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carcrazy167 01-07-2014 07:57 PM


Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 4052765)
Like lil red said, what is your current x dimension.

I can tell you, a friend of mine did this on a 1979 30FT Scarab hull with TRS when he did a new transom. With a pair of 540's, the boat ran 92mph and was very stable with the raised drive height.

I'd really like to know more about that set up. I have the identical rig (minus raising the X-dimension). What was the X-dimension he started with and what was it after he raised it? What prop is he using? And how did changing the X-dimension affect getting up on plane? Any chance I could talk to your friend about it?

MILD THUNDER 01-08-2014 08:00 AM


Originally Posted by carcrazy167 (Post 4053830)
I'd really like to know more about that set up. I have the identical rig (minus raising the X-dimension). What was the X-dimension he started with and what was it after he raised it? What prop is he using? And how did changing the X-dimension affect getting up on plane? Any chance I could talk to your friend about it?

Shoot me a PM, and I will put you in touch with him. He doesn't post on here much.

I know he was running a 26P Hydromotive quad IV-X rounded tip 4 blade, spinning them to around 6k RPM. His 540's were solid roller, Dart heads, made a tad over 700hp each. He had good luck with the TRS staying together on that setup. I think the key was letting the engines rev to get the load off the drives.

Hang Time 27 02-11-2014 01:27 AM


Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 4053989)
His 540's were solid roller, Dart heads, made a tad over 700hp each. He had good luck with the TRS staying together on that setup. I think the key was letting the engines rev to get the load off the drives.

I made the mistake of not doing that - 540 w/ just less than 600hp spinning only 5,200... blew 5 TRS's in 5 years.


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