ive got a 16 54 express with a 36 prodrive, thats stock, doing 24 mph with 2 people and a full load, and about 29 with just me, whats the best way to pick up a few miles per hour mods wise? im planning on doing carb and exhaust and curious how many miles an hour im gonna gain from the combination of the 2?

Nitrous

haha yea right...

Just go with a stage one. U going to pick up speed an have plenty of bottom end to carry heavy loads

Prodrive and speed in the samee sentence. Theres an oxymoron for ya...

Don't know a whole bunch about prodirves but from what I know about mods ....one compliments the other ,and the top speed won't increase as much as your loaded down speed will.....with a load is where u really see where all your money went
A mikuni ontop of stage1 really wakes it all up!

29 is a good solo speed. since your boat is 16' it will not carry a load like an 18'. Just something else to think about.

do heads and gutted or marsh mellow exhaust

no need for a carb.

To the OP:

A stage 1 kit would work great for you.

With a stage 1 you can expect to run the same speeds loaded that you previously ran empty.

Both were done on GT hulls.

Phffffffffffffff.

18x46 gtb to be exact.

So what, if this guy NORTHFLORIDAFOWLER want his PD to run? He needs to sell his boat and buy a GTB 18x46 hull?

You writing all this down NORTHFLORIDAFOWLER?

Haha I just picked the whole rig up the other day for 6500 bucks with 56 hours on the motor... Probaly just keep it for now then a few years on down the road find a different boat!! Only thing i don't like is that the boat has ribs running down the bottom and I run a ton of stumps, kinda annoying but it works. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1364246359.022534.jpg

This is my rig, so far I love the motor, alot better than my rattling ass 25 godevil longtail

One last thing, I was turning 3750 Rpms in the water with just me and a almost brand new prop, I adjusted the governor up to 4200 and runs 26 with 2 people and a load big difference

Sweet! your going to like the reverse, it will open up a lot more areas to run with out having to thinking twice about it.

That's a hell of a deal, even with that boat

Yea I'm enjoying it alot, I know it's not a true mud hull, which most of yall have, but it's good for me! I hunt shallow Lillies with lots of stump fields

Yea I couldn't pass it up.. The boats pretty nice too, it's older, but does the job, had a open floor plan with boxes on both sides in the rear with a front deck and gun box!