Stern Power drives
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Stern Power drives
Whats the story on these things? Had a guy call me yesterday looking for some info but i'm pretty limited on these things. What kind of power can they handle? Can they be modded to handle more? Parts available? He had an associate that picked up a boat with 900+ HP and a blown SP drive and was looking at options. Unfortunately i dont think there are many in this case. Says he found a guy that has a built SP drive for sale ($10K) that will handle the HP but i am skeptical of any ability to do anything to these drives over how they were originally. I told him to turn down the boost and go have fun otherwise go easy on it, there really is no sugar coating this scenario. Its in a 28 Profile cat with a single, i also suggested if he was gonna do anything save a few more bucks and swap in a SSM5 or Arneson or ??? . . . . ..
So, anyone have any experience with these?
So, anyone have any experience with these?
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People swear by them. If he wants a spare i know a guy near me just replaced his transom on a supe and has whole SP setup. I think cheap...apparently somebody resurrected the company and is supplying parts.
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http://www.sternpowr.com/
There's the link to their site. Had Stern Powr drive on an old Cheetah 24/7 back in the day. Had a single BBC in it that was fairly well built, and never broke the drive.
There's the link to their site. Had Stern Powr drive on an old Cheetah 24/7 back in the day. Had a single BBC in it that was fairly well built, and never broke the drive.
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man . . .sure aint much on that site . . . good to know there is a parts source tho.
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archer marine has a few for sale I was researching them the guy on the web site I forget his name at stern power was very informative talked for half hour about them most parts are available thru him except the cases are hard to come by he can rebuild the internals they still do a lot of work for the military with there normal style drives so I guessing they will be around for a while he swears they are as strong as a speedmasters not sure if he meant a 6 or 8 but def the 3 4 5 drives
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http://www.sternpowr.com/
There's the link to their site. Had Stern Powr drive on an old Cheetah 24/7 back in the day. Had a single BBC in it that was fairly well built, and never broke the drive.
There's the link to their site. Had Stern Powr drive on an old Cheetah 24/7 back in the day. Had a single BBC in it that was fairly well built, and never broke the drive.
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Had them on my Sonic. MX-7. Good thing is, you don't need any special tools to work on them or set them up. Very basic. I had a manual that I gave with the boat. It was straight forward. At the time, not sure if it is still true, it was difficult to get props. That was the only problem I remember. They are beefy. I only had 500 HP to them at the time and they do require a transmission.
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Whats the story on these things? Had a guy call me yesterday looking for some info but i'm pretty limited on these things. What kind of power can they handle? Can they be modded to handle more? Parts available? He had an associate that picked up a boat with 900+ HP and a blown SP drive and was looking at options. Unfortunately i dont think there are many in this case. Says he found a guy that has a built SP drive for sale ($10K) that will handle the HP but i am skeptical of any ability to do anything to these drives over how they were originally. I told him to turn down the boost and go have fun otherwise go easy on it, there really is no sugar coating this scenario. Its in a 28 Profile cat with a single, i also suggested if he was gonna do anything save a few more bucks and swap in a SSM5 or Arneson or ??? . . . . ..
So, anyone have any experience with these?
So, anyone have any experience with these?
Last edited by h2oboater; 01-28-2015 at 12:59 AM.