Offshoreonly.com

Offshoreonly.com (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/)
-   Drives and Lower Units (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/drives-lower-units-217/)
-   -   new drive from IMCO (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/drives-lower-units/252510-new-drive-imco.html)

Philm 10-18-2011 07:37 AM

Here is one installed on a 26' Redline from Revolution Performance Marine. Interested to see how it goes.:drink:

Edit: Not my boat, got it off a friends page on Facebook...

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...48218239_n.jpg

skydog 10-18-2011 08:01 AM

Killer killer!!!! What drive did u have on boat before? Speed? HP? Prop?

Thank u Skydog. . Good luck looks killer!!

fountainfan42 10-18-2011 08:47 AM


Originally Posted by Philm (Post 3530058)
Here is one installed on a 26' Redline from Revolution Performance Marine. Interested to see how it goes.:drink:

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...48218239_n.jpg

looks good Phil howz the boat runnin ???:drink::drink:

Philm 10-18-2011 06:42 PM

haha, not my boat. :drink: Just showing a picture.

My boat is running great!! Just winterized it. Always good to finish out a year without breaking ANYTHING all year.

johnlomant 10-18-2011 07:15 PM

He has not run the boat yet

skydog 10-18-2011 07:17 PM

Sweet when u have more info love to know.
Thank u

Boatlesss 10-19-2011 07:20 PM


Originally Posted by johnlomant (Post 3530726)
He has not run the boat yet

Boat Check
IMCO Check
Hering Propeller Check
Water Check
have nor run it yet?? didnt you say befor that they had gained 8 mph with this boat and drive?

stripp 10-21-2011 08:53 AM


Originally Posted by Boatlesss (Post 3531724)
Boat Check
IMCO Check
Hering Propeller Check
Water Check
have nor run it yet?? didnt you say befor that they had gained 8 mph with this boat and drive?


First of all, the 8 MPH gain was on the IMCO Hallett not on the boat pictured above.

We ran the boat last Friday with the original IMCO SC drive and it ran a solid 113 MPH. We then switched the drive out and the rest follows:

We have run it. Originally we did not have sufficient water pressure so we installed a pickup in the starboard sponson. That takes a little tweaking to get the pressure where you want it. Now we are back to the water today to test a couple of changes. It is like any new drive, there is a learning curve to it. IMCO and Herring are being very helpful during the process. The other issue that we have is that we are doing all of the testing along with building customer boats with deadlines so we have to sneak out when we can.

Initial testing has been very good but we have to work through a couple of things before we can say much more. Every new drive, whether it be Merc, Arneson, X-Power, etc. has its own quirks that have to be understood and addressed so this is nothing new. One thing that people must understand is that this is only the second boat that this drive has been installed on. On top of that it is a surface drive on a single engine cat which makes it all the more difficult to dial in but that is a huge market for this drive IMO.

The pictures that have been posted were posted without my knowledge and before we were really ready to discuss the testing. I sent them to a couple of customers that are interested in the drive but neglected to ask them to keep it under wraps so it is entirely my fault.

I will keep everyone posted as to the final outcome of our testing with pictures, video, etc. as well.

Steve Tripp
Revolution Performance Marine

offshoredrillin 10-21-2011 08:57 AM


Originally Posted by stripp (Post 3532999)
First of all, the 8 MPH gain was on the IMCO Hallett not on the boat pictured above.

We ran the boat last Friday with the original IMCO SC drive and it ran a solid 113 MPH. We then switched the drive out and the rest follows:

We have run it. Originally we did not have sufficient water pressure so we installed a pickup in the starboard sponson. That takes a little tweaking to get the pressure where you want it. Now we are back to the water today to test a couple of changes. It is like any new drive, there is a learning curve to it. IMCO and Herring are being very helpful during the process. The other issue that we have is that we are doing all of the testing along with building customer boats with deadlines so we have to sneak out when we can.

Initial testing has been very good but we have to work through a couple of things before we can say much more. Every new drive, whether it be Merc, Arneson, X-Power, etc. has its own quirks that have to be understood and addressed so this is nothing new. One thing that people must understand is that this is only the second boat that this drive has been installed on. On top of that it is a surface drive on a single engine cat which makes it all the more difficult to dial in but that is a huge market for this drive IMO.

The pictures that have been posted were posted without my knowledge and before we were really ready to discuss the testing. I sent them to a couple of customers that are interested in the drive but neglected to ask them to keep it under wraps so it is entirely my fault.

I will keep everyone posted as to the final outcome of our testing with pictures, video, etc. as well.

Steve Tripp
Revolution Performance Marine

Nice, good luck with it, i look forward to the results :)..I'll also keep an eye on fb as well...

TCBoss302 11-10-2011 09:43 AM

Any new news to report on the -4 SCX?


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:04 PM.


Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.