[TonyCA]

My buddy had an 2003 Cougar FTD with the XB. It is a beast. If you can drive it (chine walks) itll hit 84GPS with two people and a light tourny load. Scared the crap out of me to go that fast! My buddy is a good driver and was working the steering wheel keeping the boat level but it was still hair raising. I had white knuckles from grabbing on the hand rails. I looked over at his GPS and it was reading 84 MPH! No sure if it was WOT but Im guessing it was pretty close. He was running a stock Tempest (no prop mods) and standard manual jackplate.

[TonyCA]

I went with the 26 Fury on my 03 Cougar FTD and the improvement was very noticeable (Opti 225). I was bumping the rev limited with my old 26 Trophy so I switched to the Fury and got another 2 mph on the top and better lift. Cougar runs like a scalded cat now! Even the other guys in my club noticed the improvement, especially when I passed them. Prop seems to work well regardless of water temps and elevation. Im usually fishing lakes between sea level and 1,000 ft above sea level. Runs good in 40 degree water and in 70 degree water too. I used to swap props for summer and winter. No more. Great prop right out of the box!

[TonyCA]

Go for the Fury. Its a great prop. I have one on my Cougar FTD

[TonyCA]

I have a 2003 Cougar FTD with a 2003 Merc Optimax 225 located in Northern CA. I haven put it up for sale yet as I havent found my replacement Basscat. Once I locate a replacement boat, it will be for sale. Boat has hotfoot, smart craft and extra water pressure and trim gauges, color gps sonar (Eagle) on the console, Garmin color sonar on the bow, Minnkota 101. Asking $19,900 OBO. email me if your interested and Ill send you some pictures. [url=mailto:bubbabass@comcast.net]bubbabass@comcast.net[/url]

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