I finally made it past 40mph today!!! It was actually 41mph on the nose. I honestly didn't think I was going to be able to do it with the stock motor. I had done many 37 to 38.9 or so on water with a little chop and smooth as well.
Currently I'm stock except for OSE cooling jacket and 42x55 Grim prop. Other self done mods were minor mods of the cooling system and just under 5oz of lead right in front of the motor. I also have a home made port turn fin.
I'm running 2s5000 Turnigys with the front of the packs mounted up to 1/2 of the motor can. If I go any further, it looks to run too wet. I tried to compensate by raising the strut. This raised the bow a little but no improvement in speed......usually 37 to 38 with the handling suprising really good.
To get the 41 today I basically took the strut back to neutral or just a smidge (technical term) positive. Front of packs were just past the motor mount plate, and tabs right on neutral. It was fast, but as the pond started to get choppy, not nearly as stable as with the batteries more forward.
Of course without my gps in the front of the boat, I can move the batteries a little forward and maybe keep the speed and have stability.
Thanks for listening Thoughts and suggestions are more than welcome
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