Does anyone have experience with the Konrad 540's on a straight bottom gun? been looking at throwing a pair on but not a lot of information on how they perform on a 38, max Hp? any speed gains? parts availability?

Are you TRS now ?

Yes.

I had Konrad's on my Mistress Straight Bottom. I originally had TRS. I had roughly 675 HP. NA. The TRS held up about 180 hours before the pinion gear went. The Konrads bolted on and I had no problems. Parts are still off the shelf ready and easy to come by. I sold the boat but heard that the Konrads are still on there and running fine and they have over 600 hours logged on them. That's what I know, the Mistress was actually a little heavier then the gun so I think you would be fine. I gained about 2-3 MPH. That is because the X dimension if I remember was 1.75" less then the TRS. The TRS on all CIGs were really low and conservative. Also with the KONRADS, I had a much larger selection of props and prop sizes. I ran mirage plus on the TRS, but then was able to dial in some great Bravo 1 props for the Mistress before I sold.

GOOD LUCK. The Konrads were great, guess it depends on what you want to pay. I have also seen some very cheap sets of TRS'S. You could always just have a few spares lying around and save yourself money. ALL depends on your boating needs. Typically the lower left goes on the TRS If I remember correctly. I have seen TRS pairs in great condition go for under 3500. Just saying.

Two members of OSO that will have TRS drives are Sick Stinger and Full Force. I have purchased from Sick Stinger and he's a stand up guy. Full Force I know from boating and is a stand up guy also. (he may be upset with MICHIGAN beating up on his Buckeyes)

Inhave a set on my 93 gun ans really like them planes nice runs well i have 575 blower engines

KONRADS lasted less than a hour behind 1000's when they were on my top gun years ago. 750-800hp is bout the limit for them. boat did run 101 with the 1000's and konrads tho

what was the weak link? the cases or the gears or just the whole drive?

Lower gear is weak link but 750-800 it will hold unless you really beat the snot out of it there a strong drive i mean even a 6 will fail at. 1000hp driven hard

Kurt aka "Biggus" on OSO used to be a Konrad dealer
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