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Nose Cone Shootout
Test Results and Fact Sheet

SPEED INCREASE OVER 5 MPH ON A 150 H.P. !!!

NOSE CONES TESTED TOP-SPEED M.P.H. MAXIMUM MOTOR-HEIGHT
OBTAINED ABOVE TRANSOM WHILE MAINTAINING 10 PSI WATER PRESSURE MINIMUM
R.P.M. OBTAINED WITHOUT PROP SLIPPAGE
BOB'S 74.8 Sky High 6250
HYDRO MOTIVE 72.5 3-1/2 inches 6150
LAND & SEA 70.1 2-1/4 inches 5850
MERCURY STOCK 69.7 2-1/2 inches 5900
MERCURY CLS (RACING) 68.5 No limit 6150

REMEMBER: THE TRUTH IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT.

Test performed and documented by the Technical Department of an unbiased
major boating magazine, Bass & Walleye Boats, fall issue
NOSECONE SHOOTOUT.

TEST BOAT and EQUIPMENT USED

BOAT:
Nitro 190 TF (19 ft. bass boat)


MOTOR:
Mercury 150XRI 150 horsepower

GEARCASE:
1.87:1 ratio

LOAD:
Two 200 pound men; 28 gallons of fuel, near full livewell (half full)

PROP:
Quicksilver trophy, four blade, small-hub, 13 3/8 x 25 inch pitch

SPEED:

Radar checked (Stalker Radar Gun)


CONDITIONS:
Test held in under four hours with conditions at the start virtually the same as at the end. Flat to 2 inch chop, no wind, with 58 degree's Fahrenheit air temperature.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
 

Bob's Machine Shop,
BMS International, Inc

4314 Raleigh Street
Tampa, FL 33619

Order line only: 1-800-966-3493

Tech line: (813) 247-7040
Fax: (813) 247-7041


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