Apache pics!!!!!
07-15-2009 | 02:03 PM
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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.
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.
07-15-2009 | 10:13 PM
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A dry sump #6 is 3 to 4 mph faster than a wet #6. I saw a 4 mph difference on my boat. The prop shaft size doesn't matter because the proper height of the propshaft is about 3/4 inch above the bottom. An extra 100 - 150 pounds of drive weight on the rear of a 10,000 lbs boat isn't worth talking about. A dry #6 will outperform a #3 or #5.
07-15-2009 | 10:38 PM
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A dry sump #6 is 3 to 4 mph faster than a wet #6. I saw a 4 mph difference on my boat. The prop shaft size doesn't matter because the proper height of the propshaft is about 3/4 inch above the bottom. An extra 100 - 150 pounds of drive weight on the rear of a 10,000 lbs boat isn't worth talking about. A dry #6 will outperform a #3 or #5.
By the way ,,the prop shaft is the same and the hight is only 1/8 higher on a #6 then on a 5 !!!!!!!!!
Well ok the prop shaft is 1/8 thicker but the spline is the same.
The reason why a drysump 6 is faster then a wetsump is because of the skeg !!!!
But anyhow everybody should do how they please,i just think its a waist of money. If u dial your boat in 100% with a #5 u gain 4-8 MPH in any boat if the max hull speed is not reached.
07-16-2009 | 07:33 AM
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Team apache red banner boat
I am looking for a photo I used to use as my computer background for years but cannot find it now. It was a shot of the banner boat from the rear 3/4 qtr view with the whole boat flying through the air after hitting a huge wave. Everyone on board was in full race gear. If anyone has this photo in good quality so I can use as a background please e-mail it to me [email protected] or post in this thread.
Thanks
Thanks
07-16-2009 | 10:09 AM
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A dry sump #6 is 3 to 4 mph faster than a wet #6. I saw a 4 mph difference on my boat. The prop shaft size doesn't matter because the proper height of the propshaft is about 3/4 inch above the bottom. An extra 100 - 150 pounds of drive weight on the rear of a 10,000 lbs boat isn't worth talking about. A dry #6 will outperform a #3 or #5.
Last edited by dfealy; 07-16-2009 at 10:16 AM.
07-16-2009 | 11:47 AM
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