Konrad Marine's project 29' Fountain
 

I thought I'd share some pictures of my latest project working with Konrad Marine.

Last spring, Konrad Marine had purchased a sweet 1987 29' ICBM Fountain to be used as an R&D boat. It's a really clean fresh water boat from Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. This little Fountain seemed to fit our needs pretty well, not too big, easy to drag to the ramp several times a day and since it was a TRS boat, swapping over to a pair of Konrad 540's would be a breeze.

The boat ran well at 62 mph but just did'nt have the horse power (stock 330's) to provide any real solid data. We needed more power.

After a few lengthly discussions, we decided on a pair of naturally aspirated 650hp 540 low decks backed up by BAM Cyborg 72C transmissions and our Konrad 540 drives complete with HP lowers. The stock cable steering system was removed and a full hydraulic system from WPM was installed as well.

We completed the project in less than two weeks and had a chance to run her in the St Criox river last Saturday. The results were pretty decent, After trying a couple sets of props, on a glass flat river we ran a best top speed of 85.8 @5500 with a pair of PowerTech 28 four blades.

Sure was a fun project and I know there's a few more mph in there somewhere. :D

Kurt
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Here's the stock 330's befor we yanked 'em :evilb:

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Since we were upgrading from Borg Warner 71C trannies, we had to move the mounts forward almost 1" for the longer 72C's

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The new 540's were dressed with fully polished CMI headers, MSD ignitions, Hardin Marine thermostatically controlled oil coolers, Holley 130 gph fuel pumps and Nickerson modified Holley 850 carbs.

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They sure woke up this old girl :evilb: :D

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What are they rated to? Is there warranty?

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Nice.

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The Konrad drives are rated at a very conservative 740 ft lbs of torque.

Yes, we offer a one year warranty.

Thanks BajaRunner!!!

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and 700 hp? that's better than imco with no warranty. My buddy blew up his imco's up at 10 hours and no warranty,wish he got the konrads.

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You need to do something that will stress the drives to the breaking point. Like a Black Thunder with 1000 hp a side and then go run some poker runs. I'll be glad to offer my boat as a test bed.... :D

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Nice job Kurt; give me a call, I want to hear about the carb tuning.

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Great project Kurt. I'm sure your drives will prove once again that they are a great product. On another note, that Fountain's speed numbers seem very low. I have a '97 33 PP with HP 500's that runs an honest 84mph. How could that Fountain have 300 more HP, be smaller and lighter and run prctically the same speed? Sounds like somthing isn't right to me.

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I had an 1988 like that but with the swim platform integrated, anything over 80 mph would get you attention REAL fast. Be careful

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Nice Kurt!!! I've been talking to Fred and comparing numbers. We built the same boat with a bit more power and the performance is exceptional for an old dog!

We're getting 91 on the GPS. The boat handles pretty well at those speeds but it can get your attention real fast if you do anything abruptly.

What I like is going out on a rough day and belting the snot out of the Konrads without worrying about a failure. :evilb:

You guys keep up the good work. Tell Fred to hurry up with our last order so we can get that Pantera rapped up. :D

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I agree... you need better R&D. You should put a Konrad on a single engine boat with good power and run the snot out of it in rough water. I humbly offer to you one Baja 24 Outlaw in need of power... that would make it easy. Just bolt your stuff on and I'll beat the crap out of it in all water conditions. That glass flat water isn't helping your R&D one bit!! Lake Michigan should be your proving grounds... which just happens to be one of my favorite places to run!!

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Waterfoul,
We're doing a Pantera now with a 540, 650hp and going to a Konrad. We'll run the snot out of it here in CA on the Bay. Get's pretty filthy rough out here so it should be a good test of the drive.

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Biggus you are a lucky devil to be able to play with boats all day!

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Cool, I can't wait to see them run with the big motors. Here is shot from our poker run with the stock motors.

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What do you think you could do with a Formula F402? It runs @55 mph with @475hp a side, stock TRS, 4 blade 22's.

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Hoppin' up old 29 Fountains....... :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :evilb:

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Question,
Is there a difference in the power loss XR vs Konrad?Would the Konrad drive fit into the Bravo set up?How big is the skeg?

Thanks,
Wil

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Konrad now has a kit to retrofit from a Bravo to a Konrad. The power loss is in the trany not the drive.

Fionn

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Kurt I was up at the factory on Monday and saw the Fountain looks like it would be alot of fun.

Everyone there was real friendly and helpful. Ken Konrad heard we were there so he came out and introduced himself. Very nice guy. Also met Mark Anderson and Fred Sparling.

They really make you feel like your part of the family they want to make sure your happy with there product.
And we are!!!

Mark

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Thanks for the compliments!

Mr Cig, sorry I missed you. I was at the Konrad plant for the past month. Left for Maine on Sunday.

Kurt

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Kurt when you doing a single 27-29ft with Big power? thats where those Bravo's fail big power single drive = blown bravo

Nice job on the Fountain its now a reliable poker run boat.

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Nice work Kurt!!!!

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I'll give you more R&D than you can take.

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If I can't kill em, nobody can