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Big Block Power wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:47 pm
Congrats and welcome. We'll the engine be powerful enough. Only you can tell us that when you try to pull each other up with a loaded boat. I am the worst Person to ask. Just ask bobrae I have a 1 track mind.
No way would I own a 22 ft boat with the smallest engine a manufacture installs. I recommend always going with the largest engine one has for a option. You never regret the largest. You will always regret the smallest. Just ask your wife. Opps sorry. Again congrats on becoming a cobalt snob.
This is very true. I actually lied earlier by saying my wife and I are 27..... I am 27, but my wife is turning 30 in two weeks. I am buying this boat for "her birthday". (Don't ask me how I pulled that off). With that being said the reason we went with the smaller motor was they had it in stock, and came off of the MSRP by a little over 33%. So at the end of the day, it was just too good of a deal to pass up.
Yea in my other post I was going to ask was this a left over stk unit or a order out. I really really hope it's enough. And enough of a discount to upgrade next year. Right bobrae
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Big Block Power wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:47 pm
Congrats and welcome. We'll the engine be powerful enough. Only you can tell us that when you try to pull each other up with a loaded boat. I am the worst Person to ask. Just ask bobrae I have a 1 track mind.
No way would I own a 22 ft boat with the smallest engine a manufacture installs. I recommend always going with the largest engine one has for a option. You never regret the largest. You will always regret the smallest. Just ask your wife. Opps sorry. Again congrats on becoming a cobalt snob.
If the 240 won’t pull the skier up the 280 likely wouldn’t either. Looking at the power curve, (hp and torque) there doesn’t seem to be a difference until 4600 rpms... am I reading this correctly?
Crazy spinning a 4.3 at 5800 rpms. That baby is going to be screaming.
Last boat I ran a 4.3 in was a 180 crownline. Yes I know these are diff engines. The 4.3 205 hp engine I think it was was a great little engine. 22ft boat is alot of boat for a v6. That's just me. Again my 350mag I didn't like in my 200. But the 5.7 Volvo did and does just fine in a 220. Guys prove me wrong. Please.
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Depends on the boat. My old 21’ wasn’t all that with a Merc 260 V8, but my buddy has a 21’ Stingray with a 4.3 and in clean water it scoots pretty good. Very different hills, mine was a deep hull and heavy boat, his is a shallow small water boat.
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Big Block Power wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:31 pm
Crazy spinning a 4.3 at 5800 rpms. That baby is going to be screaming.
Last boat I ran a 4.3 in was a 180 crownline. Yes I know these are diff engines. The 4.3 205 hp engine I think it was was a great little engine. 22ft boat is alot of boat for a v6. That's just me. Again my 350mag I didn't like in my 200. But the 5.7 Volvo did and does just fine in a 220. Guys prove me wrong. Please.
What drives me crazy is the lack of info on the performance of Cobalt boats. Compare that with Four Winns that lists top speed of every model and every engine of every model. All you seem to get from Cobalt folks is “it may I give you 2 mph on top end” or something vague. Lol... oh well, my old boat was a 1996 18’ Glastron with a 180 HP 4.3 Merc and it would go 52mph. I am now spending wayyyyyyy more for a boat that will be 4’ longer, much nicer, handle rough waters better, but will be slower. That last part hurts, but when the panties fall off as babes enter the Cobalt I won’t care anymore. No woman is going to ask if I have the 240 or 280 in the boat. Haha.
Big Block Power wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:31 pm
Crazy spinning a 4.3 at 5800 rpms. That baby is going to be screaming.
Last boat I ran a 4.3 in was a 180 crownline. Yes I know these are diff engines. The 4.3 205 hp engine I think it was was a great little engine. 22ft boat is alot of boat for a v6. That's just me. Again my 350mag I didn't like in my 200. But the 5.7 Volvo did and does just fine in a 220. Guys prove me wrong. Please.
What drives me crazy is the lack of info on the performance of Cobalt boats. Compare that with Four Winns that lists top speed of every model and every engine of every model. All you seem to get from Cobalt folks is “it may I give you 2 mph on top end” or something vague. Lol... oh well, my old boat was a 1996 18’ Glastron with a 180 HP 4.3 Merc and it would go 52mph. I am now spending wayyyyyyy more for a boat that will be 4’ longer, much nicer, handle rough waters better, but will be slower. That last part hurts, but when the panties fall off as babes enter the Cobalt I won’t care anymore. No woman is going to ask if I have the 240 or 280 in the boat. Haha.
