What Power to Pick?
02-14-2006 | 12:56 PM
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From: Okie from Muskogee
What Power to Pick?
I'm about to order a new ride and would appreciate your ideas on the power choice.
Boat: 39 Cig
Goal: 100mph+ in fresh water @ 650' above sea level.
I've been running 525's w/ XR's and enjoy the hassle free set-up but... I must reach the century mark.
From what I understand, 700-750 HP will get me there. With that I could run XR drives. But I guess my question is this, I would like to go with the Merc 850 or 1075 w/ #6 but wonder about the maintenance? I'm no mechanic.
How many hours will these motors go before they need to be rebuilt?
How do the #6 drives handle verses the XR's?
Any comments and/or suggestions would be much appreciated
Boat: 39 Cig
Goal: 100mph+ in fresh water @ 650' above sea level.
I've been running 525's w/ XR's and enjoy the hassle free set-up but... I must reach the century mark.
From what I understand, 700-750 HP will get me there. With that I could run XR drives. But I guess my question is this, I would like to go with the Merc 850 or 1075 w/ #6 but wonder about the maintenance? I'm no mechanic.
How many hours will these motors go before they need to be rebuilt?
How do the #6 drives handle verses the XR's?
Any comments and/or suggestions would be much appreciated
02-14-2006 | 01:03 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
Originally Posted by LostCowboy
I'm about to order a new ride and would appreciate your ideas on the power choice.
Boat: 39 Cig
Goal: 100mph+ in fresh water @ 650' above sea level.
I've been running 525's w/ XR's and enjoy the hassle free set-up but... I must reach the century mark.
From what I understand, 700-750 HP will get me there. With that I could run XR drives. But I guess my question is this, I would like to go with the Merc 850 or 1075 w/ #6 but wonder about the maintenance? I'm no mechanic.
How many hours will these motors go before they need to be rebuilt?
How do the #6 drives handle verses the XR's?
Any comments and/or suggestions would be much appreciated
Boat: 39 Cig
Goal: 100mph+ in fresh water @ 650' above sea level.
I've been running 525's w/ XR's and enjoy the hassle free set-up but... I must reach the century mark.
From what I understand, 700-750 HP will get me there. With that I could run XR drives. But I guess my question is this, I would like to go with the Merc 850 or 1075 w/ #6 but wonder about the maintenance? I'm no mechanic.
How many hours will these motors go before they need to be rebuilt?
How do the #6 drives handle verses the XR's?
Any comments and/or suggestions would be much appreciated
02-14-2006 | 01:11 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
You can't go wrong with Richie Zul power in a Lip-Ship boat.
Go for the Zul 750 N/A tunnel ram motors with your choice of drives. A friend has this same setup with Bravo1 XR drives in a 2003 Top Gun, not staggered. He has eaten a couple drives, but the motors are flawless and magnificent works of art.
If you go to VI drives, you will eat some HP up with those transmissions and drives; but your setup will be closer to bulletproof. It all depends on if you want to cross the large chasm between a Bravo boat and a Speedmaster boat. It makes the boat a different class, and the pricetag also shows the difference.
Go for the Zul 750 N/A tunnel ram motors with your choice of drives. A friend has this same setup with Bravo1 XR drives in a 2003 Top Gun, not staggered. He has eaten a couple drives, but the motors are flawless and magnificent works of art.
If you go to VI drives, you will eat some HP up with those transmissions and drives; but your setup will be closer to bulletproof. It all depends on if you want to cross the large chasm between a Bravo boat and a Speedmaster boat. It makes the boat a different class, and the pricetag also shows the difference.
02-14-2006 | 01:28 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
Originally Posted by LostCowboy
Will this be at the Miami show? Haven't heard of a new motor or drive from Merc. Wonder if the 700 is a pumped up 600 or a detuned 850?
02-14-2006 | 01:29 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
Do you know how many hours I can expect from the 850's before a rebuild? I've been told 50 and I've been told 100. I'm not interested in a 50 hour motor, 100+ would be OK.
02-14-2006 | 01:36 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
Yes, there will be a new 700(Pumped up 600) with a new drive.
The 850 should be a 100-150 hr motor. Then just a top end. Everyone I know, including Skip from Cig, has gotten over 100hr on their 1075, and then just a top end.So the 850 should just go up from there.
The 850 should be a 100-150 hr motor. Then just a top end. Everyone I know, including Skip from Cig, has gotten over 100hr on their 1075, and then just a top end.So the 850 should just go up from there.
02-14-2006 | 02:58 PM
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Re: What Power to Pick?
Originally Posted by LostCowboy
Do you know how many hours I can expect from the 850's before a rebuild? I've been told 50 and I've been told 100. I'm not interested in a 50 hour motor, 100+ would be OK.
