I like the story when Konrad tried to blame the drive leak on the UPS guy after they had to go back for repairs . "I opened the sealed crate and there was oil all over inside" (after sending pics) Konrad:" the drives must have been tampered with" .. "by who, the UPS guy!?!?" ....."it`s possible" .. way to stand behind your product. lol


Frickster, what power are you putting in? My props are 17 3/4 x 28 0r 27.3 if you wanna get technical. (.100-.110 cup) almost 900hp.

I like my set up best even with the bottom as the boat came. I wasted a lot of time trying to turn in/out experimenting with spacers to get better planning when the whole time I just needed props with some good cup. You don`t need 5 blades either. Back in the day the hot ticket on these "dinosaur" drives was a round ear 3 blade.

5 blade 32 pitch seems big to me but your boat is probably 3000lbs lighter than the Flatdeck with more power so only testing will tell.





Cup is the vertical numbers on the left top

He may even wanna start 1/2 to 1" above the bottom since he has the notched transom and boxes. Then if need be lower with spacers.

What does any of this have to do with toggle switches and cigarette keys??

good info reading none the less!

Most questions should be answered by Page 1. Page 2 at the most.

This is page 8, therefore a derail is not politcally incorrect. I do prefer Bikini derails though. Different technical subjects should be started in a different thread for more people to notice and help answer.

Wasn't my fault.... I know that!!!!

If we need 8 pages to figure out a couple ignition switches and which key to use (which info has been provided by page 1), we might as well revert back to "how to do an oil change" topic.

I do like the separate push button for the starters, with an IGN toggle wired seperately, esp if you run locked timing or high compression. Allows you to get those motors cranking then light the spark after.

[QUOTE=ICDEDPPL;4237549]I like the story when Konrad tried to blame the drive leak on the UPS guy after they had to go back for repairs . "I opened the sealed crate and there was oil all over inside" (after sending pics) Konrad:" the drives must have been tampered with" .. "by who, the UPS guy!?!?" ....."it`s possible" .. way to stand behind your product.


That Konrad guy was me and yes, It was extremely puzzling what had happened. When I got the pictures (from Brian) it was clear that a hammer and punch had been used on the cover nut to loosen it. I can assure you that Konrad does not install (or remove) bearing carrier cover nuts with a hammer and punch. Each and every drive is run for a half hour and checked for temp and leaks before shipping. Yes, it was extremely odd and will probably never know why that happened.

Kurt

mmb, what hp are your motors making now? konrads are a great drive if you stay within the guidelines that they give you. if im not mistaken you are beyond those hp ratings and out of there warranty program. you will be breaking something sooner than later. i would love to meet the "racers" that you met down at the keys that say non of them like ssm drives. lol. what kind of a moron would make a statement like that, that's not a educated one! how about your buddies that you ran down with last year, they both had ssm drives and if i'm not mistaken one of them switched from konrads. i had driven and owned a few 38 tg cigs ( bravo, trs, #3, #3a, #5 and konrad) i'm going to go out on a limb here and guess you have never owned a ssm boat? that's probably why you seem to be so negative nelly on the ssm, (stand behind what you have) i get it. BUT, don't come on here and start spouting off about how bad a ssm drive is when you have no experience with on or you just repeating what a couple of fools told you in key west. i could careless if they race a boat or not, it doesn't mean they are educated in the offshore world, it means they have the deep pockets to play in it.

Let's see, I had these drives
Alpha 1
Bravo xz
Bravo 1
Stern Power mx107
TRS
Konrads
SSM 3A

Only one drive on the list above never needed anything and they had 875HP on a heavy gun. SSM

I now have xr and imco lowers on a lighter TS, only a little shy of 600 hp, time will tell, however I sure liked the piece of mine running the SSM. Never an issue.