Is 50 mph about right?

Anyone have experience with what to expect for top end speeds on a Ski Tique. Mine is a 79 with a 302 Commander, Holley carb, and a few other mods. I do a lot of skiing with the boat and my family is almost always along so I don't get much of a chance to open it up. Two weeks ago we had gla$$ smooth water and I gave it all she had and the stock air guide speedo was smoothly pa$$ing 45mph and my ignition coil cut out. It seemed like the boat was going to hit 50 smoothly but it all stopped when the coil cut out. The Tiques are smaller and lighter any one know what they do?

Ok. When my coil cut out I bought a new coil from a auto perts store for $17.00 and the boat started right up. I noticed after the new coil I seem to have lost a little power. Is there any difference in the performance of different coils?

I think it may be possible to hit 50MPH with a stock Tique. 220hp is a lot for a 16' boat- I know my neighbor's Tique screams. Its just a guess, but the 16'5" hull may be faster than the older 16' Mustang hull since it doesnt have a hook to it.

At the very least, I would think you'd hit 45-48 without a problem.

you need to know weather or not the coil you bought has an internal resistor or not, if it does then the voltage is going to be lower and the spark not as good and a lose of power. Did the guy ask you if it had points, a ballast resistor or did he just give you one for a ford 302 car application with an oil filled coil. Marine is not the same as a car and yes some times you can use automotive parts but not all of the time and a oil filled isn't going to last long in a boat.

Coming accros as knowledgable to someone that doesn't know anything can be impressive, But trying to be knowledgable to someone that all ready knows makes that same guy look stupid to the person that is truly knowledgable and unimpressed.

The same way that my speeds never read 50 mph and are lucky the read 45 yet I know for a fact that it is running over 50 mph because I have used a GPS to verify what it is running. Hell I can run mine against my buddie's ba$$ boat and you would thing that mine runs over 60 comparing it to his speedo. Point being if it's not a GPS speed, hand helds don't count, then it really isn't acurate and you can think what you want but your not going as fast as you think you are.

hand held GPS signals are slower or don't sample at the same rate for lack of a more technical term. They are more for walking in the woods and navigation not speed and ETA's and way points

since the speedo's don't go that high what are you using to verify the 52mph a hand held gps? or a nice quality GPS unit with chart plotting and acurate speed data, or another boat running along side of yours?

oh so your basing it on the speedo on the boat and not a GPS device. Keep telling yourself it's going faster than it is.

That is what I said and I did caveate my remarks by acknowledging it was only by the speedo and I did say "reportedly". Don't know if I could have been any clearer on the fact that it was questionable (but relevant, i.e. refecting my experience, as 79 Tique asked) data.

I guess reporting speed by use of speedo is not really relevant if fact rather meaningless!And yes I acknowlege that you were not claiming accurate measure of speed...no intention to offend!

I was only stating that a tique can see 50mph (as does my mustang...same hull and wieght)...which is darn good! And that the speedos very quite a bit at the top end...30 year old ones or even a new one(if you could find one).In fact...my 84 MC is dead on with the gps at 36mph...pegs the speedo at 50 (gps reads 45) and I never have heard of one of those boats doing better than 45 mph. That would be 5 mph off at top speed!

Stang, I wasn't barking at you, I posted that response to 79 before your post showed up. I should have left this thread alone. I was just telling 79 Tique my story. I am not into speed and don't really care about it. My son rides at 20, I ski at 32, and foot at 39-40. Anything above that is gravy. In fact I am amused by the folks that talk about dropping all kinds of money on props or other add-ons and say it got them an extra 1-2 mph. Hardly seems worth it to me. However, since I am not one to criticize others on this site, I will say if it makes them happy they should do whatever they please.

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