Originally posted by Beal Motorsports
On our older texas tunnel we eliminated the droop and went with a rooster booster. Picked up several mph.
Same setup on our Placecraft, rooster booster, diverter. This was also how they ran it in top fuel. Plus withthe placecraft since the pump is set back so far, the rear of the boat has cavitation plates that are adjustable, just not from with in the boat. We talked to Ray Lumbert, owner of it when it was a fuel boat, and he said to check the plates. They were way out! We set the plates at 1/8" up at the rear of the plate from the bottom of the boat. Made a world of difference. Easier to carry the nose a bit higher. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE! i I don't think what you say is not what happened. A roost boost is a hard abrupt angle change causing water to crash into the walls in order to make the transistion change demanded by the 7 degree angle bend in a very very short distance. What I think maybe did happen is you were dragging the droop causing you the problem, and the outcome is the drag exceeded the harsh bend of the roost. Sorry to disagree. I do know it was pulled off the old going place's for a smoother transistion.