New to me...2000 38 Top Gun T/S Cover Girl Cabin with no motors or drives.
Dropping in a pair of 500hp's bumped up to about 600hp. I have bravo drives (Would've loved to have the #6's but couldn't swing it). I am mounting with extension boxes eventhough I was told they wouldn't do a thing for performance, but hey...think they look cool...and they were just laying there.
Can anyone tell me what I should expect as far as top speed? I heard the 01 & 02's with stock 500's run in the low 80's and was hoping for just a little bit better. Don't seem to see many 00's out there for some reason. Was that a low production year or something??
Thx
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03-16-2010 10:31 PM
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03-16-2010 10:50 PM
I would say 85 mph. I don't think there were alot of 2000 TS's made. I had a 2002 w/ Merc 575's and it ran 90 mph w/ 5 blade Herrings. Boat weight was 13,208 lbs.
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03-16-2010 11:00 PM
Pics????
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03-16-2010 11:43 PMBravos probably won't last long unless they're XR's or you baby it.
The extension boxes are going to slow it down unless you move the X dimension upward. Every foot of box extension backwards will need about an inch of movement upwards. On a 2000, you could probably do even more- with advances in props.If you run boxes and don't move the X, it'll have the same effect of lowering your drive.Last edited by Chris; 03-17-2010 at 09:32 AM.
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03-17-2010 08:27 AM
My 02 w almost 650 per side and boxes best to date 93. Come on SPRING
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03-17-2010 09:12 AMWe re-worked the transom and took the boxes into consideration when setting the X dimension. If it runs mid-80's I'd be happy....for now!
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03-17-2010 11:17 AMMaking the best in the industry BETTER since 1990...LIP-SHIP Performance: 305-933-9988
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03-17-2010 12:28 PM
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03-17-2010 02:01 PMPicked up at Nat'l Liquidators in Ft. Lauderdale....in Cincy now...will end up on Lake Cumberland. Boat has low hull hours but needs serious TLC.... The engines and drives are fresh. Any history on the boat would be appreciated. Orig out of NJ so it was obviously a salt water boat. Don't have many pics for now cause we're knee deep in it.
Man "General Lee"...I hope my engine comp looks half as nice as yours when done. Sweet!!
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03-17-2010 05:00 PM
Our 02 Top Gun with 500 EFI S runs 82 mph, with 350 hrs on them
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03-17-2010 09:52 PM
My '02 w/ 575SCi's has run 93.9 and will run 91 - 92 all day any day.
I am sure I could get 94 - 95 out of it if I played with props.BillR
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03-18-2010 08:37 AM
I think I know that boat. if it is the one I think it had cobra power and #6s. At the time it was well taken care of with an open check book.
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03-18-2010 12:41 PMBoat was def set up for #6's when i bought the hull. Really is in pretty good shape just needs a real good cleaning and some glass work on the bottom. It was not on a trailer so prob got banged up moving around at Nat'l liquidators. Heard the previous owner was in a bad boat crash. I wish him well.
Anyone who has know abouts of the ignition keys....would be very helpfull...lol
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03-18-2010 03:04 PM
I will send you a pm
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03-18-2010 03:14 PMMy cousins new 2010 38TG Lip-Ship with 600's. We will now speeds once it's ready to be tested.