94 290 DA twin V6 4.3....underpowered?

[zekester]

I'm helping a friend find a boat, we've found a 94 290 Dancer in great shape, my only concern is the power...I had a 300 DA with twin 5.7s, and my 310 EC has twin 7.4s...

To anyone with experience, what do you think of the 290 with twin 4.3 V6s?

 

[Strecker25]

Never driven one but have heard that vintage 290 is fine with the v6’s. It’s only a 9.5’ beam and I believe 7500-8k

The later versions like our 98 are much heavier and benefit from the bigger motors. I think you’re friend should be fine, but sea trial it and see how she runs

 

[atrick]

Put 4 blade props on it and they work fine had my 290 for 3 years and it runs great, but there were different HP versions of the 4.3 engines, mine are 180 hp each with weber 4 barrell carbs so it has a little more get up and go than a 2 barrell version