1988 bass tracker?

[Snake River King]

Hello fellas I have a 1988 bass tracker and it has a 45hp mariner and was thinking about putting on a 2000 or newer motor like a 80 johnson or evenrude and was woundering how fast I could go with it the boat is a tournament 17 foot, right now I can get 30mph on the gps with me in it, I was thinking I could get like 40 mabey

[Bobby Bass]

I have a 87 tracker pro with a 40hp Mariner on it and the best I have done with a full live well ( water) trimmed out on a glassie lake is 42 on my GPS 30 sounds really slow for that boat. I think a 60hp is the max for hanging on the transom. You can check on the plate next to the drivers seat. Found out that it runs better with the full live well and I am a big guy also. Only thing I ever added was a doel fin. On plane there is not a whole of of my boat touching water. I bought the pro 17 and just added the extra length to the front casting deck, made it removable so I could bring kids with and then put it back when I fished alone.

[Snake River King]

my boat said it can handle a 80hp motor max that is what the plate said, is yours the flat front style cause mine is the v front

[Bobby Bass]

Vee here also. Only difference that I know of is the front casting platform and you may also have a thicker hull then I do. Did you buy it new? Had mine ordered through St. Cloud have only seen one other up here in 18 years. Put a 75 on there and you should see a difference. They ride really well at over 40mph...

[Snake River King]

No I just bought mine here about 1 month and a half ago from my uncle, He bought it back in 1990 and has owned it since.

SNK