Top End Speed

[BillPutney]

I'm curious as what other members speed #'s look like.Ijust read a post MM33 1984 for sale , with a 200 Yamaha on a 23 that was stating 35 mph as his top speed , someone responded as to whether that was enough power.I have a 1978 CC that was an i/o that I converted to an outboard with a bracket in 2000.I added a 36 gal. fuel tank in front of the console and a 20 gal reserve in the rear which I never use due to the extra rear weight issue.This boat otherwise is original.It has a 5'x8' hardtop and a very heavyduty support system bolted to the deck.Lots of weight I know compared to what I'seen on the site.I have a 2000 Suzuki 225 2-stroke . Before I added a Flo-scan in the fuel line I was able to run 46.5 mph.This was on a cool night with about a 6-8 in chop.After the flo-scan addition I lost a lot of rpm's.But I ran the boat last fall with my 205 lbs and a friend @220 lbs. with the main tank and the front tank completely full,112 gals. and we touched 42 mph in the waterway at Morehead City. That was the average of a run in both directions to account for the current. Do these #'s sound high or is MM 33's boat extremely slow for some reason?