Box on a 2600
 

I was wondering if anyone has used an extension box with a shortened drive. I just took delivery of a 94' 2600. I am going to spend the cold winter in St. Louis completly rebuilding it. The Steering is a single ram hynautic so I am upgrading and wondered if it was worth the additional $$$ to get a box. Any suggestions on this and any other upgrades would be appreciated. Art

Congrats and welcome to the AO family. You will really enjoy your boat!! From the discussions I have observed,a box with a shorty will definetly pick up the performance of the 2600. I really can't provide any numbers though. I think there is someone on the board that has done this to theirs. If you decide to get rid of the steering you have now, I would be interested in it!;) What power do you have?.......Or are you going to have?:D

Welcome to the world of AO, but as I had to do the names gotta change(LOL) good luck with the project.

I have a 2000 2600 NSX when I had a std. bravo one drive I turned a 32 pitch bravo one 4 blade with 1.5 gear 6000 rpm I upgraded to Imco ext. box Imco SC 2 inch shorty with 1.34 gear I had the 32 pitch lab finished I turn 5800 rpm It really made a big change in the speed.Money well spent

I'm doing a full rig on a Firehawk hull. For the sake of argument we can say that this hull is comparable to the AO. I'm running a shortened bravo and a Stellings extension box. My wild guess prop shaft height is 1" above the bottom. Unfortinatly, I havn't splashed the boat as of yet, but hope to this weekend. I'll update you with the results.

OK, I havn't had the chance to do any bonzi runs yet...but the planing is really incredible! Even with the high x-dim, the boat still planed out with absolutly no slippage.