waxhead
wannabe backflipper
- Location
- gold coast
Stay away from power valves as a start
High power boat chaser. Engine options?
- Thread starter DrewOregonian
- Start date
@DrewOregonian what did you decide?
- Location
- OR
I haven’t yet. Been just thinking a lot lol. There’s been a lot of good advice from people on this thread that I trust.
are you saying to run a 155 in an sj?
- Location
- OR
I haven’t yet. Been just thinking a lot lol. There’s been a lot of good advice from people on this thread that I trust. Seems like most of them are recommending I stay away from power valves and under 800cc?
I ride river a lot. So I like racing up river, busting powerslides, sharp hard fast turns. You know that kind of thing…
If you like to do a lot of sustained wide open I don't think a motor with big pistons is really recommended. I would look into a stroked 800cc on a 760 or 701 cylinder. I think @Jr. Can do a stroker with a stock cylinder.
Thoughts on the 964 in a Edge with either a 144 or 148 for combined speed and surf riding?
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
The edge can fit a 155 pump. That's what I'd go with over a 144 or 148. Combined with the 964 it will be a very stout boat chaser probably a little much. That combo would flat water flip with a competent rider..
Everybody’s definition and needs in chasing boats is different. LOTO is a very rough lake on weekends and we’ve been chasing boats and jumping for decades in very rough washing machine type conditions. In those conditions, we have found the people with bigger power don’t necessarily do better.
You have to have a good pump that will keep you hooked up in the rough water, propped correctly for acceleration and the correct hull set up that will allow you to go fast in the rough water in order to pass the boat and get multiple opportunities to jump as he goes down the lake for miles.
You have to have a good pump that will keep you hooked up in the rough water, propped correctly for acceleration and the correct hull set up that will allow you to go fast in the rough water in order to pass the boat and get multiple opportunities to jump as he goes down the lake for miles.