I guess we're in the exact same boat (pun intended), I have basically 2months to make a decision and the most logical choice is a drive that has only been available to the public for 3 weeks! The x-drive would be my choice if it wasn't double the cost of the Imco's. Maybe if we pool our $$'s and bought 4 x-drives they would come down to Imco pricing, but I highly doubt they would.

Funny you bring that up. Ryan9154, Jason, and I have already tried that. They both run Black Thunders with 750+hp.

The "discounted price" on 6 was a joke.....

I am about to give up and just buy standard SCX upper and lower, run less expensive props, and enjoy being on the water!

I just don't get that, who do they sell these things to? You can re-rig to 6's or Arnesons for way less $$$ than they want for their drives. I would think on 6 of those things that they would come down a fair amount just to get a few boats out there running them. I don't recall ever seeing a boat rigged with them.

I hear you on the standard SCX's, in hindsight, I wish I had of bought some of the lightly used SCX's that were for sale late last year for close to .50 on the dollar, slapped them on and live with whatever speed I got out of them.

I only know of two boats out running that are actually rigged with them. 1 is the 711 skater I think running small blocks. Then there is a crazy decked out spectre.

I stand corrected, above, and also found a 2003 38 Cig with X-Drives in the classifieds, link is below. That thing has 120K worth of drives, no wonder it doesn't have a price in the ad.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o43448-en.html

I think that boat was traded in to Nortech. The ad list T Sobo as the contact. That is Terry from Nortech..

No matter what the other drives out there offer, to me all paths point to imco scx for the best bang for the buck with a bolt on set up. they deserve big kudos for making a drive that can live behind 1000hp with a cone clutch. Any one that is going to look for an ironclad warranty for something this high performance is barking up the wrong tree. If I decide to supercharge my Tiger, the imco and lowers done by Wilson is the ticket for me. but that's just my opinion.

I have to agree with Offshoredrillin!
I have always found Imco to be fair about covering things that were under their control.
I have never had a problem with their customer service!
And I have started down that path Offshoredrillin mentioned. I will see where it takes me. So far it has been very exciting to use the package I put together, but I only have a few short trips on it. Waiting on warmer weather to get some experience with it.
Just my .02...

Dick

I am very interested to some real reviews on the scx 4; could be the perfect ticket for the Glad but geez when is someone actually going to run some?

Offshoredrillin. When you say best bang for the buck, would you mind explaining why it is that way for you, compared to the ASD#7M's? Complete price, speed gain/loss ect. I'm curious to why, since the price of the ASD#7M and a complete IMCO with box and steering is rather close, but you don't get the speed increase with the IMCO. Many have lost speed going to the SCX. Is it a matter of installation problems or the like in your application? If the #6 style prop price is the problem, you can get an ASD#7M that will run Bravo style props. As you said, it's a matter of opinion and preference, just curious.