Keep in mind this Allison is designed for fishing, so that means a casting deck, storage, live well, trolling motor, extra battery. This is a bass boat with a center sport console, making it a very practical boat overall, with seating for up to 5. Geoff Ericson was kind enough to share some incredible numbers of his Allison ProSport. Here is a summary of some popular boats that are running the 300R and what kind of improvements they are seeing. Sure, there were boats that could run 100 MPH+ with the XS, but the R seems to be pushing boats about 3 to 6 MPH faster and sometimes more. The 300R has created a standard where the once elusive 100 MPH mark is now becoming normalized. Not to be outdone, Allison Boats has some 21 ProSports running the 300R with some astonishing results. That’s impressive for a full dress bass boat. For the promotional videos and literature at launch, Mercury Racing used a variety of boats for demonstration, one was a red Bullet bass boat that easily eclipsed 100 MPH, and was said to be running 106 MPH after a custom prop was implemented. On the water, the benefits are seen quite clearly. And because of the increase in torque, Mercury Racing added a 1.60:1 gear ration option, allowing really fast boats to take advantage of that power. The V8 R is definitely a little heavier but on bigger boats the offset is made up in the performance. Another difference is the gearcase on the R is larger, which changes the dynamics a bit, where you may have to run the engine slightly higher and use a larger diameter prop. The large displacement 4.6 V8 produces more torque across a wider RPM range, the 300R also makes 328 HP at the prop, as opposed to the 306 HP of the XS, and the 6,400 RPM range on the R is a slight advantage. To start, the Mercury Racing 300R exceeds its predecessor, the 300XS in a number of ways. Let’s take a peak at how some new boats are performing with the 300R.

Because of the power and torque of the 300R, more boats are now exceeding the 100 MPH mark that couldn’t before with stock power. Since then, the game has changed a little and part of that is because of the Mercury Racing 300R. That article focused on V hulls, we had another article for tunnels.

Years ago we did an extremely popular article called “The Fastest Single Engine Outboard Boats You Can Buy Now.” It was popular because everyone loves a quick single engine performance boat that can pull double duty as a family boat.

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