Danica bids farewell............
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Holy sheep ship Batman ! How fast are you going? I love the sound of HORSEPOWER!!
Get over it! It could have been alot worse.
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7 second 1/4 miles, 5.40's to 1000 feet. Been 178 in the boat at a 1/4 mile. I've raced a little bit of everything from late models to sprint cars, drag cars, etc, but I've been at this for almost 25 years, nothing like going real fast on water. 3 world championships, 15 or 16 high points championships, and I've lost count of how many races I've won. It's been real good to me and I've made a lot of friends along the way. Speed is over rated, but the friendships and memories are forever.
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That is pretty cool, is it a foot throttle?
Get over it! It could have been alot worse.
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jehosofat wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXZJzbsXw0
You'd never make it in NASCAR. Couldn't even make it turn left. LOL
Pretty cool videos. :-)
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Named'em Tamed'em wrote:That is pretty cool, is it a foot throttle?
Oh yea, you couldn't drive it by hand control, it's set up just like a drag car.
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Farm Fence Solutions wrote:jehosofat wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXZJzbsXw0
You'd never make it in NASCAR. Couldn't even make it turn left. LOL
Pretty cool videos. :-)
Most people don't even notice that, on launch it is trying to drag the tail around because the prop torque is so much. If you don't put a lot of initial rudder in it on the launch it will swap ends with ya, never a good thing. lol
2300 hp in a boat that completely bare only weighs 414 lbs is a pretty good hp to weight ratio.
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Looks pretty cool, but I prefer trolling speed. lol
I wish my brain could forget what my eyes have seen.
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slick4591 wrote:Looks pretty cool, but I prefer trolling speed. lol
I troll for suckers . . . .lol
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jehosofat wrote:Farm Fence Solutions wrote:jehosofat wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXZJzbsXw0
You'd never make it in NASCAR. Couldn't even make it turn left. LOL
Pretty cool videos. :-)
Most people don't even notice that, on launch it is trying to drag the tail around because the prop torque is so much. If you don't put a lot of initial rudder in it on the launch it will swap ends with ya, never a good thing. lol
2300 hp in a boat that completely bare only weighs 414 lbs is a pretty good hp to weight ratio.
I’d say that’s a good ratio. I upgraded my houseboat from a 90 to a 150 and nearly got whiplash. 8.5 knots at 4,500 RPM. Lol
Where all do you race? I wouldn’t mind seeing that live and in person.
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jehosofat wrote:7 second 1/4 miles, 5.40's to 1000 feet. Been 178 in the boat at a 1/4 mile. I've raced a little bit of everything from late models to sprint cars, drag cars, etc, but I've been at this for almost 25 years, nothing like going real fast on water. 3 world championships, 15 or 16 high points championships, and I've lost count of how many races I've won. It's been real good to me and I've made a lot of friends along the way. Speed is over rated, but the friendships and memories are forever.
Yeah, but you ever done 100 in a Hyundai? Now that's something to get scared about.
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