15 400R news

[CNC_Guy]

Some video of the 400R Speedster (3rd video is the best):

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forum...-Verado-Videos

Just like Unlimited Hydro, the sound isn't as hair raising anymore.

[noli]

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some pics from today from XcatRacing.com

[AZMIDLYF]

Not a favorable trim attitude in that second pic...

[powerabout]

looks like they are trimmed out to make them go...propshaft not level, thats SLOW....

[AZMIDLYF]

Sonic's 400R entry:

[wickedwitthestix]

No one has asked yet......how fast are these X cats going with the 400s?

[AZMIDLYF]

I saw that 2 of the 3 podium spots for the Speed Run event in XCat were held by two strokes. The 400R Victory boat was number one though.

[powerabout]

So 400 4 slug = 280 2 stroke
Sounds about right.
I wonder if they have to carry more, less or same fuel

[bep078]

2nd, 3rd and 4th place out of the Speed Cat runs were all 280 Boats... Obviously Victory Team grabbed 1st place.. That says a lot! Especially when the 2 stroke boats can only be 220 lbs lighter. Weight difference of motors alone amounts to 440 lbs..

And due to "technical difficulties", they did not live stream the straight runs or uploaded the video on Youtube.. I'f i'm not mistaking they always streamed and uploaded every single X-cat race these past few years..

[AZMIDLYF]

Yeah I could not get the stream either. 5 boats still run the 280s and 11 have the 400Rs. The 280s obviously have the set up and operating experience advantage but the 400Rs I'm sure will get there. I want to see these things run in race conditions handling some water.

[noli]

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GoldCoast took second place

1,2,3 were 400ROS

[AZMIDLYF]

No one has asked yet......how fast are these X cats going with the 400s?

Swecat Racing stated "over 120"

[johnmiffco]

when u pull up the heat race results
u will see their lap speeds were 89-93mph
for all the boats
which is the same as always from the past

so the extra 240 inreality is not producing faster lap speeds
and as stated the 280 boats are only given 220 lb lighter set up
being 240hp less
this is the motor they were forced to
as merc is shutting down the 2.5 program
formula 1 is next

[powerabout]

Merc still have 200 xs on the web page

[johnmiffco]

forgot about that
the 200 opti took place of the 120
and that class has died real bad
so not long left there either
not enough sold to cover construction runs
wont be long