Fastest Bass Boats of yesteryear and today.....

**1FASTLASER** · 10-22-2013, 05:04 PM

Very well put Lockjaw. By any chance do you happen to remember what Paul Nichols ran in his 17' with a 280 on it. All I can remember is it was triple digits.... Been a few years and I just can't remember

**1FASTLASER** · 10-22-2013, 05:20 PM

http://www.bassboatmagazine.com/arch...hp/t-4017.html

i stand corrected. It wasn't a 17' with a 280 it was a 20' with a 300X and it wasn't official. Only had the on board GPS to verify the 119 mph run. Also a very interesting fact on the ally run ...all official records are a 2way average. The ally actually went 122 and change on one pass. Mr Shook was definaty hooked up.

**tlwjkw** · 10-23-2013, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by zx185

an old friend had a gambler 19 ft, it had a merc bridgeport with a bart power head and who the f knows what else. he ran 60%110 and 40% 93 (whatever that mixes out to) and on gps had ran up near 120,ph, i think 119 solid number. i was in it with another friend so 3 adults, and gear, on patchaug lake, and we ran either 109 or 113 i cant remember it was one of them numbers. boat was pretty stuuuuupid! definetly made everything at 63-65 mph plus and total dog before that. that was back in the 90's. really wonder what the boat could have done with anything newer today but it was sold off and seperated.

**Allyda** · 10-23-2013, 06:59 AM

You'd think having gotten a boat set up this well the owner or even a person that bought it would want to keep it together. I know if it were mine I would. Just thinking out loud folks...................

**tlwjkw** · 10-23-2013, 07:04 AM

I'd have ta cut it up "before" I had ta make it fact!

**neveredge** · 10-23-2013, 02:11 PM

I do remember a triple digit 19 footer but it was just barely over 100 and i am guessing this is the same boat. I do not believe it ever went 113.

As for the Ranger. hmmm...this one is tricky because a 340V set up right with big power could very well break 100mph. They were over 80mph with a 200 and mid 70s with a GT150. So set up right with the right guy driving it it could very well be a true 100mph sleeper. Wouldn't you hate to get passed by a Ranger.

Paul's Bullet was a 17VEE and it had a modded 300 drag on it. He made several passes over 120 with it. For the record runs it was a 20CC. He also had a 20CC Super Comp with a 300X on it that ran way over 100.

**Lockjaw** · 10-23-2013, 04:16 PM

You should see his WSP boat now.

All black, a CC Bullet and I don't remember what he told me the motor would turn to.

**Lockjaw** · 10-23-2013, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Allyda

You'd think having gotten a boat set up this well the owner or even a person that bought it would want to keep it together. I know if it were mine I would. Just thinking out loud folks...................

I would have taken that sucker out and sandbagged everyone I could find and win me some money with it is what I would have done. You only gotta go fast enough to win.

**Lockjaw** · 10-23-2013, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by 1FASTLASER

Very well put Lockjaw. By any chance do you happen to remember what Paul Nichols ran in his 17' with a 280 on it. All I can remember is it was triple digits.... Been a few years and I just can't remember

No I don't, I kinda want to say 117 for some reason. I really like Paul, he did all the machine work and assembly on my little frankeneagle motor. Anyone I run into down around here with a merc issue, I send them Paul's way. He built a 225 pm for a guy in my fishing club, its on a 20 foot CC bullet, and man that sucker gets DOWN!!! I always kid him and call him Top Fuel. It sounds sweet.

**Lockjaw** · 10-23-2013, 04:25 PM

Also don't forget "white knuckles" which is a CC Stroker, it runs 100 teens with a 300X.

**1FASTLASER** · 10-23-2013, 05:40 PM

Lockjaw u ain't talkin bout Kurt Lytle I think is his last name. The yellow n blue or purple Stroker with a lil ole 300 on it are u. You can watch that one do 109 n change on YouTube and then sling a blade on the next pass
I remember Paul running a 117 and a 119 but I can't tell you for a fact which boat did what. When it comes to setting up a Bullet Paul is king. BAR none.

**Allyda** · 10-23-2013, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by 1FASTLASER

Lockjaw u ain't talkin bout Kurt Lytle I think is his last name. The yellow n blue or purple Stroker with a lil ole 300 on it are u. You can watch that one do 109 n change on YouTube and then sling a blade on the next pass
I remember Paul running a 117 and a 119 but I can't tell you for a fact which boat did what. When it comes to setting up a Bullet Paul is king. BAR none.

Yea I think I downloaded that one. Slung a blade and bent the propshaft a little.

**bernie** · 10-24-2013, 03:10 PM

Don't remember what year, have to think '96 or '97, we did a project at Lake X with Champion. Biggest thing they had (20 or 21 foot) and slung a pair of 200's on the back - think stock Efi's. Made three of them for some Japanese customers - boats were not staying in the states. Our bogey was to get them over a buck, which we did - like 102-103 range. They were dogs to get on plane, but then they ran on up from there. Don't think I have a pix, but will try to get one from a fellow that worked on the project - pictures at Lake X of anything was big time taboo -

**Lockjaw** · 10-24-2013, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by 1FASTLASER

Lockjaw u ain't talkin bout Kurt Lytle I think is his last name. The yellow n blue or purple Stroker with a lil ole 300 on it are u. You can watch that one do 109 n change on YouTube and then sling a blade on the next pass
I remember Paul running a 117 and a 119 but I can't tell you for a fact which boat did what. When it comes to setting up a Bullet Paul is king. BAR none.

You are talking Kurt Moerer, his Yellow Stroker went 109. There was a guy whose last name was Hoffman that showed up with a HydroTech Yammie hanging off the back of a stroker and it ran like 113. White Knuckles is a boat that Brent Chapman who has the Lanier Custom Cat and another guy had Chub build. Its white, center console, and has a 300 on the back and I think it has run 117 or 118. It is more like a bay boat, no carpet, it has that textured flooring and lids. See ===> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM8KfLgFmtU
There is actually a video showing 121+, but I can't see the GPS good enough. But that is a guy who posts here regular, its no joke.

**Lockjaw** · 10-24-2013, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by bernie

Don't remember what year, have to think '96 or '97, we did a project at Lake X with Champion. Biggest thing they had (20 or 21 foot) and slung a pair of 200's on the back - think stock Efi's. Made three of them for some Japanese customers - boats were not staying in the states. Our bogey was to get them over a buck, which we did - like 102-103 range. They were dogs to get on plane, but then they ran on up from there. Don't think I have a pix, but will try to get one from a fellow that worked on the project - pictures at Lake X of anything was big time taboo -

That had one of those in B&WB magazine. Some older guy had one, with 2 counter rotating Merc 200's on the back. I think he claimed similar spends, but I thought they were kinda out of reach given the claimed MPH and the prop pitch. Maybe if he had 1.62 gears, but they never talked about that, and I have a hard time believing it would holeshot very well with those gears and the drag of 2 lowers.

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