whipper
Well-Known Member
Thats one thing. I wouldnt want to use anything bigger than 32. I feel because of the GS being heavier and me they need a motor that has some weight to it in order to over come some of the flightiness above 105 basicly. There wider so the air under the hull needs to be kept under control. Then theres the cock pit. The air swoops over your shoulders and down into the rear passenger seats and swirls on the floor. A rear race hatch and no passenger seat side steer with a center rear hatch from an 02 with engine fairing. These mods above hull should stop alot of the down force at the fulcrum point at midship. The GS is very light forward of the cockpit. Even at 98 I feel and see the bow needing to be stabilized from the down force from inside the cock pit. Almost everyone i talked to who runs over 100 like the way the GS with a Passenger rides above 100 better than solo. The red GS with the modded 300PM at 110 as an example ran way better with passengers at that speed. He never felt as solidly planted solo at those speeds he said. It liked the weight to punch threw the air better. i believe the passengers also displace that air in the cockpit aswell to a higher degree than with out.
Going to take some playing around with setup for a while thats for sure. But wear theres a will theres a way. I haven't asked him but Ill bet you Harrells GS with the 250XS runs 94 as steady as a rock compared to a feather weight back there on these hulls. A 260 is probably the best power plant suited to run 106 and less. Todds must feel pretty comfortable with how his GS runs with weight in her also to run 103 with passengers. Hence they like the wieght to settle them down when the aerodynamics and hydrodynamic forces are greater. So more weight added is going to require the HP also. The 300xs or Yamaha seem to be the best choices to make this happen.
