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Old 09-25-2012 | 08:34 PM
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Hey Kvogt where would one get a set of those drives?
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Mine are pretty rare. They came off of one Gentry's cats from the 1980's. I have never seen another set like these. I had new gears made for both sides to get a gear ratio of 1.56 rather than the 1.25 they had. Also had to make new custom prop shafts with a 26 spline- they came with a 23 spline.
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Old 09-25-2012 | 09:40 PM
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Given what you did to those drives they must be worth more than my boat. I know now why your rig performs the way it does.
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Old 09-26-2012 | 04:32 PM
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Here are a couple of shots of mine at the marina.
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Old 09-26-2012 | 08:54 PM
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Rick,

Sharp looking 38 Cigarette !!.....When you get started on the 27 sport throw some pics up.......of course, in the Mag section
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Old 09-26-2012 | 09:03 PM
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Will do Scippy. Still putting the parts together. Got a trailer and a line on a pair of alphas .
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Old 09-27-2012 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick G
Here are a couple of shots of mine at the marina.
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Nice looking Cig. What do you have for power and drives?
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Old 09-27-2012 | 04:44 PM
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I'm running 605 cu in tall decks NA on 91 octane pump gas at 725hp and No 3 drives. Would love to run a pair of drives like your but I don't think it isin the budget.

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Old 09-28-2012 | 10:01 AM
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Nice Flat Deck! These boats are tuff lookin....
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Old 09-28-2012 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick G
I'm running 605 cu in tall decks NA on 91 octane pump gas at 725hp and No 3 drives. Would love to run a pair of drives like your but I don't think it isin the budget.

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That should run real good.
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Old 10-07-2012 | 09:52 AM
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Hi gents. I am pulling the motors next week to freshen everything up. Time to rebuild both short blocks and heads. I think there may a few wet spots in the transom if so I will rebuild that as well if there is in fact water in there. If I do redo the transom I will try and improve on the position of the drives. My question is for the flat deck gurus out there What x dimension works best on these hulls. In other words how far below the hull should one set the prop shaft to make this hull work best. I am not looking for a race set up but something that will give good speed but still able to plane without revving the motors to their death. This hull does not have a notch.
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