1997 Allison XB2003

1973 Skeeter Metro stick steer. 50hp Evinrude. Runs 27-30mph.

Been toying with idea of finding a go fast hull like a Stroker, bullet or allison and drop a 2.5l optimax on it (assuming they're more fuel efficient than 3.0) Bet that thing would sip gas and still get upper 70's maybe even 80 with a good set up.

[quote=AstaSoftride]1997 Allison XB2003

Here is something I posted on another thread, but it will give you an idea of what you can do with an Allison hull and a smaller motor.

A lot of people discount Allison's as being fast and nothing else. With the intro of their more conventional interior designs they really are an economic option for people that fish a lot. They will out perform all comparable boats in top speed and get almost double the fuel mileage of a conventional bassboat. For people that fish a lot, the savings are huge and the boat cost about the same as a comparable bassboat. Just a quick comparison of an Allison with a 200hp and a Nitro Z-9 with a 250hp.

NitroZ9 at 50 mph (4500rpm) got 3.6 MPGs
Allison @ 50.1mph (4500 rpm) got 6.4 MPGs
ALLISONS TOP fuel savings was nearly at 40mph got 7.4 MPGS!

Nitro Z9 ran 65.3 mph (5500rpm) got 3.3 MPGs
Allison ran 69.1 mph (5500 rpm) got 5.3 MPGs

The fastest the Nitro ran was 68.7 WIDE OPEN fuel got worse
The Allison ran 82.1 WIDE OPEN still got 4.1 MPGs enough said.

Request: Can you post a picture or so of your Allison? Have seen none so far and hearing about them all of the sudden, well I just noticed them in posts on here.

Are they still manufactured?





Here is a picture of what it looked when I bought it

Still running the Johnson 225hp, now spinning a 27p TXP OT4, propshaft set even with the pad, jackplate set at 10".