I'm about 2 years off from getting my new X19-Pro/200sho but in the meantime I've been contemplating how I can get a little more out of my Tracker PT170. Currently running a Merc 90 3banger 41mph @ 5100 21p 3blade ss. 2 people full well down to 38. Re-powering with a 4 cylinder won't be an option as with the jp and raptors she's pretty ass heavey. I've been looking into how to get more and it comes down to reducing wetted surface. Over on scream n fly and various other sites there are a ton of threads on adding pads to existing hulls. Not so much on bass/mod-v hulls but obviously more small race platforms.
There isn't a formula out there for length/width based on the dimensions of the hull so I think just welding on whatever could be a gamble. So my thoughts are use a 10x2 composite deck board, rip a "v" to match the deadrise, taper it towards the keel and epoxy it on. Long term the epoxy would fail but it should be good for some test runs. This way if I find it needs to be a bit wider/narrower I can knock it off and make adjustments before putting it back on. Worse case is I need to spend and hour or two with a sander cleaning the epoxy off the hull. If it does work I've got a few contacts with fabrication backgrounds that can copy the dimensions with aluminum and tig it on. Definitely going to need to reprop if this does actually work. 24p 3 blade based on the current slip numbers will get me to 51mph but with the hull change (pad) I don't think I can really predict anything. I can blow out the 21p-3 and a 19p-4 if I punch it solo so I believe I can spin a 24 out the hole with some venting.
SO the question is... Could this actually have the possibility of working or am I just out to lunch? Bass season up here doesn't open till June so I've got months to play around with this.