Vertical3-D
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Joined: 7/23/2005
From: Myerstown,
PA, USA
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yeah, a 2.5 will boost the speeds. 30 should be easilyt achievable with that motor, but your tacking more than 100 bucks onto the cost of the boat to do that, mine does like 25-30 like NITRO_VEEDRIVER said but it has a bunch of mods done, if you want something to mod on its a decent choice. a big consideration though will be were you plan on running your boat, size of the area along with water conditions, nitro vees are heavy and a deep vee hull so the handle rough water well, and also the steerable outdrive helps handling in rough conditions, one thing that id suggest is putting on dual aftermarket turn fins though, I have yet to do this but I have spun out my boat several times(it scares me every time i think its gonna flip) so if you get one go easy on the steering till you learn what it will and wont do, prop upgrade is a must on this boat though...if you want proof of rough water ability I have run mine in 20mph winds before, like 3-4 inch chop(when the boats only that tall thats alot) only problem it had was it caught wind under the bow and up and over it went, drifted in and took on very little water, also when right side up the RTS system works perfectly...now another thing is speedc on land and speed on water are two different things, if you havent drivin any boat that does over 12-15(which is most electric stockers) then 25-30 will seem like alot, 60mph is alot, race boats do over that, but for a new driver thats a bit much to handle. my boats heavy and at 25 if i hit a small decent sized wave it launches...so basically its a good sport boat after a few simple mods, its heavy, stable and turns well...a cen aquajet is also a nice boat, but its a shallower vee to the hull and has a regular surface drive and rudder, I have heard that they run rough in breakin but after that run nicely....so really its up to you. I baught my boat used for 160 bucks, cant beat that...so Id say check the market place or ebay...if buying new tower carries the nitro vee and www.offshoreelectrics.com has the cen boats...hope that helps you out...when I get a different boat in a year or so Im personally gonna look into the aquajet with a .18 motor in it, nitro vees do reach a limit at round 30mph with the pro .15 and id say round 40 with the 2.5 motor, but at that point youd need trim tabs and spin fins for sure...
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