what would the pros and cons be of having a surface drive in a 25 elemenator. vs a bravo style drive. a friend is looking at one and got me wondering. i have o 0 experience with surface drives also any speed advantages.. thanks

im guessing hes looking at the one in new York? on ebay. The owner is also on here, I considered the boat and did a decent amount of searching before I decided to pass.

the arneson with the Huber 925 is virtually bulletproof in comparison to the bravo. it will also be atleast 10 mph faster than a bravo.

however they can be difficult to get setup right . that particular boat is untested and never seen the water with the arneson, there isn't exactly a surplus of single cats with ASD's. you can run into trouble with getting enough bow lift and some other things. Props are a lot more expensive. I was told by a guy with a 25 talon with arneson he had over 100k in his bat to build it and over 17K in testing props alone. they are also very hard to maneuver at slow speed around the docks ect.

but if hes looking to snag a cool project when all said and done it should very unbreakable under 1000hp and also very fast. just know that theres a chance of it taking big coin to get the boat running well and working