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My brother picked up an old beater toon to take his family & 2 dogs to local Phoenix lakes. Hit Saguaro lake yesterday & had a blast
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80+ mile run thru Kommiefornia Delta yesterday in our buddies 18' Scarab, great day, fantastic lunch at Tonys in Walnut Grove
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Rob got himself a 250 XS for the Shadow!
On his way to Reno.... then home. View attachment 1201283

We are gonna put the new 250XS thru a torture test in Wyoming the next few nights since they shut down interstate 80. Gonna be -19° with windchill -50ish degrees while it sits in bed of my truck. I talked to HydroSkreamin & its all wrapped up best as possible.
 

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Howard will be fine,just Money...same with me,crazy ECU gremlims that are haunting me and costing$$$$$:mad:

Glad he is ok & your wallet can regenerate.
Still stuck in Wyoming since Monday afternoon
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, desperately hope I get a chance to get outta here tomorrow morning. Look at the ice on the inside of the door!
I may need to clamp the 250 onto my tailgate for added push to get thru this snow & wind & get me back to Mizzura
 

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RIP Ken. Still the ultimate baller.

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I agree...he was a genius as well as a fabricator. Many don’t know he built his world record breaking boats out of his garage with used parts. He also had steel balls. I’ve been 150 mph on the water. I can’t imagine someone going 317....Ken did that shit decades ago!!This record breaking design came out of Ken’s natural intuition of what was needed to go over 300 mph.
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Huge thank you to HydroSkreamin & BlowMe for all the help removing my 300 Promax & installing the new to me 250XS on our Shadow.
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I agree...he was a genius as well as a fabricator. Many don’t know he built his world record breaking boats out of his garage with used parts. He also had steel balls. I’ve been 150 mph on the water. I can’t imagine someone going 317....Ken did that shit decades ago!!This record breaking design came out of Ken’s natural intuition of what was needed to go over 300 mph. View attachment 1202592
I agree...he was a genius as well as a fabricator. Many don’t know he built his world record breaking boats out of his garage with used parts. He also had steel balls. I’ve been 150 mph on the water. I can’t imagine someone going 317....Ken did that shit decades ago!!This record breaking design came out of Ken’s natural intuition of what was needed to go over 300 mph. View attachment 1202592

I was lucky enough to sit down at a table with Ken for dinner and stories and hang out river side with he and his son. Hell of a character and I will remember that forever.
 

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What's the advantage of the 250XS over the 300 Promax?

MPG?
 

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The 300 Promax was supposed to be launched as the 275 Promax.

Mercury decided to call it 300 to slot it above the 2.5 280.
 

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A Brucato SVS or similar.

I think Wayne Taylor also made an intake for that engine.
 

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Gonna be 70° here at LOTO today, hopefully get out this afternoon on my neighbors new to him flat bottom with 250XS jet lower
 

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Getting there with Kevin's parts.
 

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Headed to Jasper River Tennessee with Blow Me & HydroSkreamin to check out some new water.
Should be a blast runnin with some locals. Hope to get KingofBeers out with us.
Maybe talk War Canoe & Bullhead Bully into a guys weekend
 

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Headed to Jasper River Tennessee with Blow Me & HydroSkreamin to check out some new water.
Should be a blast runnin with some locals. Hope to get KingofBeers out with us.
Maybe talk War Canoe & Bullhead Bully into a guys weekend
Cant wait to check out some new water with y'all. Have fun on the cruiser today fucker 😝
 
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