DOCTOR DAVE

any of you guys with cigs ever changed over from trs to a speedmaster outdrives? i have an 35 that seems to have hit a wall for speed increases, i recently boosted engine hp from 700 to 800's (dyno) and saw no increase in top end. then installed new 5 inch stellings, no increase again, the only thing i fault this to is the drives, which i changed x dimension on them too.
something seems to be holding the speed at 80-82mph.

Stormrider

Could it have anything to do with hull design?

32fever

Sell the thing....I know where there is a 24' Outlaw with big power for ya. LOL!

Sorry, Dave, I just HAD to......

DOCTOR DAVE

32fever, that had to come from a non cigarette owner like you (LOL) i'll pass on that mishandling baja...i still want to live

Doug

OUCH They just don't understand until they have been out in a Cigarette do they. Thanks again for the rebuild on my TRS Dave. Everything is holding up fine. Doug

thespy

I thought of upgrading the drives, but think that it would be better to just trade up to another boat, and now with the new bravo set ups they are something to think about.

So , you got what you got, unless you want a big project.

Hey, I got 1560 hours on my TRS !! , 610 hours on my current motors.

spitfire1

Yeah.....you can get that kind of time out of em if you dont run em above 4000 rpm!!!! Just kiddin ya Greg.......

thespy

Slow but steady !!

DOCTOR DAVE

thespy. dont get me wrong about trs drives, they are a great drive. as long as you dont put alot power to them they will last forever. i really believe that they are limited to speed because of the prop diameter, especially on a heavy v bottom. i guess the only way to test this theory is to put my engines in a friends 35 cigarette which has #3's on it. he has a pair of 454's with superchargers (650 hp max) that goes as fast as my 800's. hmmmmmmmmmm might be intresting project.
doug, glad everything is going well!
dave