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Old 08-17-2009, 01:02 AM
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I sympathize with you guys having 14,000-16,000lb boats with Bravo drives. You have to be thinking how long will they last even if I feather the throttles and take forfreakingEVER to get on plane.

So my question is what would be the most reliable engine and drive combination you would wish for on your boat? Merc 700/NXT? Ilmor725/Indy? Yanmar 480/Arnesons? 850/1075/6 drives? Weismann 6 drives/multispeed transmissions?

Or name your own I didn't think of..
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SSM's..... dont know to gear up for a re-rig over winter or just sell
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1200hp+ and 6's
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1200hp+ and 6's
And thats why Your the Man
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eh, i'm sure there are a lot of cats out there that wouldn't have any trouble getting past us. It would take a pretty good cat though..... I wish I had a video of the time we "pulled" the 42 MTI dirty duck..... Man that was fun
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eh, i'm sure there are a lot of cats out there that wouldn't have any trouble getting past us. It would take a pretty good cat though..... I wish I had a video of the time we "pulled" the 42 MTI dirty duck..... Man that was fun
So does that mean your the BT catkiller....... Sorry, used to run fountains
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Originally Posted by endeavor1
SSM's..... dont know to gear up for a re-rig over winter or just sell
have you thought about the bravo to arneson conversion? They should handle 700-800hp and be pretty reliably.

The arneson I think would make a great drive for the BT as the the arneson would give more forward thrust rather than trimming out and getting too much bow lift. The arneson would also be lighter than an SSM 6 saving weight in the transom area and in essence, creating more transom lift.
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Originally Posted by saxman
have you thought about the bravo to arneson conversion? They should handle 700-800hp and be pretty reliably.

The arneson I think would make a great drive for the BT as the the arneson would give more forward thrust rather than trimming out and getting too much bow lift. The arneson would also be lighter than an SSM 6 saving weight in the transom area and in essence, creating more transom lift.
I m not 100 pct sure there wouldnt need to be a ton of glass work done to make ASD's work. The 97 had a flat transom and this 01 has ,"IMO" built in extension boxes. Maybe RIK will comment on the possiblilty
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I spoke with Rik about it last winter and time it was all over with you could do #6's and not have those props out the back of your boat in the way of the swim platform.
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Just bolted a NEW set of BMAXES on last nite. Everyone, wish me luck over the weekend. If I update before tuesday, bad things probably happened. ....................... Chris
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