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Nose Cone Shootout
Nose Cone
Shootout Test Results and Fact Sheet
SPEED INCREASE OVER5
MPH ON A 150 H.P. !!!
NOSE
CONES TESTED
TOP-SPEED
M.P.H.
MAXIMUM
MOTOR-HEIGHT
OBTAINED ABOVE TRANSOM WHILE MAINTAINING 10 PSI WATER PRESSURE MINIMUM
R.P.M.
OBTAINED WITHOUT PROP SLIPPAGE
BOB'S
74.8
Sky
High
6250
HYDRO
MOTIVE
72.5
3-1/2
inches
6150
LAND
& SEA
70.1
2-1/4
inches
5850
MERCURY
STOCK
69.7
2-1/2
inches
5900
MERCURY
CLS (RACING)
68.5
No
limit
6150
REMEMBER:
THE TRUTH IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT.
Test performed and documented by
the Technical Department of an unbiased
major boating magazine, Bass & Walleye Boats, fall issue NOSECONE
SHOOTOUT.
TEST
BOAT and EQUIPMENT USED
BOAT:
Nitro 190 TF (19 ft. bass boat)
MOTOR:
Mercury 150XRI 150 horsepower
GEARCASE:
1.87:1 ratio
LOAD:
Two 200 pound men; 28 gallons of fuel, near full livewell (half full)
PROP:
Quicksilver trophy, four blade, small-hub, 13 3/8 x 25 inch pitch
SPEED:
Radar checked (Stalker Radar Gun)
CONDITIONS:
Test held in under four hours with conditions at the start virtually
the same as at the end. Flat to 2 inch chop, no wind, with 58 degree's
Fahrenheit air temperature.
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