my buddy went 107, hes not making 900 hp, but I would thing around 800....you can keep the drives together if you maintainence them, he don't have many issues...2 fails in 6 years, one was a helmet breaking not the drive, that's not too bad at all for a Bravo style drive..

I'm curious what some 34's will do ......plus some 1's or 2's .....waiting on a deal on those .....I see them a lot when guys try them and loose speed .....m

I know of 2 Fastechs that responded very favorably to 2" shorties Mike. My 336 didn't.

I had my eye on your lowers but wasn't in a position to get them .... Do you know what they went on and how it worked out? I think my drives are deeper (98) than newer hulls .....m

Formula raised the x in newer years from what I know.... Not sure how much though

They're going on a 303 with built engines next spring. Guy lives in IL.

Lowers will help as well as boxes, but looks like you might have a pretty good set up there now. How's it feel at 100 Mike? Shorties will loosen it up a bit, but you have to "drive" it thru the chine. Conditions HAVE to be right too. No sense becoming a statistic. Be safe!

The IMCO lowers will be faster than the Merc Sportmasters, but will leave less steering on the table, shorter skeg. I've been running the -2 Sportmasters since 2008 and have been playing with spacers. Looks like the best is -2 with the boxes. You may need a spacer without the boxes.

I also hear that the 34's aren't what they are cracked up to be. Not sure if it's true or not, but I heard that Merc changed the casting for that prop only. Not sure it's 100% true, but a comment someone made to me a few years ago.

Dave

The lake we live on (Dr. Lake, where Whiteys Fish Camp is) is about 5 miles long and maybe 1.25 miles wide .... The wind had come up and we made about 4-5 passes and with other boats pulling tubes ect ....you get the picture .... anyway it wasnt what I would call relaxing .... I know we have done 80-85 blast with smooth conditions and it was smooth as silk .... I just dont know if its better on the drives to pull the 5800+ with the 32's or 5400+ with the 34's ... But your probably right ... I'm trying to force it faster and with your advice I would be removing Drag to "let" the hull go faster ....to a point .......m

higer rpm will be better on drives, takes torque away... that's what Hydromotive swears by... as long as you are still in power range...

mikey,,wass up...good numbers..so you need my prop guy yet? give me a call and let me know,,ill put you in touch with john and he will get you the 109 out if the boat..