Who has twin 525s

[Baller]

Just trying to find out what kind of RPMs and speed your getting with what prop size... I've been having a hell of a time dialing this boat in...

[Beer-30]

Need more info. What is on there now? What have you tried?
On a different note, did you sell you Sleek?

[my21advantage]

I'll have twin 525 in December if I get what I want from Santa :sleeping:

[burtandnancy]

V or cat? New or used?

[Beer-30]

V or cat? New or used?
34' Kachina Bolero, step-V. 2006.

[dirty old man]

Nice boat, good bottom, slightly heavy. high 70's with 28's if you can pull 5200

[Baller]

Close Beer-30...but its a . 34 Kachina Drone.... 525s... XR drive... Runing lab 32's but will only pull 5000... relab them... still 5000 @ 80... boat weighs 7500... 1/2 tank fuel... with 2people..... I still think after talking to people.. i should be able to get 5200 @ 85... So how bout it... maybe i should try 30s

[Beer-30]

Close Beer-30...but its a . 34 Kachina Drone.... 525s... XR drive... Runing lab 32's but will only pull 5000... relab them... still 5000 @ 80... boat weighs 7500... 1/2 tank fuel... with 2people..... I still think after talking to people.. i should be able to get 5200 @ 85... So how bout it... maybe i should try 30s
Oops. Forgot about the canopies. Same bottom, as Bolero, though. Sorry.
Well, the labbing probably took your 32s to 31s or so. 28s are fairly common under 525s, so you may start there. If you hit the limiters, you may end up in the labbed 30 area.

[DCBDaytona]

I'll have twin 525 in December if I get what I want from Santa :sleeping:
Crazy bastard! Don't buy that DCB, it's a POS.

[Beer-30]

....and the Bolero is 700lb or so lighter, so they probably prop those at 32 with success. I really feel you will end up with labbed 30s or regular 28s. Borrow / rent a few combos and work with it.

[Phat Matt]

Close Beer-30...but its a . 34 Kachina Drone.... 525s... XR drive... Runing lab 32's but will only pull 5000... relab them... still 5000 @ 80... boat weighs 7500... 1/2 tank fuel... with 2people..... I still think after talking to people.. i should be able to get 5200 @ 85... So how bout it... maybe i should try 30s
I would think you would be pretty close with the labbed 32's. I am running labbed 30's on my new boat with HO's. Sure it's a cat, but I think I am also heavier than you.

[Beer-30]

I would think you would be pretty close with the labbed 32's. I am running labbed 30's on my new boat with HO's. Sure it's a cat, but I think I am also heavier than you.
Well, you are about 6-6500lbs in boat and another 7000lbs in stereo, so...... :D

[soupersonic]

I have the HP 500 efi's and I hit 4800 Rpm @ 70 MPH with 4 blade 28" bravos 3/4 fuel and 4 people
10,000 # boat at Roosevelt Lake which is somewhere around 3000' (someone correct my altitude here lol )

[dirty old man]

Thats an awful lot of prop for that 34 footer to pull 5200 with stock 525's. good luck

[Beer-30]

Thats an awful lot of prop for that 34 footer to pull 5200 with stock 525's. good luck
If you are planning on going to Powell at any time, roughly 3500 feet, you had better stick with 28s, even if you hit the limiter. You are testing during cooler temps, so when summer hits, you won't be hitting it. Also, if you go up in altitude, you will be just off of the limiter. Borrow some 28s.

[dirty old man]

Beer 30 - see my first recommendation near the top

[Beer-30]

Beer 30 - see my first recommendation near the top
If he's already at 5K with basically 31s, 28s should put him over the top, just spanking the limiter - just a guess from what he has offered.

[Beer-30]

This is a good prop thread. He has labbed 26s (too little for you) and a pair of 34s (too much). However, toward the end, a few peeps jumped on with labbed 30s and such. Maybe you could get a deal from them to try them.
http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94445&page=1&pp=25
I am sure Kachina could just use those on another and swap you out?

[Baller]

I just spoke to louie @ kachina.. and he said it should have 30's...and i should be getting around 84 @ 5200... So I'll give it a try and go from there.. Hey thanks Beer-30... and old man... It was nice meeting you at havasu beer.. maybe next time we can actually get together and drink a beer... thanks again..

[KACHINA KEN]

Same bottom, as Bolero, though.
Nope, Our Drone lowers are "borrowed or modeled after" from a single step 35 fountain minus a foot of beak, side by side the Drone towers over the Bolero, it dwarfs it in sheer size.

[Beer-30]

I just spoke to louie @ kachina.. and he said it should have 30's...and i should be getting around 84 @ 5200... So I'll give it a try and go from there.. Hey thanks Beer-30... and old man... It was nice meeting you at havasu beer.. maybe next time we can actually get together and drink a beer... thanks again..
Very good. If the 30s don't quite give you what you need, lab them. Probably 29 would be perfection.
Next time for sure. We should have several trips out there next year.

[Beer-30]

Nope, Our Drone lowers are "borrowed or modeled after" from a single step 35 fountain minus a foot of beak, side by side the Drone towers over the Bolero, it dwarfs it in sheer size.
Ah. Interesting.

