Jack Redington wrote:
tony thomas wrote:

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed
for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque
of the engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big
hp/torque power plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it
you may find that it does not run straight.


I had a buddy that had a 19ft rs? Bowrider with the Z-Plane hull. with a
4.6 V6 the thing would do around 50mph. But it pounded any waves it hit.
One of the hardest riding boats I was ever on. The botton was pretty
flat. I have no idea what the deadrise was.

Capt Jack R..


That's what I like about the Stingray... a 50 MPH boat with just the 4.3
liter. On our little pond, the hull would be fine.

Rob