Bravo drives
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I have had a house on the water in Sag Harbor all my life. Owned a water ski boat a few jet skis ( back when they were Stand Ups) an some sail boats, but when I sold my boat I said the next boat I buy I am going Big. So I am thinking 35- 38 Cigarette but am open to suggestions. I want something that I can take off to Block Island or Montauk no problem.
I do take care of my equipment but I am very hard on it so that's why
I am asking a lot of questions about the drives and motors.
I do take care of my equipment but I am very hard on it so that's why
I am asking a lot of questions about the drives and motors.
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#6 nxt with 700 is a very good set up I have built a few boats with bravo set ups and have got some what satisfactory reliability, but you said you dont take care of your boats the 700 package with the upgraded #6 is hard to break and if anything is going wrong the gardian system shuts everything down before you break
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600 hp is going to be very much the limit on B1 or an XR, if you are trying to have trouble free boating. Teague and Imco make parts and whole drives to make them stronger. If you are boating on a lake or small river where the water is flat and the boat is not in an out of the water the drives are going to live longer but if your boating in big water with 600hp and XR drives sooner more than later your going to have a problem, you are going to need to be real good on the sticks.
Jassman here has built a few boats in the past and his last he went with the 700sci with the NXT trans but the #6 drive that was pretty much a bullet proff setup. At the time of that build there was some problems with the NXT drive popping up here and there thats why I think he went with the #6.
Jassman here has built a few boats in the past and his last he went with the 700sci with the NXT trans but the #6 drive that was pretty much a bullet proff setup. At the time of that build there was some problems with the NXT drive popping up here and there thats why I think he went with the #6.
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I have had a house on the water in Sag Harbor all my life. Owned a water ski boat a few jet skis ( back when they were Stand Ups) an some sail boats, but when I sold my boat I said the next boat I buy I am going Big. So I am thinking 35- 38 Cigarette but am open to suggestions. I want something that I can take off to Block Island or Montauk no problem.
I do take care of my equipment but I am very hard on it so that's why
I am asking a lot of questions about the drives and motors.
I do take care of my equipment but I am very hard on it so that's why
I am asking a lot of questions about the drives and motors.
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Check out some of the older Cigs.. do a search.. they are putting ASD-7's drives on them. Great drive hard to blow up.. good for approx 900-1000 hp.
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I have seen these on boats and I know they are strong but why don't I see more of them out there. Is it the cost? #6's are expensive so what are the advantages an disadvantages .