[Baller]

that is very instresting.. .Hey kachina.. I sent you a p.m... When I was at kachina...i could have swore he told me the bottoms were the same.. but don't quote me.. and yes side by side.. the drone makes the bolero look small.. but louie told me it is all the top not the bottom... but I really don't know.. just what i remember being told..

[Beer-30]

I was looking at them side by side and I couldn't see any difference in the bottoms, but that was just from the website. In person could be a whole different story.
I figure KachinaKen would know, as he was quite in-depth during the planning of his.
And, the dihedral and transom are the same measurements, as well as the length and width. You can see the difference between the top halves, but the bottoms look identical. I would say the whole Fountain copy thing applies to both boats.

[my21advantage]

Crazy bastard! Don't buy that DCB, it's a POS.
:D
Don't be jealous because you'll be the last one down to the Springs, wait let me guess you think I should get outboards

[burtandnancy]

This subject was what this site is all about. Good info, some back and forth and no one jumped in and took it off topic (yet)...

[Beer-30]

This subject was what this site is all about. Good info, some back and forth and no one jumped in and took it off topic (yet)...
Very true! Except here we (I) go - this is what I am on the boards for. Tech. If I have a problem, I want to bounce it off of peeps who have the same equipment and may have had the same problem. Good stuff here if you look and if people stay on track. Good posts. :cool:

[Charley]

:D
Don't be jealous because you'll be the last one down to the Springs, wait let me guess you think I should get outboards
Just think you will have a real DCB he just has properly rigged eliminator ;)

[No Name]

that is very instresting.. .Hey kachina.. I sent you a p.m... When I was at kachina...i could have swore he told me the bottoms were the same.. but don't quote me.. and yes side by side.. the drone makes the bolero look small.. but louie told me it is all the top not the bottom... but I really don't know.. just what i remember being told..
Kachina uses the same bottom mold for the 34’ Bolero and the 34’ Drone, they also use the same bottom for the 30’ Shadow and the 30’ Drone as well as the 26 Force and the 26’ Drone. And whos knows what else. :)

[DCBDaytona]

:D
Don't be jealous because you'll be the last one down to the Springs, wait let me guess you think I should get outboards
I love it! Let your dad buy what he wants to buy...It's not your money :220v:

[Baller]

Hey no name.. thats Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny.... the 30 is from a 28 enforcer w and added step.............. Don't know about the 26... but who knows where it's from...

[Beer-30]

Hey no name.. thats Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny.... the 30 is from a 28 enforcer w and added step.............. Don't know about the 26... but who knows where it's from...
Supposedly the 26 is from Conquest. Well, now Conquest, but back in the day when Group-1 was starting.

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

Close Beer-30...but its a . 34 Kachina Drone.... 525s... XR drive... Runing lab 32's but will only pull 5000... relab them... still 5000 @ 80... boat weighs 7500... 1/2 tank fuel... with 2people..... I still think after talking to people.. i should be able to get 5200 @ 85... So how bout it... maybe i should try 30s
you should be able to do that, I have twin 500HP and @ 5000rpm=84mph with 30s non lab props

[Baller]

Hey thanks Shake-yo-azz.... Rob @ quaitly has a set of 30s he is going to try for me... I want to thank everyone with the info... Well it's off to Glamis in 1 hr... parking at pad 2.. hopefully.. if it's open... I drive the Alein/preator car.. blue in color... if you see me say hi....

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

Hey thanks Shake-yo-azz.... Rob @ quaitly has a set of 30s he is going to try for me... I want to thank everyone with the info... Well it's off to Glamis in 1 hr... parking at pad 2.. hopefully.. if it's open... I drive the Alein/preator car.. blue in color... if you see me say hi....
no problem, I have a set of 32 that didnt work at all for me I lost RPMs and speed. I also have a set of lab 28's that were better getting me out of the hole quicker but my top end was 80-82, so 30s are better all around prop for my 32 footer, let me know what you end up with

[my21advantage]

Just think you will have a real DCB he just has properly rigged eliminator ;)
OUCH :cry: An he uses the name DCB for his post. He's just a posser

[my21advantage]

I love it! Let your dad buy what he wants to buy...It's not your money :220v:
Just like you, open an account at the bank of dad. :eek:

[DCBDaytona]

OUCH :cry: An he uses the name DCB for his post. He's just a posser
Well if I count my dad's boat as mine, which you do, I guess I have a true DCB as well. :D

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

Well if I count my dad's boat as mine, which you do, I guess I have a true DCB as well. :D
:hammer2:

[my21advantage]

Well if I count my dad's boat as mine, which you do, I guess I have a true DCB as well. :D
That's right rely on Daddy, he'll come through for you :boxingguy

[DCBDaytona]

That's right rely on Daddy, he'll come through for you :boxingguy
It's a hard life, isn't it ;)

[Goodtime$]

ouch, hope you guys are buddys..bank of dad..hahaha
my bank is the bank of broken wallett.

[DCBDaytona]

ouch, hope you guys are buddys..bank of dad..hahaha
my bank is the bank of broken wallett.
Nope, I've never met this A-Hole :argue:

[my21advantage]

ouch, hope you guys are buddys..bank of dad..hahaha
my bank is the bank of broken wallett.
I don't know who this guy thinks he is.... :boxingguy
probable some punk kid