Mommy, it followed me home, can I keep it?

**CUDA** · 05-11-2017, 11:02 PM

Who are you going to have drive it for you

**JRider** · 05-12-2017, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Raceman

So as I posted in another place, a neighbor and I took my 25' twin 280 powered Talon to Chris Justice's first annual Lake Oconee poker run this past Saturday. Everyone there admired the 28 Eliminator and a 43' Nordic cat with twin, twin whipplecharged big blocks. The Eliminator had twin 496's with single whipples on each. I wasn't looking for another boat but the owner of the Eliminator should be called the Godfather, because he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I've never owned a twin sterndrive boat before and if somebody had said Saturday morning we'd be owning one before the weekend was over I'd have recommended they have a drug test. Anyway, here it is. Now I've got to figure out where to store it because it's way too nice to put outside under a tarp and my boathouse won't hold it.

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Damn, #6 props on it...be careful! That is about $10k in wheels hanging off it. What rake are they?

**JRider** · 05-12-2017, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by mikesufka

Congrats - wonder if that Eliminator came out of MN some years ago ?

MDS

I remember seeing it at Moonlight bay

**Raceman** · 05-12-2017, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by JRider

Damn, #6 props on it...be careful! That is about $10k in wheels hanging off it. What rake are they?

I don't know the rake but they're 33's.

**Spectre Powerboats** · 05-13-2017, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Raceman

I don't know the rake but they're 33's.

The rake is 15 on them. I ordered them for Jorge. Yea, you got a hell of a deal on the boat and the props.

**Raceman** · 05-17-2017, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by CUDA

Who are you going to have drive it for you

Actually Chris ran it up to a shade over 120 Sunday. He said he was runnin' about 110 and saw some SeaDoos across the river and didn't want to take any chances. When I hit the GPS recall it was showing a tad over 120. He said it still had throttle left. It's just a Sunday cruiser for me. ;-)

Originally Posted by Screaming Eagle Boats

The rake is 15 on them. I ordered them for Jorge. Yea, you got a hell of a deal on the boat and the props.

Honestly I like it more every time I get in it. I'm still not crazy about it leaning the wrong way in curves at slow speeds, but have pretty much gotten usta' that too. Jorge said it might have a little porpoise in it around 70 if I remember, but I haven't seen it at any speed. It is absolutely the finest riding boat I've ever been in and until now I'd have said that about the 25 Talons. It's so great to ride right through stuff at 60 or 70 MPH that our 22' Pachanga would have had us bouncin' 2' off the seats in, and not even hardly feel it in this boat.

The other thing I like about it is the democraps that live across the cove from us have been bitchin' and whinin' on Facebook about it, and that's a good thing too.

**Raceman** · 05-17-2017, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Screaming Eagle Boats

You are absolutely right about the 25 needing an update. We have plans for an updated one, but with current work it will still be a little bit longer.

In my opinion the 25 Talon hull with a deck similar to the Eliminator Speedster might be the ultimate medium water boat. And don't wait too long. I ain't gettin' any younger.

**whipper** · 05-17-2017, 02:34 PM

Gorgeous boat!! Gota love the F14 wind screens to! Im glad your so stoked on the boat! Nothing better than a smooth transaction and something new and different. The lines on her are outstanding very nice!! Congratulations. She looks like 130 just sitting there!!

**Raceman** · 05-30-2017, 08:58 PM

I ran it again a good bit this weekend, in spite of all the crazies on the lake. It's such a different feel and so much more complex than the smaller stuff, even the dual outboard 25 Talon. The Talon feels like a little boat that I can just throw around now in comparison. I really like it, but the ole' gal, not so much. It's going to take some convincin' before she gets comfortable in it.

**flabum1017** · 05-30-2017, 09:06 PM

She'll be comfortable with it once you break that 134,6 with it

**JPEROG** · 05-30-2017, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Raceman

I ran it again a good bit this weekend, in spite of all the crazies on the lake. It's such a different feel and so much more complex than the smaller stuff, even the dual outboard 25 Talon. The Talon feels like a little boat that I can just throw around now in comparison. I really like it, but the ole' gal, not so much. It's going to take some convincin' before she gets comfortable in it.

Stern drives are more complex. There is no comparison with all of the electronics, weight, and mechanical parts added into the equation. I have had a bunch of both now and the outboard stuff is just so easy and so much less expensive compared to big power inboards with transmissions and all of the extra parts. The addiction to inboards is the sound, power, and ability to stay in the water and hooked up due to the weight difference. If you run a lot of rough water inboards are the answer.

Joe

**Raceman** · 05-30-2017, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by JPEROG

Stern drives are more complex. There is no comparison with all of the electronics, weight, and mechanical parts added into the equation. I have had a bunch of both now and the outboard stuff is just so easy and so much less expensive compared to big power inboards with transmissions and all of the extra parts. The addiction to inboards is the sound, power, and ability to stay in the water and hooked up due to the weight difference. If you run a lot of rough water inboards are the answer.

Joe

The lake here is relatively small and the water relatively calm except for the wakeboats. I think the Eliminator will probably get smaller with more seat time and becoming more accustomed to the low speed lean. We've also got a 25 Talon with a single 454 that's my son's. The dual outboard boat just feels more nimble than the single sterndrive Talon. I suspect at least one of the Talons will be for sale almost immediately. I'm getting a little pressure to sell the Eliminator, but I'm pretty much in love with it right now. We'll see if that fades some as the uniqueness of it wears off some.

**JPEROG** · 05-30-2017, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Raceman

The lake here is relatively small and the water relatively calm except for the wakeboats. I think the Eliminator will probably get smaller with more seat time and becoming more accustomed to the low speed lean. We've also got a 25 Talon with a single 454 that's my son's. The dual outboard boat just feels more nimble than the single sterndrive Talon. I suspect at least one of the Talons will be for sale almost immediately. I'm getting a little pressure to sell the Eliminator, but I'm pretty much in love with it right now. We'll see if that fades some as the uniqueness of it wears off some.

Put a third motor on your 25 and you will be to the other end of lake before the eliminator figures out what just happened!!

Joe

**Raceman** · 05-30-2017, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by JPEROG

Put a third motor on your 25 and you will be to the other end of lake before the eliminator figures out what just happened!!

Joe

Weighing probably a third what the Eliminator does, and with the Eliminator having 1.2? (I think he said 1.25 gears now) and those BIG 33 pitch wheels the Talon definately has an acceleration edge. The Eliminator seems to blubber a little gettin' on top until if fans a little, and the Talon just blows the blades off (32 3 blade cleavers), breaks over and is gone. BIG difference zero to 60 or 80. And after all the STV's in the past I thought the Talon was kinda' slow gettin' rollin'. How things change.