geo737
Member
- Jun 5, 2012
- 150
- Boat Info
- 1979 sea ray 195 I/O, White over blue. no electronics as of yet. Pulled behind 2004 Ford Expedition
- Engines
- 228 Mercruiser - 5.0 Chevrolet engine w/Alpha Outdrive
Well, finally put her in the water today. She did pretty well considering how long it had been sitting and having really only been run at idle. I managed a boat guage indicated 40 MPH @ 3800 rpm. I believe its off a little in speed and top end RPM. The engine is a bit slow to accelerate when you give full throttle initially and has a high speed stumble that is noticeable, but it still runs pretty strong. Even though there is some more fine tuning to do, it was a good time. My wife was really enjoying the run around the lake. I went with a friend that i work with- he was the " safety margin" in his boat in the event anything went wrong to where I couldn't get back to the dock. It was a good shake down cruise.