video/LiveLeak.com%20-%20Powerboat%20top%20end%20shootout.mp4


And this is a CVX 16, these are a pad V hull. The CVX20 is straight V, other than the jet version, not a hull that will run like this without work.

[tux974]

Gary, very cool video!.......:thumbsup:

[pointer]

Canadian eh? :P
Must have been one of our long mud puddles.

Thanks for bringing this back Instigator, I love that video. Miss my CVX 20 Sprint.

pointer, canadian eh

[FMP]

Yah eh, EXCELLENT!

[rock]

Good post. I have seen this many times and always look out for sleepers. Ya never know.

Rock

[MODVP22]

Very cool.

I read on another site that the owner was a big time Glastton dealer.
Small block on nitrous w/an Alpha drive that he shortend height of and made his own extension box.
Thats why it looks like a Blackhawks while tilted up

Ironic you mention that. First time I seen the video my brother said "that looks like a BlackHawk"

[Instigator]

Ironic you mention that. First time I seen the video my brother said "that looks like a BlackHawk"

Yep.

That's why I mentioned it. In my search for the video I came up on old thread here (video was gone) where someone gave Danny **** for thinking it was a Blackhawk ;)
It does look like one too.

[MODVP22]

Yep.

That's why I mentioned it. In my search for the video I came up on old thread here (video was gone) where someone gave Danny **** for thinking it was a Blackhawk ;)
It does look like one too.

ohhh yeah, it's hard to slip a BlackHawk past us

[Dave Strong]

Funny Gary brought this back, was poking around my computer yesterday looking for something else and found I had saved the vid also. :thumbsup:

Dave:)

[mistah_max]

bobino marine was a talon dealer back in the day. I remember him brigning a new talon 3 weeks in a row on friday night and selling them buy sunday morning on lac simon where we had a cottage. he was the go to marina for fast boats in the 90's.

I remember when he braught a red 25 talon with 260's, he raced a guy with a 21 cougar with a good running johnson V8 and the guy told him " if you beat me i'm buying this talon" he beat him fare and square and he baught the boat right at the lounching ramp. those where the days! I was 7rs old in 94 and remember alot of these boats like it was yesterday!

on a sad note, the purple/blue 21 cougar you see in the beginning of the vid and running at 0:46min flipped over at 120 running on nitrous not to long after this. the guy survived but was really messed up.

[Robby321]

Love it when the Nitrous kicks in! What a beast, even if saw here before, stuff like that never gets old even if it IS old!:thumbsup:

[Velocity72]

Man, that 17 was set up right. Steady as a bullet. Enjoyed seeing this again.

[CVX20SPRINT]

Love my CVX20.

[FMP]

Thank you for posting this , It brought back a memory about this boat. I was in a bar here in ON and after a few pitchers had a conversation with some guys about that boat and the competition. I ended up forgeting the conversation. Damm cheep beer hangovers.

[CUDA]

800 ++ HP in a 17 ft. boat and it ONLY does 125 mph I call that

EMBARR A$$ ING:nonod:

[FMP]

If it really did 800hp , maybe with more gear and prop it would have gone faster, maybe the lenght of run kept it from stretching its legs and winding out with more setup, maybe he didn't want to burn it with more load, still beat the rest.

[olboatman]

If it really did 800hp , maybe with more gear and prop it would have gone faster, maybe the lenght of run kept it from stretching its legs and winding out with more setup, maybe he didn't want to burn it with more load, still beat the rest.

:iagree:Sometimes its better to just lay out enough to get the job done and keep everyone wondering!;) Gary