Konrad Drives
07-14-2009 | 05:59 PM
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From: HAMPTON BAYS NY
Iam running 800hp through my drives and changed the gear oil on it twice, once after break in and in the beginning of this season. The reason why Iam slamming them is because now I have invested close to 30k in drives on a 12 meter Fountain.
07-14-2009 | 06:56 PM
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Get that "I" word out of your vocabulary when it comes to boats, and you'll be so much happier.......Breakin **** does suck though,.......sorry.
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07-14-2009 | 09:55 PM
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ive had konrad drives on my cigarette behind 800 horse blower motors now with out a single problem replaced #3a drives highly recommend these drives. our sport is very demanding we all know that you can break any drive any time it goes with the sport. maybe konrad could of been flexable on the price for good will agreed but there is to many unknow factors ie knowing how to throttle for one. two sides to every story and then the truth.rjs38topgun
The 3 a is defenatley stronger then a Konrad,,,its a longer #5.
The Konrad is a upgraded TRS ( same chit ,just newer ) max HP 650-700 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sombody proof me wrong with a real test result,,,i know they can take more on a light use. But what really is the tested rating on a Konrad ?????????????? NOT KONRAD TESTING !!!!
Its like engineparts where the katalog says ,,,this head +20 HP ,,,this intake +15 HP and so on,,,by the time your done u get a 1000 HP N/A smallblock on 87 octane and 9:1 compression ,,,,if u believe that , the Konrad is for u .LOL
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07-15-2009 | 06:51 AM
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07-15-2009 | 07:49 AM
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I have new prop shafts , upper housings, the bearings u can buy anywhere,,,i have new gears ......allot of used stuff also, also i have like 8 used ones ,,completley freshend up.
#4's same thing,,,or #5.
If i don't have it ,,i know who does.
So now,,,do u whant to edit your post ?!
PS.: just because the merc website says NLA ,,,does not mean u can't buy it anymore.
U know somebody had to build that for merc.
U just can't buy it from merc.
THATS THE LESSON FOR TODAY !!!
07-15-2009 | 08:55 AM
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From: Raymond, Maine
No the lesson for today is that none of us knows how Joe Cool runs his boat in terms of trim or coming out of the hole, etc. I do know that I went to Konrad and built a drive and saw how thorough the staff is when it comes to attention to details. I've also seen Kurt hammer on his drives on the local lakes for the last six seasons and never seen them fail.
07-15-2009 | 09:21 AM
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Konrads have worked quite well for Brian Bunch, Fountain of Youth Racing. They are rated for 800hp and parts are available from the factory. I also like the fact that you can use standard props on them not high dollar Speedmaster style props. If I had the money, I'd still convert my boat even after hearing about this failure. Joetool, sorry to hear about your problem.
