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Old 04-12-2012 | 02:00 PM
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Looking for input on fountains equipped with arnesons. What would be involved in converting my old straight hulled 38 fever thats bravo equipped over to arnesons.

ALso looking for some pros/cons/ or any input relating to how arnesons would work on my old fever.

Reason being, I just ran across a old wellcraft nova with a pair of arnesons drives on it for dirt cheap, and havent had any time to research this as a possiable conversion, vs upgrading my bravo's.

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Bravos break
Arnesons don't
I'd say it'd work great.

The Wellcraft probably isn't a Bravo conversion so you'll have to move the engines forward to make room for the transmissions and reglass/recut the transom.
I think some of the Arnesons also need counter rotating engines to work correctly???

Call Rik, nice guy, he'll tell you.
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Old 04-12-2012 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by halfgassed
Looking for input on fountains equipped with arnesons. What would be involved in converting my old straight hulled 38 fever thats bravo equipped over to arnesons.

ALso looking for some pros/cons/ or any input relating to how arnesons would work on my old fever.

Reason being, I just ran across a old wellcraft nova with a pair of arnesons drives on it for dirt cheap, and havent had any time to research this as a possiable conversion, vs upgrading my bravo's.

Thanks
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I knew a guy w a 39 or 40 formula Arneson drive boat. He said he ran a water ballast tank in the front of the boat for getting it to trim out right.. ?!
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Old 04-12-2012 | 02:43 PM
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You could just buy my friends boat and add power This boat was rigged from day one, and has the big ASD8's, a could of 800hp engines and it will break 100. This boat was restored from top to bottom and is as clean as they come, let me know if you want better pictures.

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Old 04-12-2012 | 04:09 PM
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my buddy has a pair of ad8s for only $4500!
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Originally Posted by stangkilr
my buddy has a pair of ad8s for only $4500!
with steering and trim rams?
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Originally Posted by stangkilr
my buddy has a pair of ad8s for only $4500!
ASD 8s with drop boxes?
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Old 04-13-2012 | 09:10 AM
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they are in the classifieds
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Old 04-16-2012 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 1 MAIDEN AMERICA
Bravos break
Arnesons don't
I'd say it'd work great.

The Wellcraft probably isn't a Bravo conversion so you'll have to move the engines forward to make room for the transmissions and reglass/recut the transom.
I think some of the Arnesons also need counter rotating engines to work correctly???

Call Rik, nice guy, he'll tell you.
thats what I was afraid of, I really dont want to get into reglassing the transom/moving engines. I still might pick it up and hold onto them until I actually upgrade power. And see where things sit at that point.

Is there anyway to identify the different sizes of arnesons? I'm assuming these are the smaller 6's, seeing the boat has smallblocks and appears in rough shape from sitting for quite some time.
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I would PM rik from Arneson or call him.
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