DriveGuardian
12-22-2014 | 08:05 AM
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I think this is going to be a great component for us Bravo guys, and If I keep my pressent boat I will buy a set from Mike, I have a high X dim, with some degree of H/P and Torque,( breaking Gears at regular intervals) It would have to be a huge help in my application. We will see how things shake out this spring, I repair the drives myself so not as costly as it could be, and I have a good stock of gears in my basement, but the Drive Gaurdian may save me the greif of getting out the wrenchs.
12-22-2014 | 08:12 AM
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I think with a bravo drive regular maintenance and planned inspections will still be necessary, but with the drive guardian I think shaft breakage and gear destruction will be minimized or eliminated, solving the "who's gonna tow me in" problem lol
12-22-2014 | 11:19 AM
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Not saying anything against the drive guardian but just observations on OSO. Everyone posting on it are buddies with the guy who developed it. they seem to steer everyone in to the illusion its all great and it just might be but when everyone commenting on it are from the same town, city, state, area then it gets suspicious.
Saris, well this is the same guy who bragged that he never broke a bravo when he was racing because he did such a great job building them, his statements not mine, and then when he gets the this device he publicly states it will end his bravo failures? Certainly conflicting stories and which do we want to believe? Certainly bsing about one of them. This device should work, what does it cost, what is the maintenance and how long will it last are the only real questions that should be asked and answered
Saris, well this is the same guy who bragged that he never broke a bravo when he was racing because he did such a great job building them, his statements not mine, and then when he gets the this device he publicly states it will end his bravo failures? Certainly conflicting stories and which do we want to believe? Certainly bsing about one of them. This device should work, what does it cost, what is the maintenance and how long will it last are the only real questions that should be asked and answered
We have had good luck with our drive program because we have an extremely aggressive maintenance program. Every three races the drives come apart and are gone through. We never posted it would end our bravo failures, we never said we had failures. Our hope was to lengthen the time between rebuilds.This season, we waited 5 races before touching them (we did do oil changes every race), and they look better after 5 then they did after 3 without the Drive Guardian. Mission accomplished. If my story is conflicting, I apologize but please do not accuse the Saris Racing Team of BSing anyone. It's not what we're about.
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12-22-2014 | 11:24 AM
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Ill also point out along with Team Saris teams who have been succesful using the Drive Guardian or other MDC products include Spirit of Qatar, Smith Brothers Racing, Cat Can Do, and for next year Team Velocity, Team Rufstr and a few more.
12-22-2014 | 11:37 AM
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We ran the entire 2014 race season with a DriveGuardian installed on our 26' Joker with a 540ci engine that makes over 600 hp. After the Detroit event, we took the drive apart and did not find the twisted vertical shaft or chipped gears that we have had in the past running a stock Mercury coupler. I'm not going to sit here and promise no one ever is going to have a failure while running a DriveGuardian, but we are extremely pleased with the results and will be running with one again this season. Even if Mike was a buddy of mine, I wouldn't run one and jeopardize a race if I didn't have full confidence in the product.
Rich
Smith Brothers/CRC 611
Rich
Smith Brothers/CRC 611
12-22-2014 | 12:02 PM
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12-22-2014 | 12:40 PM
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Boxer class 5 Sutphen is equipped with one as well.
12-22-2014 | 05:04 PM
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