New personal best speed today

[JOEALLY]

I went to the river this morning to play & ran new best speed - 87.3 gps

xb2003/200xs, 14" setback, modified pad lip, 200 tooters case.

1 3/4" above the pad
24 gallons of full & no h2o in livewell
28 Chopper 2 (some kind of cut on it) 87.3 gps downsteam and 84.3 gps upsteam on the limiter both ways (6750 rpms)

26 Trophy same setup but 30 gallons fuel 86.4 gps downstream and 81.2 gps upstream on limiter both ways

Later in the day, I had 19-20 gallons of fuel and my livewell was full of h2o and had 18#+ of bass in it and the 28 chopper 2 ran 85.6 downsteam on the limiter (6750 rpms)

I was by myself, 3 extra props, tool bag, small cooler full of drinks, 4 3700 planos, spinnerbait box, 2 tackle bags, miscellaneous cull system, spare line, etc. 8 rod/reels, 4 life jackets, throw cushion, 2 rain suits, extra clothes, net, paddle, etc.

Boat ran solid as a rock with the exception of a slight porpoise at 70+ until I bumped the trim a few times. Running real close to neutral trim at WOT.

On the limiter every time.

Here's a lil fish

[RoadrashPaul]

VERY, VERY nice man. That is shittin and gettin it for a 200

[F2008]

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Nice numbers!

Keep the chopper II, sell the 3 others and buy a Hydromotive 28 QIV/OT, and you're all done buying props, ....go fishin'

[Rebel1]

Good numbers Joe. Is your rig Stanton's old boat?

[xb03]

Looks like I need to make a road trip to your fishing hole.

[JOEALLY]

Jason, this boat use to belong to Chad St Pierre.

Jared, come on over, we'll trick a couple into biting.

[Rebel1]

I thought your rig had blue wings? I must have missed something.
Chad's rig was nice.

[colreb2000]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by JOEALLY &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Jason, this boat use to belong to Chad St Pierre.

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Well, having seen it when Chad had it....you got a damn fine ride then.

[JOEALLY]

I did have a white/blue one also, for about a short time
It wasn't Stanton's either

[JOEALLY]

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Well, having seen it when Chad had it....you got a damn fine ride then.

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Thanks man, it's a really nice boat.

[sanadaracing]

On a 200XS? Wow.
How is the pad lip modified?

[urfun1]

great numbers, do you have a top speed goal?
87 seems fast for a 200, but the trophy seem slow.
What is the hole shot like with the different prop's.

14" is quite a bit of setback are there any issues created by this?

thanks fun

[JOEALLY]

The lip has been sanded down. This has been a very debated subject and I'm not recommending it to anyone, the boat came like this when I bought it. But I will say it handles 10x better than the other 2 xb2003s I've owned.

[JOEALLY]

The hole shot has been fair to good with all the props.
My goal was mid - upper 80s with 2 men and tournament load.

Motor is for sale as I am buying a 225x Tuesday.

This 200xs is super clean and 122 hours.



Modified by JOEALLY at 5:41 AM 2/19/2012

[xb03]

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14" is quite a bit of setback are there any issues created by this?
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14" setback is normal on an xb2003 hull. I'm currently running 15.5" with no problems.

[urfun1]

how does the 225x compare to the 200sx?
Is the 200sx gen1 or gen2

[JOEALLY]

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Not sure on comparison yet will update when I get it.
My 200XS is a 2002 year so I'm almost sure that's gen 1.

[xb03fs]

Interested in hearing this as well as fuel consumption comparisions

[urfun1]

under the cowl the two engines look similar (minus the direct injection).

The 225x hp advantage over the 200sx maybe from not having to run the compressor, The porting maybe simlar

have fun with your new motor!!

[catfish123]

Joe.......congratulations on the 225X......I'm sure you are going to like it. Overall, they are a great motor. I would put the average fuel mpg with them around 5 mpg, maybe a little more but not much. That would be with normal cruising and "getting on it" every now and then. Good luck with it and keep us posted with how it goes after you get it. I think if you are going to run a fishing load, especially if you are going with another person, that you would be happy with a 27 Quad IV OT. Without another person, you might like the 28 in the same prop.