Hasn't the advent of the dry sump six changed this?

the black hull with the red stripes was Hoggie.

Thats what I was thinking...
Jr.

I believe that the 6's are more weight ,but with the new swept back skeg they have less drag so it equals it out.
But still more weight even with the steering stuff on the 5's.
The best drives ,,weight wise and performance wise are #4 bigshafts if u ask me ,,but somehere around 850+ HP its maxed outthis also depends on weight of the boat.
I believe if up to 9000 pounds and a good throttle arm 1000 HP is max.
then i would go with #5's.
I also think the drive itself may not be that much heavyer then the 5 (ut is but not much ) i think the extra weight is in the gimbal.
I run the chit out of my #4 with 800 + single engine 5500 pounds and have no problem what so ever.

U got to relize the drysump is not realy dry unless its a weismann.
The merc drysump still holds the whole lower of oil.
And now u add the litle pump an lines to the upper....+ the bigger shafts and gears, bearings......not realy a weight advantage.

Wow,,,nice boat back in the days,,,i guess allot of work now,,it was a really ruff boat when it left the race circut.
I also think its kind of stupid calling it Warpath ?!
Since there only is one real Warpath.

I understand that the 6 isn't a true "dry sump" like the weisman. What I guess what I meant was, with the reduced amount of parasitic drag caused by the lubricant clinging to the rotating parts. Wouldn't that offset some of the hydrodynamic and hydrostatic drag as well as weight penalty?

Definitely a possibility.

I guess u now have 20-30 HP more on the prop shaft if u want to see it that way. but how much HP do u need more per pound of weight to move the boat.
Especially if the weight is in the back ( all the way in the back )?!

What i mean,,it really does not make sense to change from a #5 to a #6 !!!!
Unless u have allot of money and want to go with a new look, performance wise i think they don't really do much if anything at all.

possibility