Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
03-19-2006 | 02:13 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by TwinStepGun
Hey dude, maybe you should grow up a little...... 
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03-19-2006 | 02:28 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by customryder
perhaps you should call someone that don't sell \ make them, my point was the boat is underpowered with the 525 & sixes. maybe its a race boat? that is required to run that way.
my point was the boat is underpowered with the 525 & sixes. maybe its a race boat? that is required to run that way.
03-19-2006 | 02:39 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by birdog
Since nobody ever told you....The #6 boat has big teague power....The 525 pic was a diff. boat.{Post #3}
03-19-2006 | 02:40 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by EricT
Not a big fan of...dare I say it...Pink. At least this one will be rigged properly form the beginning. 
WOW, Eric from left field....Did Gregg call you??
03-19-2006 | 02:41 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by customryder
maybe I'm missing something... i thought Erics boat was blue?
03-19-2006 | 03:15 PM
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Re: Spy pics of the new Dragon!!
Originally Posted by OldSchool
That is NOT correct. I got tired of hearing that crap and contacted Mercury Racing. I got a return call from the head engineer of the #6 program and talked with him for a good 20 minutes. He told me that, according to their research, a #6 dry-sump eats up 12 HP at 6000rpm's. A wet-sump drive eats up about 35 HP more than the dry-sump. Of course you have to add the HP loss from a transmission to this as well, but I would say that it is safe to assume that a dry sump setup would eat up less than the 30 HP that a Bravo does. I heard that the Spiderman Skater actually picked up speed by swapping to #6's. 
