All else being equal.....

Knotty Girl

Knotty Girl

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DISTURBED said:
This isn't proving anything.  Equal HP and weight, the vdrive will win on both ends of the track.
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Well stated.  clap.gif  In no way is this disrespecting a Jet. It just is what it is.  There are jet boats out there that are off the hook in HP , looks and cool factor.  I have to agree with Tim if you compare a pump to a prop, the scale is tipped.  I like them both.  :smile16:
 
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jimsplace

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If the race had been for a 1/4 mile, what do you suppose the results would have been?  Jet or V-Drive?
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blazeracer

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Equal weight and horsepower the vdrives win all day long, but I'm talking about a pair of 10 or 11 second E.T. boats. 1/4 mile or 1,000 feet, whatever. One's a jet, the other is a v-drive. They leave at the same time, give or take a couple hundredths, and they finish at the same time, give or take a couple of hundredths.

At the finish, the V-drive is always 15-20 mph faster than the jet, maybe more. Who is in the lead at half track?

If the v-drive is 20 faster and in the lead at half track, then they're both not 10 second boats.

Going thru my SDBA footage, there's not a whole lot of jet vs v-drives races. The few I have are the 6 second 1,000 ft and the v-drive is always faster at the finish. There's one where a jet runs a v-drive, MPH is 126 for the jet, 143 for the v-drive. Another 50 feet and the vdrive would have won, but hey, it's a 1,000 foot set-up. Not a 1,050 foot set-up. I think it's Horsepower Junkie's jet, could be wrong though. I'm pretty sure he runs the 1,000 Top Eliminator class.

 
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blazeracer

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Knotty said:
jimsplace said:
If the race had been for a 1/4 mile, what do you suppose the results would have been?  Jet or V-Drive?
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You can see that Hydro was running him down.
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That's my point. The v-drive are always running them down.

It's a 1,000 foot class, not 1,001 or 1,050, or 1,320... 1,000 foot.
 
Knotty Girl

Knotty Girl

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blazeracer said:
Equal weight and horsepower the vdrives win all day long, but I'm talking about a pair of 10 or 11 second E.T. boats. 1/4 mile or 1,000 feet, whatever. One's a jet, the other is a v-drive. They leave at the same time, give or take a couple hundredths, and they finish at the same time, give or take a couple of hundredths.

At the finish, the V-drive is always 15-20 mph faster than the jet, maybe more. Who is in the lead at half track?

If the v-drive is 20 faster and in the lead at half track, then they're both not 10 second boats.

Going thru my SDBA footage, there's not a whole lot of jet vs v-drives races. The few I have are the 6 second 1,000 ft and the v-drive is always faster at the finish. There's one where a jet runs a v-drive, MPH is 126 for the jet, 143 for the v-drive. Another 50 feet and the vdrive would have won, but hey, it's a 1,000 foot set-up. Not a 1,050 foot set-up. I think it's Horsepower Junkie's jet, could be wrong though. I'm pretty sure he runs the 1,000 Top Eliminator class.
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HPJ runs Top E at 1/4

The only class that is 1000' is QT and Fuel boats.

David's jet is as nasty as it gets IMO  clap.gif
 
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jimsplace

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Knotty said:
blazeracer said:
Equal weight and horsepower the vdrives win all day long, but I'm talking about a pair of 10 or 11 second E.T. boats. 1/4 mile or 1,000 feet, whatever. One's a jet, the other is a v-drive. They leave at the same time, give or take a couple hundredths, and they finish at the same time, give or take a couple of hundredths.

At the finish, the V-drive is always 15-20 mph faster than the jet, maybe more. Who is in the lead at half track?

If the v-drive is 20 faster and in the lead at half track, then they're both not 10 second boats.

Going thru my SDBA footage, there's not a whole lot of jet vs v-drives races. The few I have are the 6 second 1,000 ft and the v-drive is always faster at the finish. There's one where a jet runs a v-drive, MPH is 126 for the jet, 143 for the v-drive. Another 50 feet and the vdrive would have won, but hey, it's a 1,000 foot set-up. Not a 1,050 foot set-up. I think it's Horsepower Junkie's jet, could be wrong though. I'm pretty sure he runs the 1,000 Top Eliminator class.
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HPJ runs Top E at 1/4

The only class that is 1000' is QT and Fuel boats.

David's jet is as nasty as it gets IMO  clap.gif
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And alcohol hydros and alcohol flats.

For those who don't know, the QE is a
6 second bracket class that runs 1000 ft.
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blazeracer

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jimsplace said:
And alcohol hydros and alcohol flats.

For those who don't know, the QE is a
6 second bracket class that runs 1000 ft.
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OK, I know HPJ's boat is a TE cause I have it on vid, so it was QE that was running 1,000 ft at Waco. That's what had maybe two jets and a lot of v-drive hydros and flatties.

6 seconds in 1,000 feet? They're all way faster than I want to go. I'll just keep making videos.

Locking up shop and headed for Joe Pool.
 
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HellinnFrnt

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Knotty said:
Plus I will go out on a limb here and say Disturbed has a hole shot with is flat bottom that will make you piss your pants.  :smile26:
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Holy Bat Guano Henry said go out on a limb !!!  :smile26: clap.gif clap.gif clap.gif :smile26: clap.gif
 
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