Interesting piece of Sonic history.....
#41
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I knew they were ancient.....
Only seen them on relics waiting to meet their maker. Never talked to anyone that knew anything about them, owned one or seen one run. I remember seeing them around Lake Erie on old Donzi's w/giant inboard 3 blade brass wheels on them.
#42
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Not really. We had a customer with one on a 21 Challenger, couldnt keep it together no matter what. Motor had too much torque, it would just blow one apart. When the bravos came out we re-rigged it with that, never had another problem. We have a customer with a 28 Pantera with one that we have rebuilt before, he doesnt seem to have many problems. Personally out of all the really old drives, if you cant have a #3 and you dont want a trs, a 290 Volvo is pretty strong when well maintained. Its no XR, but its better than an alpha.
#43
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Thanks for the info.
Not really. We had a customer with one on a 21 Challenger, couldnt keep it together no matter what. Motor had too much torque, it would just blow one apart. When the bravos came out we re-rigged it with that, never had another problem. We have a customer with a 28 Pantera with one that we have rebuilt before, he doesnt seem to have many problems. Personally out of all the really old drives, if you cant have a #3 and you dont want a trs, a 290 Volvo is pretty strong when well maintained. Its no XR, but its better than an alpha.
Have to agree on the Volvo's too. You see boats crumbling around them but they keep running. I sold many boats w/them in the late 80's and some of the 1st Duo Props in Ohio. Way impressed w/there stuff. Too bad they never got serious about performance.
I was at a boat show in I'd guess mid '90's maybe that a dealer I used to work for had two gorgeous (bolsters, sun lounges etc) Crownline cuddies w/Volvo's. The 23' (225?) had a 502 and they were claiming low 70's and said they were going after that market.
Didn't last long though.
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Not really. We had a customer with one on a 21 Challenger, couldnt keep it together no matter what. Motor had too much torque, it would just blow one apart. When the bravos came out we re-rigged it with that, never had another problem. We have a customer with a 28 Pantera with one that we have rebuilt before, he doesnt seem to have many problems. Personally out of all the really old drives, if you cant have a #3 and you dont want a trs, a 290 Volvo is pretty strong when well maintained. Its no XR, but its better than an alpha.