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

[scawd the dog]

White Knuckles STROKER CC with 2 120 mph passes

http://youtu.be/bM8KfLgFmtU

The LCB with a 120 MPH pass....

http://youtu.be/QHWK7aBt-Qw

More to come from both of these .....

[1FASTLASER]

Hey Brent....long time no see...you are one of the LCB's I was referring to in my previous post. Boater7777 is another. Haven't talked to Frugal in awhile. If memory serves me right he was close to or just did break the 100 mark with his

[scawd the dog]

I dont know if Frugal has ran 3 digits or not

[Lockjaw]

Y'all have prolly figured out by now I like the smaller bassers. Don't get me wrong if the money was right I'd have a 20XD with at least a 225PM on it. I am chomping at the bit to get my Laser basser complete and splash it again. Originally came with a 115 L6 and was soaked. Yanked it apart and with some modifications going to be lighter but stronger and going with a 2.4 or 2.5 ,15" mid on a 4" plate. Should be able to put most cookie cutters on the trailer with there tails tucked. Reason I like the shorter boats is where I fish....))at the very least you could have an 18'r and still get where I go

I like mine a lot, unless I get on a big lake like Guntersville and its a windy day. I have been out there when it was like being in the ocean, and the pucker factor is pretty high. You know where even going slow, you are jumping waves (which is kinda fun) but the water coming over the transom when you are trying to get on the trailer at the ramp SUCKS!!!

[zx185]

my 99 skeeter zx185 ran fastest just bouncing 71-72 on gps with me in it, 175 carbed vmax. boat was stupid out of the factory and even the dealer didnt get why it ran so fast. hull delammed, 2x6 ft piece came off, they took the boat back and put a new 05 hull under it (zx190 hull) which has rear down turned chines to actually slow the hull cause it was so fast, never played with props or the jack plate, and never had a good prop on the new hull. it normally on a good prop would run 68-69 on gps.

[Allyda]

I'm lie you bud. I am sure empty you could hit 70 and prolly get REALLLL close to 75. I dumped everything outta my Tidecraft ( the one with the same basic bottom as the hydrstream) and I run my best number ever. On GPS I got 54.3 with a slightly modded 90 and Raker prop. Shoot u drop 150lbs of batteries 50 lb troller and if your like me AT LEAST 200 lbs of tackle makes a HUGE difference

I hear ya. I put a 250 lb passenger + extra tackle and provisions it slows me at least 5 mph. My best numbers were running my Hoss HPD with just my 120 lb's, a minumum tackle load before I installed my new carpet (I took her out twice last year with a bare floor).

Hey guys I don't remember if anyone's mentioned the Swift yet? I always liked them -had a unique look and would pull good numbers too.

[1FASTLASER]

Sometimes I think Yamaha liked to ah wit there motors every so often. I had a buddy that had a ProV 150 that ran like a juiced 200.

[Lockjaw]

I think there was a guy over on BBC years ago who had an xpress x-19 with a 200 HPDI yammie and it was stupid fast, and he found out for some reason it had a 250 powerhead on it. I could never be that lucky.......

[Brian Harden]

Here are a couple pics of some of my past bassers. Back in the day my family's dealership sold lots of different bass boats. I would always pick one to have built for my demo to tear up the lakes on Saturday mornings at the tournament blast offs. It was good for business to outrun everybody else. The first picture is a 1993 Bumble Bee 180V. The second is a 1996 Stratos 285 Pro XL. The Stratos was a "special layup option" and the bottom was worked by Alan Stinson himself. I ran the same "slightly" modified 2.0L on both of these boats. The Bumble Bee ran a best of 84.1 and the Stratos ran 86.4 on a Stalker radar gun. I sent a ton of 90-100mph boats back to the trailer with these two.

[Lockjaw]

I'd like to know what was done to the mercury.....

[tlwjkw]

Was replaced with a "oval port" powerhead. Ya gotta remember, this is a "fishermans" thread..............

[Brian Harden]

I'd like to know what was done to the mercury.....

Was replaced with a "oval port" powerhead. Ya gotta remember, this is a "fishermans" thread..............

OK, I got the doubt and sarcasm, but these were not the same boats that rolled off the assembly line everyday. I also ran them with no trolling motor or trolling motor batteries and no gear. My roots with Merc go back to 1961 when my Dad first went to Merc school. He became a Merc Master Tech in 1972 and opened his own boat dealership in 1980(when I was 8). So this was not our first go round with building an engine.

If I can find it, I have video of the first day I ran the Stratos. In the video you can see the radar around 83mph. After a year of playing with the setup I hit the 86.4. If I can find the video and figure out how to post it up I will.

The engine started as a 1978 175 block which had good porting and exhaust chest cut, 7 peddle front end, wh-22 carbs, heads cut to 175lbs compression, light flywheel, and the usual solid mounts, open exhaust, and coned lower. The prop was a DAH modified 27SRX and the engine turned it around 6900RPM.

[1FASTLASER]

Was replaced with a "oval port" powerhead. Ya gotta remember, this is a "fishermans" thread..............

Lol dayum tlwjkw we like to run too. Lol

[Allyda]

The engine started as a 1978 175 block which had good porting and exhaust chest cut, 7 peddle front end, wh-22 carbs, heads cut to 175lbs compression, light flywheel, and the usual solid mounts, open exhaust, and coned lower. The prop was a DAH modified 27SRX and the engine turned it around 6900RPM.

I can believe it, with a few mods those old 2.0's would scream!

[1FASTLASER]

I rani to one of them Bee's back when I lived by Table Rock when I had my first Procraft. Tourney loaded I ran mid to high 60's but never will forget the spanking I got from the Bee. Don't know what was under the cowel .... I got him on holeshot but that was IT ....