Originally Posted by smokeonthewater (Post 222802)

Think of how your boat has previously performed at 2/3-3/4 throttle and figure that for your future full throttle....
As I said I wouldn't go new BUT I can see how you could easily be in a different boat (ha) than me.... I would definately consider more hp than the 3.0.... Heck you could even swap in a 260 if you wanted.... Before dropping that much money in tho make SURE the transom, and stringers are rock solid by drilling some exploratory holes and examining the shavings...
Look over everything else too.
5k and you are 'like new' may be attractive but add another 5k to rebuild the hull and another 2k for a drive and maybe it gets less attractive... OR maybe it still sounds good to ya, I dunno... ;-)