Tawakoni 2015

[73 Sanger Flat]

so to be even , set the 1/4 course up and have it marked off at 1/2 way .. See who get to the 1/2 way spot  first and then who get to the finished line first .. Same HP .. I lay money on the V-Drive .. Then let run for a distance  who runs out of fuel first with the same amount fuel in each one.. The V-Drive will be pulling the jet back to the ramp .. I had one jet and that sucker burn way more fuel than any of my V-Drives and it was slower than all of them ..  This is fun ..

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

I agree .. Apples to Apples the V-Drive should win .. I just have my boat set up for lake use and 660 or 800 it would be a dog .. Now if I dropped the gears down to 12's or 9's from my 32's . I think it would be interesting then to play that 800 ft game .. But mine is a lake boat on pump gas and I want to be able to cruise some in it ..

Let her sing Billy everyone needs at least a couple sets of gears. lol  jump.gif

I have some 18's and 22's in the tool box .. I think the 18's would sing pretty high with the big engine .. Not going to do that .. I am tired of working on it .. Let just play at the lake and have fun ..

 

[Crusader]

It's OK guys, all the jet guys are on FB other than Cliff and I. So carry on! :smile17:

Lol....yup.

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

Loren -- Have you ever seen a flat with a two speed in it ? I don't think it would work shifting during the run because it would upset it too much . You could use the lower gear to race and then just use the higher gear for playing at the lake ,, I know they use powerglides and TH400 in day cruisers .. but thinking like a owens two speed with a clutch set up ..
My first V-Drive had a Velvet drive in it .. Man I sure loved that .. Forward and reverse ..

 

[Chevy2184]

Hey my little squirt boat is getting closer!! And your not going to catch me on fagbook! lol it won't be the fastest lake boat by any means... But I bet it will catch more than a few off guard... 😎


Sent from my shop setting in my boat making motor noises

 

[Knotty Girl]

I can tell you from experience Disturbed's Kurtis can leave with those jets.  clap.gif My little hydro does not leave too bad either, however my little tub comes alive when I hit second. 660 I just get to shift.  I might go to Ark. this year for the king of the river deal.  Who knows how I will do.  think.gif

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

I think mine is afraid to get wet this year or the driver may be scared of that pump gas engine .. Not sure what it is ..But it is saving me money for fuel and from hurting it .. LOL .. It looks and sounds fast on the trailer , so I must be one of those trailer queens .. Maybe I should go and buy a jet .. NOT going to happen , well unless it is the one EO got .. I have to admit I like that boat a lot ..

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

I can tell you from experience Disturbed's Kurtis can leave with those jets.  clap.gif My little hydro does not leave too bad either, however my little tub comes alive when I hit second. 660 I just get to shift.  I might go to Ark. this year for the king of the river deal.  Who know how I will do.  think.gif

Tim boat does leave pretty good .. Maybe I need to let one of these light weight driver take my boat out for a run and see what it does ..

 

[whitetrash148]

FYI- lucas in their small wisdom has decided next year all classes will be 1,000 ft! If you don't like this call ken dollar and let him know.  There is a rumor of a petition to sign at Marble Falls to keep SDBA 1320'

 

[whitetrash148]

Dang , Billy the rings will be rusted to the walls before you get to run it.

 

[Disturbed]

I guarantee any vdrive that is set up correctly will out perform any squirt boat that is comparable in size, weight, and horsepower.  Regardless of course length.

I would agree, but then what is the reason the v-drive guys are always biching about a short course. Are you saying their boats are not set up correctly? Or is there some other reason. You may have opened a can of worms my friend, this could get good, lol... :grin:

All I'm saying is this; put a 1000 HP engine in a jet that's set up for that engine to run  1000 feet and put a 1000 HP engine in a vdrive that is set up for that engine to run 1000 feet and, the jet will see the back side of the vdrive from the hit.  (same weight too)

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

Dang , Billy the rings will be rusted to the walls before you get to run it.

Hope not .. I go out every couple of weeks and roll it over a few turns ..

 

[Patchman]

Time for the V-drives to get off the trailer! :smile26:

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

FYI- lucas in their small wisdom has decided next year all classes will be 1,000 ft! If you don't like this call ken dollar and let him know.  There is a rumor of a petition to sign at Marble Falls to keep SDBA 1320'

I am sure it will be a 1000 ft for 2016 .. All other groups are going that way .. As long as it is the same for all , I don't see a problem .. We will all just gear up for the shorter course then ..

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

Time for the V-drives to get off the trailer! :smile26:

I agree .. Maybe soon mine will be out and running .. Just has not work out for me this season yet .. But mine is not scared to get wet .. I like to run my little boat hard .. I been told I run it too hard ..  Oh well .. I am having fun when i do run it ..

 

[Devilman]

I said it's not my boat's strongest race but ask some of the people that ran El Reno in the PS class how the old white lake flat ran.  think.gif

Don't have to explain anything to me, I said I agreed with what he said.  :wink: But, there is always some squealing from the v-drive bunch when there is some side by side action at the various get-togethers. Tim is the one that opened the door with his comment, you'll have to talk to him about it, lol. :cheesy:

 

[Devilman]

All I'm saying is this; put a 1000 HP engine in a jet that's set up for that engine to run  1000 feet and put a 1000 HP engine in a vdrive that is set up for that engine to run 1000 feet and, the jet will see the back side of the vdrive from the hit.  (same weight too)

I know what you said & I agreed with ya, but you didn't answer the question. :grin:

 

[Disturbed]

Are you suggesting the question, "Are you saying that the other vdrives are not set up correct?" 

Depends on what you're trying to do. There's no right way/wrong way to set up a vdrive.  It's all on the driver's preference.  A vdrive with less horsepower can run with a jet out of the hole pretty easily. 

 

[Patchman]

With a name like jet, jet boats have to be faster! :smile14:

 

[Knotty Girl]

With a name like jet, jet boats have to be faster! :smile14:

That is like saying hydro PLANE it should fly, oh wait I do  :smile16: