prochargers or whipples for 42
 

I have a 42 fountain with 2 502 bbc motors with holley fuel intake the motors are around 535 hp and i am looking to make they around 750 to 800 hp. What advice would yall have with going with the procharger and are they reliable or yall suggest just suck it up and pay the money for whipples. procharger set up is around 6000 a piece and whipple is around 11000 a piece. any advice lol

Hope u have some strong drives.

+1 Save your money and buy a boat with #6 you will never regret it.

As long as you go EFI. Carbs are of the past. If you are looking to do intercoolers you would be way better off w efi. Blown injected is the only way for smooth running performance. I never had either one. Always ran conventional blowers. But I would say go w the WIPPLE SET UP. iT IS SUPERIOR

I am with this guy...save the 11k. Enjoy the boat...6s will start be more available after time...

or at least some platinum drives... Otherwise you might as well take a couple spare bravos with you to the lake every time you go out! Take it from me and RBH... been there, done that!

Otherwise take a look at Vortech as well. I know they make a lot of power and don't have the issues as the ProChargers with setup. I put a set on some 500 EFI's a few years back and they were bullet proof and ran great. The second owner after me I think got 300-400 hours trouble free.

I put Whipples on a pair of 500 EFI's. They were turn key, never even so much as a hick-up from them. When I did the swap, ProCharger was having problems with their fuel mapping. They may have gotten it straight by now, its been several years since we did the upgrade. Dustin seems to have the ecms dialed in and trouble free.
Nothing worse than doing the upgrade and spending the whole summer chasing gremlins. I have heard stories that ProChargers customer service and tech advice could be better. Dusting Whipple is on the board and I have picked up the phone several times to ask questions, and always got a call back if he didnt answer it right away.

I am doing a gut, rerig on a 42 now with prochargers that made 1200 Hp.

owner just bought Imco SCX that I will be swapping in for reliablility.

Should be interesting !!!

I love my Prochargers. TONS of power, enough to snap any part of my upgraded IMCO SC drives! My intercooled M3SC set up has been flawless. Tuning is perfect. Never had a single issue with any part, belts etc.

BUT... Like others have said, worry about drives first. I would rather be boating then broken at the dock. Enjoy your boat like it is. Save your money and buy a boat already rigged with #6 drives or arnesons, you will save money and time in the long run.

RBH...even though some on here know fountian is not my personal fav, I love your avitar pic and would be proud to own that boat!

Love the Whipples, never had a Procharger.
I have never broke a XR Drive... knock on wood.
Have a buddy that has a Procharged 502 and he has had some issues with it. He even trailered the boat down to Precision Marine in LA. and it is still not running right.

does anyone know where i can get whipples for a good price or possibly a procharger system just getting information now still not convinved if i will do it yet and what is the best place in louisiana to do the work i have heard great things about precision marine

What year is your boat? What drives you running ect? How fast do you hope to go?

boat is a 95 42 lightening with xr drives and looking to go in the mid to high 80's possibly low 90s

I did prochargers in 98 they were the "new thing". They did make the boat haul the mail but it was a constant project. Maybe they are better now. I would never want them again after running real blowers.

Stop what your window shopping and talk to Eddie young !!!!!!!

XR drives+42 Fountain=750HP per side supercharged=broken drives. Repeatedly.

Here's a thought. Lets say you gain 15 miles per hour from the blowers, at a cost of say 25g for the whipples. But then, blow the XR's after one season.

Upgrading to the Arneson conversion, might be something to look into, and leaving your engines alone for now. Sure its more money, but you will gain quite a bit of speed, a drive you wont break. Its not unheard of to gain 8-10mph just from the drive swap. Plus you can sell off all your bravo stuff to help reduce the cost.

I'd much rather have milder engines/strong drive combo to get me the speed, rather than big HP/weak drive combo. It all equates to more time on the water!!

You can always upgrade the drives first, then add power later. Some whipple powered mills with arnesons would be a killer boat!

EDDIE,,YOUNG PERFORMANCE MARINE. 1-615-216-7449. give him a call,you will be glad you did,top notch guy that loves to help people out..(very fair with his prices to)..

where is eddie young located at

He is just outside Nashville.

This is the way to go for sure. Then up the power to 600 hp N/A. It will give you many many trouble free hours of boating. Bravos are junk in any shape or form, period.

im ran a 557 blown 42 lightning 98 model with bmax drives, it was drove like i stole it, and in 4 years never broke any part except for a prop shaft, and my wallet from the fuel. yes blowers are hard on parts but theyre hard to step away from.

how about a race fairing or a short windsheild?/ reggie.

Ya! Or a wind deflector for a 38 fever aluminum fairing!

...what he said...