Shorties on a 35 Single Step
 

Anyone try it out yet? I am trying to do a deal on some 2" Imco's

I Have 29 5 Blade Herrings with twin 600's, just want to know if it will be worth it.

I think you would see a gain, have two friends that did the -2's and both saw a performance gain. One was a 1997 35, the other was a 1999. The older Fountains all seem to gain from the higher X dimension.

My boat used to have -2s. 800 hp per side, 106 mph. It's got IMCO boxes and a blueprinted bottom as well, for what it's worth.

It will not add valvue to your boat.

Meaning don't waste my money?

may not add value but will add mph. My buddies picked up 10 mph with drive (-2) gear and prop change

Then what are you waiting for ? Do the same to your boat today.

Mine is a couple of years newer and we know both have the same x dimension (with in 1/8") both boats have about the same power and run with in .2 MPH of each other.
However if i was convinced i would gain even 5 mph for what it would cost with shorties and props I would do it in a heart beat. I talked to Brian at Fountain and he said that without 6 blades we would never get it on plane with shorties and would not gain allot, however Gerald (gnorthpda) had Brian set up his boat and he used -2 and 6 blades and got him north of his goal. however Gerald had about the same power and about the same top end.
There is a set i can borrow anytime but I am not sure I have a set of props that will work.
Allen

What year is your boat? Call Fountain and find your x-dim, then you can make an informed decision. My drvies were buried, so the -2 Imcos were a great move.

My boat is a 1995 Single Step 35.

Drives are very deep, I am running 5 Blade 29 Herrings to 5600 RPM, Limiter is set at 5800. Right now light load 88 WOT.

True, and you can always pull the lowers and put the original equipemtn back on if you need to recoupe your money.

A '95 would probably have a conservative x dim. Buy the shorties and don't look back.