Originally Posted by Pier Pressure Marine

I owned that boat before it was sold to the guy who rolled it. It ran FANTASTIC with the power that was in it (500 efi's and Vortech chargers). The best 38 T/S I have ever had. It ran upper 90's in fresh water, and had incredible power all the way up there. If the power is still good, there is no question, put it back in. There was never any drive issues. They held together fine. We never had any trouble with that boat. It runs great at hi speed, and runs great around the dock. The only thing was it does not get onto plane very well if it is loaded with people and fuel. If you lowered the prop pitch it would jump out of the water, but ran on the rev. limiters. Go to a bigger pitch to run upper 90's and the thing would cavitate coming out of the water. Once you get the feel of how to get on plane with the big blades it is great.
And you are right, the stereo is unreal! we had it installed here in Canada, it sounds great.
let me know if you need any more help or info on this project, I will help you if I can.
(905) 646-2252

Originally Posted by pm203

You are right. The Vortecs are the best. Pro-chargers are junk. As far as blowing drives,The Vortecs are supposed to have a more conservative power curve producing less stress on the drives than other type of super-chargers.

Originally Posted by articfriends

I wouldn't consider a Vortec,Whipple or Procharger "JUNK",Do you have any actual firsthand experience with the 3 or are you going on what you have read? Depending on impellor dia and pulley size a powerdyne,procharger or vortech supercharger can all make equal boost on the same displacement motor at the same rpm resulting in the same amount of drive breaking torque although the fact they are centrifugal they won't be as bad as a Whipple,Smitty

Originally Posted by Panther

If you're selling I would go with 525's because of max value on re-sale

Originally Posted by TRICK

For resale......bone stock Merc power.