I like that attitude. Can't wait to watch the girls getting on it too!! Pictures or it didn't happen.
03Cobalt220 8.1gxi DP
"Kids in Tow2"
"Pot The Jus" Originator :-)
Neenah Wi
#ItsBu'sfault
#FARCON Marine CC Core!
Big Block Power wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:31 pm
Crazy spinning a 4.3 at 5800 rpms. That baby is going to be screaming.
Last boat I ran a 4.3 in was a 180 crownline. Yes I know these are diff engines. The 4.3 205 hp engine I think it was was a great little engine. 22ft boat is alot of boat for a v6. That's just me. Again my 350mag I didn't like in my 200. But the 5.7 Volvo did and does just fine in a 220. Guys prove me wrong. Please.
What drives me crazy is the lack of info on the performance of Cobalt boats. Compare that with Four Winns that lists top speed of every model and every engine of every model. All you seem to get from Cobalt folks is “it may I give you 2 mph on top end” or something vague. Lol... oh well, my old boat was a 1996 18’ Glastron with a 180 HP 4.3 Merc and it would go 52mph. I am now spending wayyyyyyy more for a boat that will be 4’ longer, much nicer, handle rough waters better, but will be slower. That last part hurts, but when the panties fall off as babes enter the Cobalt I won’t care anymore. No woman is going to ask if I have the 240 or 280 in the boat. Haha.
I like that attitude. Can't wait to watch the girls getting on it too!! Pictures or it didn't happen.
Why do you think I got the LED lighting inside, and the LED light by the prop? Haha, every move I make has an end game, .. Just being on the water is almost enough, but with the sexiness of the Cobalt itself, the bikini may be on the dock before their toes even land on the boat. Just messing. It will be a great summer. Bought one of those inflatable water mat’s by Mission to expand the entertainment area. But yes, I wish I had the 280. Like the OP, this was the engine for the deal.
What drives me crazy is the lack of info on the performance of Cobalt boats. Compare that with Four Winns that lists top speed of every model and every engine of every model. All you seem to get from Cobalt folks is “it may I give you 2 mph on top end” or something vague. Lol... oh well, my old boat was a 1996 18’ Glastron with a 180 HP 4.3 Merc and it would go 52mph. I am now spending wayyyyyyy more for a boat that will be 4’ longer, much nicer, handle rough waters better, but will be slower. That last part hurts, but when the panties fall off as babes enter the Cobalt I won’t care anymore. No woman is going to ask if I have the 240 or 280 in the boat. Haha.
I like that attitude. Can't wait to watch the girls getting on it too!! Pictures or it didn't happen.
Why do you think I got the LED lighting inside, and the LED light by the prop? Haha, every move I make has an end game, .. Just being on the water is almost enough, but with the sexiness of the Cobalt itself, the bikini may be on the dock before their toes even land on the boat. Just messing. It will be a great summer. Bought one of those inflatable water mat’s by Mission to expand the entertainment area. But yes, I wish I had the 280. Like the OP, this was the engine for the deal.
Now that is what I call preparation and forward planning. Haha
What drives me crazy is the lack of info on the performance of Cobalt boats. Compare that with Four Winns that lists top speed of every model and every engine of every model. All you seem to get from Cobalt folks is “it may I give you 2 mph on top end” or something vague. Lol... oh well, my old boat was a 1996 18’ Glastron with a 180 HP 4.3 Merc and it would go 52mph. I am now spending wayyyyyyy more for a boat that will be 4’ longer, much nicer, handle rough waters better, but will be slower. That last part hurts, but when the panties fall off as babes enter the Cobalt I won’t care anymore. No woman is going to ask if I have the 240 or 280 in the boat. Haha.
I like that attitude. Can't wait to watch the girls getting on it too!! Pictures or it didn't happen.
Why do you think I got the LED lighting inside, and the LED light by the prop? Haha, every move I make has an end game, .. Just being on the water is almost enough, but with the sexiness of the Cobalt itself, the bikini may be on the dock before their toes even land on the boat. Just messing. It will be a great summer. Bought one of those inflatable water mat’s by Mission to expand the entertainment area. But yes, I wish I had the 280. Like the OP, this was the engine for the deal.
