insane hydro any good

[chuck st romain]

i have the opportunity to get a great deal on an older insane hydro. looks like a gen 2 best i can tell from the pictures. it is in great condition, looks like its spent alot of time parked in the garage. is this going to be a decent boat? i am just a pond basher, run with a handful of guys for fun. everyone else is running whip/backlash. any way this thing can run with them or am i going to be the laughing stock. its cheap so i don't mind giving up a little but still want to be able to get in and mix it up. i dont run gassers often but dont want to end up with a turd

just looking for opinions. thanks

 

[Gary Murcott]

Give it a go I think you will be happy it s all about set up

 

[Brandon Atwell]

Still very competitive boats.

 

[Bill Gibson]

Tom Foley has one, don't remember which gen it is, but a few years back, he raced it regularly.....he let me take it around the bouys for a number of laps, and I couldn't believe has well it handled, and fast too! A very NICE running boat!

 

[Randy Rapedius]

They have good straight away speed. Unfortunately they do not corner as good as the Blazer boats.

 

[chuck st romain]

Thanks for the input guys

 

[John Crouch]

I have had a couple of them over the years, Since you are not heat racing this will be a great boat for you. If I was going to heat race, no doubt I would be running either a whiplash, backlash or whiplash GV. I also have one of the new hydro's that CC racing builds based on the old PI hydro that runs extremely well. I don't have enough time on it yet to brag but I think it will be a contender as well.

If the price is right and its in good shape, go for it, they are a lot of fun to run, like someone else said, very fast in the straights, but will not corner like a whip.

 

[Ronnie Lerew]

That G2 looks like the boat Clayton of TX. has for sale. I got a Whiplash from him a few weeks ago and he's a great guy to deal with send me pictures of every area of the boat I wanted to see. And quickly got back to me about any question I asked. The boat was everything he said it was. I'm getting extra spare parts from him next week. The boat came with no damage and very well packaged. He's a man of his word. Like to give credit when it's do.

Ron

 

[chuck st romain]

Thanks, ronnie. I will keep that in mind. I'm waiting for him to get back home so he can give me pics n details. Wish I could find a whip someone was willing to part with but having no luck.

 

[moparbarn]

There's one for sale on rcuniverse, chuck.

 

[chuck st romain]

Ya I saw, just can't justify $900 for a bare hull only. Thanks tho

 

[moparbarn]

It is pretty, but not THAT pretty -I agree.

 

[chuck st romain]

I sent him a message, what do u think is fair? It looks good, new with strut n rudder?

 

[moparbarn]

It's all brand new, hull, paint, hardware. Untouched. I dunno, what would it cost to get to that point from a pile of sticks......?

 

[chuck st romain]

Lol... I know, it's not that I cant, I just don't want to build one

 

[Tom Foley]

You will have a blast with the Gen 2 , don't listen to naysayers . It may not be your last gas hydro but you will have a blast . They handle rough water great .

 

[chuck st romain]

Thanls tom, prob going to give it a try

 

[Rene Danner]

I had one back in the day and it was great, Also look for a S-30 4 blade prop it ran the best with that prop.

 

[EugenePierce]

I just built a backlash its posted on here, check it out, its my first gas boat build, and its more fun to build a boat in my opinion you get more satisfaction

 

[Lay26]

it may seem easy to build but i'll tell you its not it takes alot of time to get them done right and thats 1/4 of the work then you have to set them up properly. all my gas boats are wood whips and backlashes and i have learned.