55.1 mph with 30 hp mercury

**tyst67** · 05-12-2013

Wanna lay a little money on the line idiot?

**HTarver** · 05-12-2013

Originally Posted by tyst67

Wanna lay a little money on the line idiot?

Hey buddy, There aint no since in arguing with these people anymore. They live in a whole nother country and they think, Race, and setup boats in whole nother way than we do! And above all There is no way Me, you, Mike white or Riverrat could ever prove to them how fast our lil 40hp motors are because they live so far away! No disrespect to anyone! but only way to prove your top end speed would be to stand behind someone with a Radar gun and video the gun while ur making a pass and post the video right here. My two cents

**tyst67** · 05-12-2013

Nicely said! And it's awesome to have some other guys around that love to run these mercs all out at awesome speeds! You guys are all awesome!

**fs5** · 05-13-2013

Originally Posted by HTarver

Hey buddy, There aint no since in arguing with these people anymore. They live in a whole nother country and they think, Race, and setup boats in whole nother way than we do! And above all There is no way Me, you, Mike white or Riverrat could ever prove to them how fast our lil 40hp motors are because they live so far away! No disrespect to anyone! but only way to prove your top end speed would be to stand behind someone with a Radar gun and video the gun while ur making a pass and post the video right here. My two cents

tarvers on the money mate,some people talk and some people get it done.
the dude talkin about the old 4 cyl mercs needs to wake up,we were runnin solid 47mph runs both ways back in the 90's 2 up in an old gemini....thats with the lost foam merc job that had no head or port covers,last of the best ever 40hp motors.

phillnjack · 05-13-2013

fs5
there is a huge distance between a 40hp hot engine and a standard 30hp.
there is also a massive margin between 47mph and 55.1 then onto 59mph.

Now dont forget you were running a gemini race boat neither with almost zero weight compared to a homebuilt plywood boat that dont ride on a v-pad andcertainly aint a screamer.

Htarver talks of his 40hp running fast, yes the 40hp is a 3 cylinder 60hp motor detuned thats in his avatar,not a 30hp twin
massive difference in engines ive had both of them.

The little merc 30 is nothing at all like the 3 cylinder engine,its totaly different and will never produce the power of the triple.

i think the moonshine and jamaican woodbines are causing a lot of hallucinations, its very easy to get carried away
and talk of speed.
If these tin and plywood fishing floats are so fast then why not atleast take them to the races and beat all the mulit-million dollar company's that have spent years to develop fast engines and boats.

im sure with the knowledge of a redneck and the bragging of his cousin, the sst45 boys must be ****ting bricks incase
you turn up and make them all look silly as well.

Ive seen plenty of fast boats and plenty of boats that are so called 50mph boats, but allways an excuse when ive
passed them doing a lot less than 50mph.

Im sure that a 59mph 30hp engine on a home built boat could get you a nice photograph on the back of a
truck or even a spot on the jerry springer show !!!
and imagine how fast its gonna go when it gets some real mods done to it ??????

P.S dont forget to leave grandpa's moonshine alone next time you go out and wrestle the aligators.

phill

**HGipson** · 05-13-2013

I've got three of the old 4 cyl Mercs two are running and one is for parts. They may go that 47 or whatever on a race boat. But a Monark 14'42" bottom aluminum flat bottom built in Monticello, AR in the early 1980's wasn't a race boat if I remember right. I've got a buddy with a 30 2 cyl Merc about 2002-2003 guessing and its slower than my 25 Merc. 14'36 Monark. I'm not arguing I just want to know what kind of boats y'all are running these motors on to try and figure out how to set one up myself!!!

**HankFrazier** · 05-13-2013

Originally Posted by HGipson

I've got three of the old 4 cyl Mercs two are running and one is for parts. They may go that 47 or whatever on a race boat. But a Monark 14'42" bottom aluminum flat bottom built in Monticello, AR in the early 1980's wasn't a race boat if I remember right. I've got a buddy with a 30 2 cyl Merc about 2002-2003 guessing and its slower than my 25 Merc. 14'36 Monark. I'm not arguing I just want to know what kind of boats y'all are running these motors on to try and figure out how to set one up myself!!!

the boat on my avator is a homemade jon boat with a modified 40 merc it runs mid 70's on just motor 23 pitch merc cleverprop at 7300 rpm and high 70's to 80 with a 60hp shot of nos.at 8ooo rpm.

**HGipson** · 05-13-2013

Can you send me dementions/specs of the boat ? I'm not racing just hunting but I like to go through the trees fast enough I don't see but a blurr. I'm looking at doing a complete rebuild of my 85/86 50 4 cyl and putting a cleaver on it and building a similar set up. Appreciate the advice man! I got a response about building a 44 XS out of it but is there anything else I can do for more hp than that?

**tyst67** · 05-13-2013

Sweet ride buddy!

**tyst67** · 05-13-2013

Originally Posted by HGipson

I've got three of the old 4 cyl Mercs two are running and one is for parts. They may go that 47 or whatever on a race boat. But a Monark 14'42" bottom aluminum flat bottom built in Monticello, AR in the early 1980's wasn't a race boat if I remember right. I've got a buddy with a 30 2 cyl Merc about 2002-2003 guessing and its slower than my 25 Merc. 14'36 Monark. I'm not arguing I just want to know what kind of boats y'all are running these motors on to try and figure out how to set one up myself!!!

What are the specs of his 30? There are 2 30's that merc made, one was only a little over 400 ccs and then the one like mine which is 640 ccs! I'll paste a link of both styles! http://www.smalloutboards.com/m3010.htm and then the one like mine http://www.redbook.com.au/boat-engin...0hp-elpto-8258