Happy Hour's Pulse 211

[JW]

Sorry for the wife?? HECK NO!! You sold an outboard 'flyin' on the pad boat' for a nice big solid I/O. Last year I traded a nice solid I/O that the wife loved for another flyin' on the pad outboard

I think your wife has the better deal!!!!

1995 2100BR/1995 225 Promax/23" Tempest

 

[C-mate 280]

Hey Happy hour, I have owned a pulse 185 bow rider for five years and I have experimented alot to get the most out of it in terms of speed and handling. I can't buy a new boat because my wife would devorce me if I were to come home with a triad or an Allison, so my quest was to get as much out of my pulse as possible.I started with a Merc 175 efi when I bought the rig new, After a year I put on a cmc jack plate and had it set to run 3 inches below the pad. It ran 63 mph with a 23 tempest at 5600 rpm It needed alot of up trim which told me it needed more set back than the 5 1/2 inches the jack plate gave me. I put a new tuner on the exhaust and pluged the top holes on the lower unit advanced the spark by 1 degree and relieved the exhaust (probably more noise than power but it sure sounded cooler) but eventually got 70 mph (radar) out of her with the motor 2 inches below the pad, 5 1/2 inch set back and running a 24 tempest at 6100 rpm but I still needed alot of up on the tilt. I wanted more speed but couldn't get a new boat, however, one black merc looks the same as another so the same boat comes home with a new 280 hp merc last year with 11 inches of set back, a hot foot, water pressure gauge, trim buttons on the steering, a gps speedo, and of course a few props to play with. The result is 85 mph with a lightning ET 24 inch prop at 7500 rpm running about 1/2 inch below the pad. The boat has no chine walking when the motor is up and is much more stable than I ever thought it would be. I don't recommend the lightning prop for your rig because it doesn't have the bow lift you need. I feel the biggest improvement I made in terms of set up was increasing the set back, because the motor ran a more neutral trim which when hitting big waves could cause the boat to get out of shape with too much positive trim. The down side of haveng that much set back is that there is a great deal of bow-rise out of the hole. It is a good water ski boat, has a good hole shot and with the open bow (when I don't have it covered with canvas for 4 mph more speed), I can carry six or seven people for a slow or a very fast cruse. Don't talk to me about gas milage, however, it sucks!!

c-mate-280

 

[Shameless]

Good story 280, I wish I could get away with that. You are a lucky man!

 

[Z06]

Bill, you don't need to be calling him lucky, you're getting a new ZT with a custom graphic package... Then there is Jim

Checkmates may not be the fastest boats on the water, but they are the nicest looking!

 

[Drew Virnelson]

happy,
your most likely runnin around 70 gps if your turnin that 25 rene. @ 6000

 

[happyhour4pm]

Hey Guys.....sorry we haven't been around in awhile and imagine my surprise when I saw the boat you have on the home page. What an honor!!
The weather here just finally got decent enough to get her out of the garage. I am going to try to attach a llink with somemore pictures. Please feel free to post with my other pictures if you want. The site looks like it stays pretty active and I do get some great info from everyone here

Thanks
more pictures

 

[happyhour4pm]

well sorry, the link doesn't work. I will try again later

 

[JW]

The link seemed to work, it said I was in your photo album, but there isn't any pictures posted in that album yet......

1995 Pulsare 2100BR/1995 Mercury Promax 225 2.5 EFI/ 1.87:1 Torquemaster/ RapidJack Heavy-Duty manual 10.5" setback/ 23" Tempest worked for ski duty

 

[happyhour4pm]

ok now it works..

...the folder was set as private. Check em out.....I can't wait to have a chance to get some better pictures....my wife was a little slow on the shutter. These are the best I got....most had just about the first 2 foot or the last 2 foot of the boat in them

 

[seeing clearly]

VERY NICE!So thats your mate I see everytime I get on this site?I'm still trying to figure out who's who,anyhow nice mate.Red does look good!