Fuel Usage in a 98 Nautique |
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1998Nautique
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Posted: January-26-2006 at 11:03am |
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I have a few questions I just bought a 98 Nautique. How much fuel do they use? What is the top end? What is a good crusing speed? How high do they rev wide open?
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79nautique
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You only need one post, not three differnet wordings of the same question.
Fuel comsumption will vary with the type of use, skiing, wakeboarding, cruising. top end is around 45-48 mph at around 4500-4800 rpm. |
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bkhallpass
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Welcome 98. I owned a 98 Ski Nautique from
98 to 2001. It had the Ford GT40 motor. Fuel injected 310 hp. If I recall, I averaged about 5 and 1/2 gallons per hour. Top speed on mine was 46mph, and the rpms ran almost 1 to 1 with speed, i.e 30 mph, 3000rpm 40 mph, 4000 rpm and so on. You will feel and hear a good cruising speed. It's probaby about 32mph. Once you run over about 38 mph, you burn a lot of extra fuel. Loved tht boat. Enjoy it. BKH |
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81nautique
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Sounds like someone's excited about their new boat, eh.
Welcome aboard and ask away. |
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75 Tique
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Welcome aboard 1998. Like 81 said, ask away...even multiple times. We're all here to help.
I feel bad for 1998. Did you notice where he's from...Canada. Poor guy just bought a great new Nautique and can't use it for about another 6 months. No wonder he's wound up about it. Hang in there 98. Summer (aka the July 15th in Canada) will be here in no time. |
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That, combined with all that $hitty beer up there, can make any Canuk a bit cranky. |
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Bill336
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Dude, that sounds like it's coming from someone who's had a few too many Milwaukee's Best Ice Lights... If it wasn't for Canada, I wouldn't drink beer. |
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jbear
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1998; Welcome aboard! You'll love it here. It will be a place where you can get thru those looooonnnnnng Canadian winters. As to the '98, BKH has the dope on the numbers. All I know is, I've owned 6 Nautiques and my 98 was by far the best. Enjoy!......jbear
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Bill336
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As for fuel usage, don't worry about it. It's worth every penny. Or Dough-ler. Sooory, just trying to spell with a Canadian accent.
I do feel your pain though. Where I boat every weekend, I can to go directly south to get to Canada. My big lake boat has a 160 gallon tank, which is well over 605 thousand millilitres , and I avoid buying gas in Canada at all costs. Way too expensive. Ski boat gas is much better bang for the buck. |
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jbear
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Bill336: been wondering how you are doing. Haven't seen ya here for awhile. Been working on the boat at all? Bet its cold up there about now.
john |
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Bill336
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Hey John, haven't done too much on the boat. It's too cold to do any fiberglass or pour the foam under the floor. I've got a bid in on a tach on ebay because the one in the boat sits at 2K at idle, and I've got a big cotton wheel on a grinder in the basement and am polishing the pylon. That didn't sound right. That's one of the things that I thought stood out on your boat was the highly polished pylon, and I've got about a third of mine done - looks much better than the brushed aluminum. I also started scoping out vinyl shops today, and took color prints of your diary pics as examples. Still looking but I got estimates of 750 and 950 for just the driver, observer, and back seats. Not sure if that's a good price or not, but I expect that if I try to do it, it will look like hell. haha.
I hope to be skiing this summer. We're planning Norris the week of July 4th... |
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75 Tique
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polishing the pylon....well I guess that's one way to get through a long winter.
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Bill336
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LOL
Yeah, and in the spring, I'll be waxing the hull, and pulling the skier, draining the fat sac, changing the oil, workin the throttle,... Ok, I apologize for the fat sac one, that was bad. |
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jbear
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Bill336; Polishing the pole was a favorite pastime in my younger years. Nothing like a shiny pole, I always say.
Seriously, we will be at our place on Norris a week before the 4th. You better get ahold of me so we can meet up!!!! You still got my numbers? If not, e-mail thru my diaries and I'll send 'em to ya. john |
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Bill336: PS on the estimates. Sounds like a preety good price to me. When I had my '78 redone I paid a bit under 2000. for the whole interior. That was in the late '80's. It was an awesome job but that was a long time ago. So if you can get all 3 seats for under a grand, well that sounds pretty good to me.
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79nautique
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eagle one never dull by hand is going to look alot better with less work than polishing on a bench or stand grinder. .02 less work
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