OMC King Cobra nose cones
08-27-2010, 01:50 PM
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OMC King Cobra nose cones
Posted this in the drive section last month w/ no results so I thought I'd try it here.
OMC King Cobra nose cones
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Read an old post where a guy saw speed improvements on the KC drive @ lower speeds. My boat is slow compared to most boats on this forum but hopefull a nose cone may give me the same results. Anyone else see the same results below?
"I have talked to hydromotive about nose cones on my bravo 1 and they have told me twice that i will gain nothing on a bravo 1 unless you are going over 80mph. I did put one on my king cobra and it picked up about 2-3mph and i was only running 55 stock so go figure"
OMC King Cobra nose cones
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Read an old post where a guy saw speed improvements on the KC drive @ lower speeds. My boat is slow compared to most boats on this forum but hopefull a nose cone may give me the same results. Anyone else see the same results below?
"I have talked to hydromotive about nose cones on my bravo 1 and they have told me twice that i will gain nothing on a bravo 1 unless you are going over 80mph. I did put one on my king cobra and it picked up about 2-3mph and i was only running 55 stock so go figure"
08-27-2010, 03:09 PM
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I have a 23 Scorpion with a Cobra drive which is shaped like Your King cobra, I gained about 2 mph with a nose cone. If you look at the shape of the lower it is kind of blunt in the front. I think I just gained a litle more from the better flow back to the prop. JMO
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Posted this in the drive section last month w/ no results so I thought I'd try it here.
OMC King Cobra nose cones
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Read an old post where a guy saw speed improvements on the KC drive @ lower speeds. My boat is slow compared to most boats on this forum but hopefull a nose cone may give me the same results. Anyone else see the same results below?
"I have talked to hydromotive about nose cones on my bravo 1 and they have told me twice that i will gain nothing on a bravo 1 unless you are going over 80mph. I did put one on my king cobra and it picked up about 2-3mph and i was only running 55 stock so go figure"
OMC King Cobra nose cones
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Read an old post where a guy saw speed improvements on the KC drive @ lower speeds. My boat is slow compared to most boats on this forum but hopefull a nose cone may give me the same results. Anyone else see the same results below?
"I have talked to hydromotive about nose cones on my bravo 1 and they have told me twice that i will gain nothing on a bravo 1 unless you are going over 80mph. I did put one on my king cobra and it picked up about 2-3mph and i was only running 55 stock so go figure"
06-02-2011, 08:50 AM
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Were you able to find the nose cones somewhere, and what were the prices?
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Just ordered this http://www.hydromotive.com/nosecones.html -- it'c completely unclear from the website but the MC HC1 B fits the 1990 and later King Cobra, the lady said at 60-65 mph a 2-3 mph gain would be pretty typical with this drive, if that's true it will be the cheapest 2 mph I ever paid for. Hell if it gets me 1 mph I'll still be ecstatic....
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06-14-2011, 09:41 AM
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Fits horribly, it fits like a glove on pre-1990 Bravo 1 (did some test fits on baots in the rack at my marina. I called and they siad it takes more work but I can use it on the post-89 King Cobra (Cone Clutch Style), but it's really not even close...Any other ideas? I really want to do this, even if nothing more to protect my drive, with all the rain this spring there is a TON of crap in the water this year....
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06-14-2011, 09:45 AM
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http://www.allamericandriveservice.com/OMCCobra.html
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