A lot of comparisons and information on the Cafe and Top Gun, but not a lot of talk about the Tiger. How does the Tiger compare to the Cafe and Gun? Ride? Handling? Power needed for 80mph? Is the hull based on a stretched TG? Is it better with or without steps?
Thread: Tiger questions
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09-22-2009 10:51 PM
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09-23-2009 12:08 PM
I have seen a couple with no step and number 6s. Probably need some big power to get to that magical number tho.
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09-23-2009 12:43 PM
Also mine did fine in the rough water
Flew level and re-entered well.
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09-23-2009 03:27 PM
Absolutely LOVE Tigers! Handle the rough insanely well. Spent countless hours behind the wheel and in the passenger seat of this boat in all types of water from coast to coast. Straight bottom, Teague 1000's and #6's. Well tempered around the docks and like I said....WAVE CRUSHER!
Ran just under 100 under propped and banging the rev limiters.
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09-23-2009 04:10 PMI love my Tiger, I'm at 75.3 with 500 efi's and xrs with some work done to the motors (615 hp). It is a 2000 straight hull, the difference in the cockpit is is all in the dash, the TG has a bigger cockpit. I am turning my props in now and the diff was tremendous. handles everything and rarely talks back in a bad tone.
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09-23-2009 10:02 PM
I would think the Tigers would be hard on Bravos, just because of the size/weight of the boat. Any reliability issues?
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09-24-2009 07:25 AMCosts are No different than any other boat, just do the maintenence, the drives are fine if you drive it right. I'm pushing 670 lbs of tq. one xr went away after 472 hours. who can squawk at that?
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09-24-2009 08:37 AM
I put 125 hours on the boat and seemed to break a drive after 50 hours. I ran the boat very hard. Also Lake Erie chop is brutal.
Remember they are Bravo XR's. I always had a spare in my closet. When it broke 1-2 hour swap out and I was good to go, then have broken one fixed for 2-3K and your back in buisiness. One person can carry the drive.
I love my 6's and would never go back but if something happens to the #6 drive or trannie you are taking the boat to a mechanic and they do not even apply the lube for yaLast edited by BraceYourself; 09-24-2009 at 09:41 AM.
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09-24-2009 09:29 AMAs i said, I have had the boat since 05, only lost 1 xr, and after 472 hours and the HP bump...they were good enough to win the miami to Bimini race in 08, and I'm not easy on mine either.
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09-30-2009 09:14 AM
I owned two straight (non-stepped) Tiger.
650hp's ran 82mph and pop xr drives every now and then.
1000hp's ran 99 mph and did not pop anything had #6's
I had a Cafe also great running boat but you would need HUGE power to get to 80 mph. Mine had 502 mag MPI'S 435HP AND RAN 68MPH
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09-30-2009 06:58 PM
glh - those are a couple of my favorite Tigers. Speed of the straight bottom boats is comparable to the same powered Cafe and Gun?