BAJA!!! (24 Outlaw, Hammer)
there's one... have to remove the seat to get at front of a BBC... never in a million years would you get a transmission in it

this is a serious forum guys... lets be fair to those who don't have experience...

as for the #4,#5 story... rigging and X dimension are a huge factor in performance...

and If I understand what Fullforce is trying to say here is that a bravo boat will have a little more wiggle room in the cockpit and he is correct in that assumption

Jeff32... crashboxes are for a serious (RACING) application they are a pain in the azz when it comes to docking a boat... similar to comparing a monkey trying to phuck a football!!! as for SSM drives there isn't a more cost effective way to deliver big power to the liquid, the alternative would be Imco SCX which is huge $$$ in comparison to lets say a #3 drive even when you factor the rerig and transmission into the equation...
and again with regards to performance, prop selection and X dimension are huge factors... my 43 Scarab with 1100s and #3As planes like a ski boat with 16.75 x 32 4 blade cleavers... so go figure!! and my drives are high!! for a #3 config.. 2.5" below bottom... when I do the rerig my #5s will be on a box and 1" up from the bottom which will allow sufficient options of running a spacer for daily pleasure boating or no spacer for when poker/race running when top speed is all I care about!!

I've read most of this thread and my head hurts, with the 4's & 5's being some 5" shorter than the 3's is there difficulty getting the boat to nose over, getting up on plane when compairing a #3 to a #5 on the same boat say a 38 TG

5 13/16" shorter

ask Rick G how his 38 flat deck planes with his #5s right on the transom (no box)

and Outlaw... take an Advil for your headache this is a drive forum lmao

I ran spacers on my 5s and it still was a turd out of the hole...just had to Rev it and she got it. I'm just saying for most people they are going to have a little learning curve for the most part. I ran 18 x 30 on my 950s and removed spacers it was perfect all around.

again... comes down to proper prop selection... its all part of the game...

whats up with this