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Unread 08-09-2011, 05:11 PM
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Default whats the most horsepower anyones put on a v?

getting bored digging through the internet looking for info on my own engine issues so thought id take a break and satisfy my curiousity. was wondering what the most hp these boats can handle safely?
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Unread 08-09-2011, 06:15 PM
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I have a little over 200 of them on the back now......I would love another hundred. Been 60+ on a cuddy a few years back(250 Yammie) and she ran great, not scary at all
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Unread 08-09-2011, 06:17 PM
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my cuddy has a 175, but i was looking at a i/o for sale and considering it, i got a 400 sbc i built for a toy and thinking of putting the 389 back in the toy and the 400 in a boat, it just got a bit, make that alot too many horses.
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200 is what most are rated for, but they do fine with a 150, with much better gas, and weight issues!
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I've beenjoking around with te idea of putting a pair of 200's on the back of mine just for fun, seems like theres a pretty center console in Fla and a sterndrive cuddy up on the Great lakes that are trying to make'm fast. Might have to mess with them a bit
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lol, my old man used to have a searay laguana with a pair of twin 225 black maxes on it. it did 72 by gps in perfect conditions. i bet a pair of two hundreds would make a v look like a quarter mile car when you gave the gas
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