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08-13-2013, 02:46 PM
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Trannyjoe I have to agree with SS930 sell those XR's while they are together. I had people fighting over mine. The torque of that blower motor plus your X dimension will destroy that top gear. Speaking of high X dimension talk to the other Gladiator owners about spacers. I added a 1" spacer in my Tiger this year and has lowered my slip numbers increased speed and cruise and the boat handles much better. Going with the IMCO SCX lowers and #6 prop shafts are nice but it is expensive. If you want to save some money you can talk to Dave at Imco about using your XR lowers. Don't forget changing to the Imco SCX uppers requires a helmet change as well as the new lube bottles. After selling your current drives it is an affordable upgrade that is probably in line with replacing a new XR should blow one apart.
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08-14-2013, 08:20 AM
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As I told you in the other thread...
"those XR drives will be toast in a heartbeat with this power. They will not come even remotely close to standing up to that power. If you're smart you should sell those XR drives while they're still good (have value) and bolt on a complete set of Imco SCX drives. I would also suggest going to the SCX lowers with #6 shafts on this project. You're going to need the larger propshafts and #6 props.
No idea what you'll need for props until you can give us an idea what you think this will make for power, once we know this we can get you in the ballpark. Just taking a stab in the dark and saying these engines will make 900hp, the boat will run around 112-116 mph (depending on drive setup and height), so you'd need something like 35p or 36p props at that power level.
Until you swap out those drives, I'd leave some small props on it, this will extend the short life you'll have with the XR drives. Honestly, those things wont last long at all behind your new power... get them off the boat ASAP!"
"those XR drives will be toast in a heartbeat with this power. They will not come even remotely close to standing up to that power. If you're smart you should sell those XR drives while they're still good (have value) and bolt on a complete set of Imco SCX drives. I would also suggest going to the SCX lowers with #6 shafts on this project. You're going to need the larger propshafts and #6 props.
No idea what you'll need for props until you can give us an idea what you think this will make for power, once we know this we can get you in the ballpark. Just taking a stab in the dark and saying these engines will make 900hp, the boat will run around 112-116 mph (depending on drive setup and height), so you'd need something like 35p or 36p props at that power level.
Until you swap out those drives, I'd leave some small props on it, this will extend the short life you'll have with the XR drives. Honestly, those things wont last long at all behind your new power... get them off the boat ASAP!"
I went from 600hp to 760hp with my 600 sci and blew my xr drive to junk in less than 4 hours, Get them off now while you have value versus scrap metal, i put a new scx upper with a sc lower , 40 hours later no problems at all 92mph at 5800 rpm , had to reprop due to the difference with the sc lower versus the xr lower but not looking over my shoulder anymore waiting for the drive to blow.
