arneson asd7m surface drive vs bravo xr
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That sounds like a good candidate for Konrads. I would go that route before surface drives, allot less r&d on your nickel.
If you're thinking seriously about Arnesons then call Rik and get his .02. He's pretty straight about it and won't candy coat.
If you want some $$'s on Konrads give me a call I can get you a hook up.
If you're thinking seriously about Arnesons then call Rik and get his .02. He's pretty straight about it and won't candy coat.
If you want some $$'s on Konrads give me a call I can get you a hook up.
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If you have too much bow lift then surface drives can definitely help. I'm selling my pulsedrive and going back to bravo's because I already had too much stern lift and the surface drives tended to push the bow down.
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Trust me on this, when you try something that has never been done before it gets real expensive, real frustrating, and it often takes a whole lot of time to get it right.
To me it makes no sense to dump 35 - 40K into a mid-level performance boat just because you had one drive failure. Putting surface drives on a 35 Nordic is something better left to the factory to experienment with on their coin. It might turn out great or it might turn out really bad but either way it's going to take a lot of tweaking which will eat up and loads of time and money.
I can see going through that trouble and expense for a race boat or for a big budget poker run boat, but I can't see doing it because of one drive failure on a 90-ish mph boat. You can also expect to take a huge beating on the resale value of the boat. On a 32 SKater with big power surface drives would likely be a plus, but there just aren't many buyers who are going to want them hanging off the back of their midly powered 35Ft V bottom.
To me it makes no sense to dump 35 - 40K into a mid-level performance boat just because you had one drive failure. Putting surface drives on a 35 Nordic is something better left to the factory to experienment with on their coin. It might turn out great or it might turn out really bad but either way it's going to take a lot of tweaking which will eat up and loads of time and money.
I can see going through that trouble and expense for a race boat or for a big budget poker run boat, but I can't see doing it because of one drive failure on a 90-ish mph boat. You can also expect to take a huge beating on the resale value of the boat. On a 32 SKater with big power surface drives would likely be a plus, but there just aren't many buyers who are going to want them hanging off the back of their midly powered 35Ft V bottom.
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current set up had a problem with too much bow lift. I have removed two of the four batteries from the back, and have the drives slightly toed in to keep the nose down at speed. I had Tres Marten look at the boat a couple years ago, during a driving class, and he seemed to think the center of gravity was off in the boat, too much weight in the back.
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That sounds like a good candidate for Konrads. I would go that route before surface drives, allot less r&d on your nickel.
If you're thinking seriously about Arnesons then call Rik and get his .02. He's pretty straight about it and won't candy coat.
If you want some $$'s on Konrads give me a call I can get you a hook up.
If you're thinking seriously about Arnesons then call Rik and get his .02. He's pretty straight about it and won't candy coat.
If you want some $$'s on Konrads give me a call I can get you a hook up.
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If you go conrad, you HAVE to buy the ACE system because it has a transmision in the set back box. The conrad drives don't shift.
Another option is a B max drive. A bolt up, direct replacment for the bravo that shifts just like a bravo. Price is resonable too.
I will be going to a b Max depending how long my new XR lasts.
Another option is a B max drive. A bolt up, direct replacment for the bravo that shifts just like a bravo. Price is resonable too.
I will be going to a b Max depending how long my new XR lasts.