382 700 Conversion
 

Here are some beginning project photos. 525's, stellings,xr's latham out.....700 NXT's in. BTW 525 pkgs are in classifieds. And away we go....Dave

more pix

Cost?

wow! keeps us posted! on speed!!!!

Dave,

A few shots to help you with your project:

Wow! Another major 382 upgrade project. Looks like you'll have your work cut out for you on getting clearance for the intakes - major deck and sunpad work?

Sunpad/hatch
 

I was really surprised. Formula pricing on the hatch, trunk, trunk insert and hinges was only around 3500.00. Their engineering team provided details on everything to do the conversion. The trunk insert is a bolt on item to clearance the blowers. Speed should be mid 90's. I'm moving the thru hulls for the gen & macerator to the notch below the transom. This should clean up the bottom a little. I never run the gen unless I'm on anchor or tied. As far as cost...165K. The sale of the 525's & Drives will offset that by 50K hopefully. The cost of whipples & Imcos or X drives would have been about 100K with head gaskets, gimbles, helmets and such. So it seems about a wash with 700's and I have a 1 year warrenty so we will see. Thanks, Dave

Cutout Pic
 

New transom NXT cutouts

If ya gotta ask.....:D

the 700's are a clean install compared to what I'm doing on my 382 good luck and please keep the pics coming. jenks