..."off the wall".. drive question.
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..."off the wall".. drive question.
I am in the process of piecing together a "new" project boat...
The hull is a 1979 Excalibur 24.
It originally had a TRS drive with a Merctrans transmission...
I am in the process of building the engine which consists of a 540 with an M3 procharger..
I would think a conservetive hp estimate would be in the 800+ range...
I NOW am trying to figure out what to use for a drive without breaking the bank (the engine has aleady acomplished that)
I remember reading a while back that Imco ran a big single engine with a splitter box and two of their drives...
What do you think would happen if I did about the same thing but used Alpha drives??
I'm sure I could "gear up" the splitter box to limit the prop size to 21-23 pitch..
Would I just blow them up two at a time or would it handle the power??
Thanks,
Doug
The hull is a 1979 Excalibur 24.
It originally had a TRS drive with a Merctrans transmission...
I am in the process of building the engine which consists of a 540 with an M3 procharger..
I would think a conservetive hp estimate would be in the 800+ range...
I NOW am trying to figure out what to use for a drive without breaking the bank (the engine has aleady acomplished that)
I remember reading a while back that Imco ran a big single engine with a splitter box and two of their drives...
What do you think would happen if I did about the same thing but used Alpha drives??
I'm sure I could "gear up" the splitter box to limit the prop size to 21-23 pitch..
Would I just blow them up two at a time or would it handle the power??
Thanks,
Doug
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Upgrade the transmission for sure. Stock trans will not make it on that power. TRS could be made to live if careful. Two Alphas no chance. I would look for a used Number Five or Wet sump Six.