New Nitro Z21 To Be Unveiled At Classic

[Ham]

the difference between 77 and 74 is you are out of sight pretty quick. You drop down to 67 vs 77 and you are wasting time in $100,000.00 tournaments that you really don't have to waste.

It has been a few years, but the last time I fished as a co-angler in a BASS event, The Nitros were a SLOW boat. Guys would leave out in a Nitro and lots of boats were catching them from behind even if they left a few minutes later than the Nitro. It was very noticable.

[mixermarkb]

Hey Mr. Morris-

You now own the pile of ashes that was Champion boats- maybe when you are done sticking a triton hull under a nitro, you could pull out an old Champ hull and play with that???

As far as looks go, that's the best looking nitro I've ever seen. Seats are still too high for me, I like to feel like I'm sitting in a boat rather than on it, but the consoles and lines of the hull look MUCH better than the Z boats IMO.

[5bites]

The z series runs a little better than the old boats. Especially the z8. Up to low 80's in that boat.

[5bites]

Hey Mr. Morris-

You now own the pile of ashes that was Champion boats- maybe when you are done sticking a triton hull under a nitro, you could pull out an old Champ hull and play with that???

As far as looks go, that's the best looking nitro I've ever seen. Seats are still too high for me, I like to feel like I'm sitting in a boat rather than on it, but the consoles and lines of the hull look MUCH better than the Z boats IMO.

I'll second that. Especially the second paragraph.

[marimac1944]

I have a nitro 898 with 225 pro xs with tempest [prop 25 pitch tempest prop, just over 50% trim. Down in quachicta sunday morning slick surface catching up to boat in our tourney hit light wake from him, needle on speedometer was pegged and bouncing on 85 mph. don't know how accurate that was compared to gps speed, was watching my trail, first time on lake

[Bill Babler]

I have a nitro 898 with 225 pro xs with tempest [prop 25 pitch tempest prop, just over 50% trim. Down in quachicta sunday morning slick surface catching up to boat in our tourney hit light wake from him, needle on speedometer was pegged and bouncing on 85 mph. don't know how accurate that was compared to gps speed, was watching my trail, first time on lake

Probably mid 70's. They have one Z8 on the web with a 80GPS run, and that is probably as hot as it gets. Really, really fast. 250 proXS 26 Fury. Engine was sounding non-stock, so who knows. When they just sit there and go glug, glug, glug, you have to wonder.

[mixermarkb]

A true gps 80 is a tall order for a bass boat. Only a few hulls get there on any sort of regular basis with a fishing load- and they are pretty much your gambler/Stroker/bullet/allison types. Bass Cat Erya is probably on that list, but most of the others top out mid/high 70's.

A 25 pitch prop, turning 5800 through 1.75 gears has a theoretical max speed of 78. Add in an average bass boat slip of 10 percent, and that drops to 70mph. Lower slip percentages than 10 percent are very tough to attain with a bass boat, so if you are there, your setup is truly dialed in.

[Alex Heitman]

I don't know what pitch I have on my z-9 but I only get about 70mph on a good day with it. I think I've heard that most z-9 are a little slower boat than others. Can anybody attest to this? Just wondering if I have the right prop on for performance.

[Champ188]

For comparison purposes, my single-console Ranger Z119c with a 225 Pro XS and 25p Tempest Plus will GPS at 70 mph on the nose (GPS) at 5950 RPM in perfect conditions (water temps of 50 degrees or below and a light chop). That's with an average load of gear/fuel and a well-above average human load (shut up Babler and denjac).

That's also figuring in a pretty light load in the livewell.

[GNSfishing]

My Z8 with a 225 pro xs with a 25 Fury which came on the boat new ran 71-72 GPS speed with a fat old man & son, our tackle and 20 gals of fuel. The water/wind conditions will affect speed up or down a few mph either way on the GPS. The speedometer will bounce between 75-80 it is a by golly pressure gauge which are notorious for inaccuracy in indicating speed (got me warning speeding ticket one evening a couple years ago).