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kjm5125 08-19-2011 07:47 PM


Originally Posted by WAGS382 (Post 3483682)
kjm5125
I am at the bay for the weekend, I will keep an eye out for roosters. If you see my 382 with a teal stripe buzz us and I'll get a vid with the go pro. Good luck with your project.

Sounds great and depending on how things go I'll be around the Casino or at the Bay.

kjm5125 08-19-2011 07:51 PM

Transom Before
 
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This picture really shows how everything clean up!

kjm5125 08-19-2011 07:53 PM

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Found another transom shot.

kjm5125 08-19-2011 08:05 PM


Originally Posted by UrbanDisturbance (Post 3483140)
Awesome. I can't wait to do mine. That looks great. When you have time, can you post a side view to show how close the bottom of the standoff box is to the top of your step. Do you know if they had to lower or raise the original position of the engines?


I'll take a picture, it's about 1". The engines mounts were moved 2.5" forward. The concern we had, because of the Intercoolers, would we still have hatch clearance. As it turns out we had plenty of room.

A.O. Razor 08-20-2011 08:07 PM

So, how was testing today?

kjm5125 08-21-2011 11:32 AM

Well..........
 
Somewhere within 15 minutes the port transmission failed and we limped back to the marina.

I contacted Rik and he said he will take care of it immediately.

What I learned in that short period of time, and I knew, is that the Arneson drives handle much different than the XR's. As I've heard, to get on plane, you need to find your "new sweet spot". Just when I thought I found my "sweet spot" is when I realized there was a problem.

Once it gets repaired and I'm back on the water and I get some good seat time, I know I will truly like the drives.

A.O. Razor 08-21-2011 04:05 PM


Originally Posted by kjm5125 (Post 3484585)
Somewhere within 15 minutes the port transmission failed and we limped back to the marina.

I contacted Rik and he said he will take care of it immediately.

What I learned in that short period of time, and I knew, is that the Arneson drives handle much different than the XR's. As I've heard, to get on plane, you need to find your "new sweet spot". Just when I thought I found my "sweet spot" is when I realized there was a problem.

Once it gets repaired and I'm back on the water and I get some good seat time, I know I will truly like the drives.

Wow, that's a bit of a bummer. Any idea what happened?
Glad to hear you are still optimistic about your new drives.

kjm5125 08-21-2011 07:04 PM

A seal failed....yea, needless to say I was pretty bummed.

waconda 08-21-2011 07:29 PM

Were these used transmissions? How long did it take to get on plane or it broke before you got on plane?

kjm5125 08-21-2011 08:03 PM

New transmissions and I don't know when the failure happened.


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