Adam, can you post some pic's of your fixed surface drive?

I wonder if the Yanmar 440 would have been a smarter choice looking at the weight differences.

I was justabout to ask ,WHatdoes the 500 weigh ? And now thatboatlesss said it ,what does the 440 weigh?

300 freakin posts about this?

Tiz It Done Yet? I don't know. Someone mentions fountains, and it comes and goes. Nobody cares. What gives with the Ocean Express. Oh well I guess the fountain owners are still trying to type with there beaks.

The Yanmar 440 weighs in at 1136 lbs without marine gear.
A ZF Single speed transmission for the 440 (280A) weighs 161 lbs.

Both would use the same 2-speed.

The Yanmar 500 weighs in at 1834 lbs without marine gear.
A ZF 2-Speed (300ATS) weighs 260 lbs.
A ZF Single speed transmission (301A) weighs 191 lbs.

This means the Yanmar 500 weighs between 728 lbs to 797 lbs more than each 440 package.

Ohhh ! Thanks . Does anybody know how much power that 2 speed takes to turn ?

boot, i don't have all the details / info on the two speed, my dad's handling that. And as far as the weights on the diesels go, the reason he wants to use the 500 is due to the torque output. We're starting the first 49' hull next week, and should bulkheads and a fuel system in it by first or second week in feb, about the same time the deck plug is ready to shoot a mold onto. So, it won't be long now. We have a set of 900horse blower motors (wesco racing) that we're going to put in the first boat for testing, and have all the drive parts being fab'd and casted for us right now. With a little luck, we should have it in the water and tested ready for debut at Smoke on the Water 2002 (June)
The wind deflector/dash module we did for it is beautiful, as soon as the first one's done, I'll take some pictures for anyone who wants them.
Adam

hey adam ,post those pics if ya can or send a few my way.maybe take some of the building process so i dont hafta bring my spy cam next time i come up .by the way the link to h20 dosent work , you hafta take the comma off the end.i went to that site on my own and the ad comes up but no pics.chek it out.2002 ocean express cat

just thought i'd bring it to your attention.

Adam, sounds like you guys are very busy. Keep up the good work.Still trying to get Sylvester to 'road trip' up and see you.

So Express is going to make their own Surface Drive System?