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Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Sinkey] #14278973 02/09/22 02:36 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 74,873 Runaway Bay Texas Mark Perry Super Freak
Mark Perry Super Freak Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 74,873 Runaway Bay Texas	Originally Posted by Sinkey Originally Posted by Happykamper Guess I will wear the new off my boat, they say it takes 20 hours to properly break in a Mercury 4 stroke, guess I will run up and down Grapevine for a couple hours to get this process started. I may just drive it like i stole it lol. I hate it! Did it on Fork a few months back and felt like an idiot plowing around for an hour then driving like an old women for the next! Those are long hours too..... www.megabassusa.com

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Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Happykamper] #14279245 02/09/22 02:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,470 Ratcliff, AR Okie Poke TFF Guru
Okie Poke TFF Guru Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,470 Ratcliff, AR	Hey, Happy...can we see a few more pics of the Caymas and what model do you have? I may consider one on my next purchase. 😎 Dallas Cowboys....eventual Superbowl Champions 😎

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Happykamper] #14279250 02/09/22 02:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 11,577 Albany 9094 TFF Guru
9094 TFF Guru Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 11,577 Albany	Picking my new Phoenix up today! Going straight to the lake to start getting the first 2 hours on it. Retirement best job ever.

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Happykamper] #14279256 02/09/22 02:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,056 Lewisville, texas J joebass2 TFF Celebrity
joebass2 TFF Celebrity J Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,056 Lewisville, texas	Originally Posted by Happykamper Originally Posted by Ranger1 Roger, Crank that 300r up and just gas it, live a little I had it close to 5800 rpms and 70 mph a couple of times, when I did stop to fish a few minutes I left the engine running, i think I got a little over 3 hours on it, sure digging this Caymas boat, I think it is a keeper. Happy - one thing.....Make sure you get familiar with how the Caymas livewells operate before the first tournament,,,,,

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Okie Poke] #14279950 02/09/22 11:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,645 Southlake, Texas Happykamper OP TFF Guru
OP Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,645 Southlake, Texas	Originally Posted by Okie Poke Hey, Happy...can we see a few more pics of the Caymas and what model do you have? I may consider one on my next purchase. I will take some first chance i get in the sunlight, only have a couple inside my barn. I have the CX 21Pro

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: joebass2] #14279951 02/09/22 11:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,645 Southlake, Texas Happykamper OP TFF Guru
OP Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,645 Southlake, Texas	Originally Posted by joebass2 Originally Posted by Happykamper Originally Posted by Ranger1 Roger, Crank that 300r up and just gas it, live a little I had it close to 5800 rpms and 70 mph a couple of times, when I did stop to fish a few minutes I left the engine running, i think I got a little over 3 hours on it, sure digging this Caymas boat, I think it is a keeper. Happy - one thing.....Make sure you get familiar with how the Caymas livewells operate before the first tournament,,,,, I had all but forgotten about that, thanks for the reminder.

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: goodman_fishing] #14280362 02/10/22 10:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,432 Black Dog, TX F Fooshman Extreme Angler
Fooshman Extreme Angler F Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,432 Black Dog, TX	Originally Posted by goodman_fishing Nice! Still surprises me that boat engines have break-in periods with today's manufacturing capabilities. You can go run a 700hp Hellcat wide open during a test drive, but not that new Merc Can't control test drives. lol Some places don't let them happen. There is a break in procedure with hellcats. My GT350 had a break in.

Re: About to go put a few hours on new boat [Re: Fooshman] #14281018 02/10/22 08:14 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 991 Argyle, Texas Donegonefishin Pro Angler
Donegonefishin Pro Angler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 991 Argyle, Texas	Originally Posted by Fooshman Originally Posted by goodman_fishing Nice! Still surprises me that boat engines have break-in periods with today's manufacturing capabilities. You can go run a 700hp Hellcat wide open during a test drive, but not that new Merc Can't control test drives. lol Some places don't let them happen. There is a break in procedure with hellcats. My GT350 had a break in. Exactly. Both the Hellcat and the Voodoo have a very detailed 500 mile break in procedure.

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