2013 Mastercraft X-star First Impressions

[vision]

Originally Posted by jason95gt

The problem with the G23, minus how big it is, is that it turns like a bus compared to the Star or most other boats for that matter and is also a gas hog. It uses twice as much fuel as a Star. I understand about price of boats and who cares about price of gas, but that means you have to fill it up twice as much over the season. I don't know about you, but that is the biggest pain.

My G23 burns slightly less fuel than my previous X-star. Around 6.5 gph with 3000 lbs of ballast.

[FourFourty]

Originally Posted by vision

My G23 burns slightly less fuel than my previous X-star. Around 6.5 gph with 3000 lbs of ballast.

Seriously?? We def burned a lot more than that.... I expect my star will burn quite a bit too. I certainly won't be surprised at 8.5gph or more with a boat that heavy....

[vision]

Originally Posted by FourFourty

Seriously?? We def burned a lot more than that.... I expect my star will burn quite a bit too. I certainly won't be surprised at 8.5gph or more with a boat that heavy....

I track gph closely, mostly looking for any early signs of engine performance changes. G with 450 engine gets around 5 gph unballasted and cruising and 6.5 gph ballasted. I am sure the supercharged engine sucks more gas.

The G drafts 4" less than my xstar and its hull is bizarre. It seems to "surf" across the water when unweighted. Perhaps this improves unballasted fuel efficiency. Plus, the tab assist in almost all new boats likely helps gph compared to prev models.

[FourFourty]

Originally Posted by vision

I track gph closely, mostly looking for any early signs of engine performance changes. G with 450 engine gets around 5 gph unballasted and cruising and 6.5 gph ballasted. I am sure the supercharged engine sucks more gas.

The G drafts 4" less than my xstar and its hull is bizarre. It seems to "surf" across the water when unweighted. Perhaps this improves unballasted fuel efficiency. Plus, the tab assist in almost all new boats likely helps gph compared to prev models.

Gotcha! Not bad at all! I doubt my new star will be anywhere near that good (7.4l). My X25 w/LS3 was excellent..... Right around 5gph surfing.

Come to think of it, the nautique 450hp is an LS3 as well, right?? In that case, I am not so surprised that it gets that kind of fuel economy. GenIV SBCs are excellent on fuel!

[Aric'sX15]

Originally Posted by vision

My G23 burns slightly less fuel than my previous X-star. Around 6.5 gph with 3000 lbs of ballast.

Any pics of your g23? Surprised at the 6.5 gph. Need to start calculating my 15s. Seems like I burn more than 5.5 an hour.

[Nordicron]

Originally Posted by Aric'sX15

Any pics of your g23? Surprised at the 6.5 gph. Need to start calculating my 15s. Seems like I burn more than 5.5 an hour.

Yeah I think it's all a matter how people calculate their hours. I prob use 6-7gph on my SAN 210 loaded with 2500lbs.

I plan on doing a better job this year writing down engine hrs vs fills.

[willyt]

Originally Posted by FourFourty

Come to think of it, the nautique 450hp is an LS3 as well, right?? In that case, I am not so surprised that it gets that kind of fuel economy. GenIV SBCs are excellent on fuel!

nope. PCM's ZR450 is L96 based, not LS3. that engine's displacement = 6L, LS3's is 6.2

[FourFourty]

Originally Posted by willyt

nope. PCM's ZR450 is L96 based, not LS3. that engine's displacement = 6L, LS3's is 6.2

ah.... I guess i assumed that the 409 was an L96, and the 450 was LS3. They don't say on the site, so I went to PCMs site, and it is, in fact, a tweaked L96. Having a hard time believing 5.5gph with that base engine. The LS3 may have been plausable, a GenIII L96 is not IMO.

[willyt]

Yeah, at least power-plant wise, ilmor > Indmar > PCM

[captain planet]

Originally Posted by Aric'sX15

Massively disagree. G23 is possibly the ugliest boat ive ever seen. Looks like a beached whale!

......I have to agree. I just went to the antique website to look at it again.......and that thing is really bad. I don't like MC's two point tower, it just looks incomplete unless the bimini is up, and don't even try to put one of those on a 214. But that tower on the antique is built over in China.....and it looks like it. It is awful. The boat is this big hulking thing....with this itty bitty tower sitting on the gunnel.....and the 25 makes it seem even smaller. NOTHING sleek about either of those two boats.