Xpower Drive Any One Running One
 

Chime In If You Have One

Friend of min in Ca, just ordered one he won't get it until July...really looking forward to see how it runs. His motor is 1200plus, with 1300plus ftlbs torque:drink:

By chance does your friend have a DCB? I have a buddy who is getting one as well

Nope a 28' Howard Deckboat Cat...:grinser010:

The guy Bill Aubernell that runs Xpower is very cool, and I hope he pulls this off. Hes got a ton of money in this thing and claims hes got a bunch of them ready to ship and that with tooling costs hes 85K into each drive as they sit........ I heard that at the LA boat show form Bill himself.

I heard July shipping from another source as well...

Everyone is wondering when and if it will start shipping,

The next question is that when it/if it does - ship will they will go from breaking drives- to breaking transom assemblies.

Come on Bill! Get it going!!!!

Uncle Dave

well, if he's got a bunch of them ready to ship, why is he making people wait till July to get them? Is R&D done? One would think that R&D would be done if he already went ahead and made a bunch of them. Is the builder a member on the site? Would be interesting to here the story right from the horses mouth. Not trying to start any Mud slinging here, just seems that all of the stories don't add up.... That's all :)

Very good questions and no- it doesnt quite add up does it. (with all due respect to Bill)

Im simply repeating what he said- (if you look up Xpower LA boatshow youll see my picts of his ride, and Im repeating verbatim what he told me then. The number he used was around 75 drive sitting ready to sell.

Id love for him to pull this off though.

UD

Good Luck with that one. That looks like a 1310 Splicer u joint at 3.25 inches coming out of the upper. Cost between six and sixteen dollars. What you would find in a jeep. It looks like it needs that little drive shaft to fit into the small gimble housing of a Bravo. The Arneson uses the 1410 at 5.8 inches the same as the number 6. That 2.5 inches larger then the 1310.

Not to burst anyones bubble either but the weakest point of the Bravo seems to be the gears and gimble ring. This drive uses the Bravo gimble. Just my 2 cents. Other then that it looks nice.

GOOD POINT !!:party-smiley-004:

HAVE YOU GOT A RON SPROL MOTOR IN THAT BOAT

No that is what Steve Tripp, owner of Revolution Performance Marine has in his boat, 565ci 675hp boat ran 107mph:drink:

NICE,,,lots of room to work on the engine !!

Hey you never did tell me how you liked your classic offshore video "Run Sunward", hoped you enjoyed, I know that I enjoyed mine:drink:

How does he like that sproal motor?

Do you know mark at precision marine?

Steve is happy with his engine, very strong and no leaks:eek:the only problem he had was a dist. gear broke, it was teflon went back with a bronze no other problems. I have spoken to Mark @ Precision, great guy, ever since the whole Gary Taylor ordeal,:eek: PM will be my motor shop from here on out

He has a stainlees steel gimbal ring that bolts on the bravo

IMO Ilmors new drive is going to overshadow the Xpower's debut for several reasons. Not saying the Xpower won't be a quality piece but Ilmor's engineering & resources, reputation, financial backing (Roger Penske) , marketing capabilities, warranty and service etc will be tough to beat. Boat manufacturers are already ordering the drives due to ship in June & it's a warranteed package. Drives only available for retrofits later this year.

Not trying to hijack just a point of interest.

If they make that Ilmor Indy in a Bravo conversion with the trans in an extension box so motors stay in the same location....they will have the market.

Ask & you shall receive. To my knowledge the Ilmor Indy will retrofit a bravo, NXT or #6 w/o moving the engine. I'm sure there are few one off rig jobs that won't fall into those parameters but based on the research thats been done to date they are feeling very confident about their packaging.

Did he tell you how much? Is he using a stock Gimbal ring?
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Yes he did, but I will let him chime in, not my place to say what he paid:gfight:

The Ilmor Drive can also be electrically shifted.

Im as impressed with my Ilmor product as Nascat said I would be.


Uncle Dave

Wise choice mark will shoot you straight he has dino 3 motors for me all fuel injected.

hey nascat how you doing love my glagla sneakers, just dug them out for summer again. I agree on the ilmors and konrad I went with the xfactor shortie ace package which holds the tranny in the ex box and comes with steering, art

konrad is doing it with the ace package tran in the box and comes with steering and shortie drive thats what I bought for for a single set up 1050hp should be fine. they are rated at 800hp but have seen more power added and are doing fine in light singles. and have seen twin 800s run fine.

Not reping the GlaGla's anymore but glad you are enjoing them, they are a comfortable shoe, great for boating.

this is great cause it will probably force Merc to make available the NXT drive on the reamaining line...it would be nice to get a 496HO or the 525 with NXT drive..peace of mind and much better than those bravo's..

Any idea on the coast of the Ilmor drive - and can you get it in Black?

And do they have a final retail price on the Xpower drive?

525's are already offered with the NXT

just met a guy running a pair on a 28 eliminator 1200s should be good test

X-power drives?

When it is time to buy my next boat in the near future, I will definitely plan on the Ilmor package. I have had both the 550 and the 625 package and loved it. The new 725 package with the new drive is awesome. No question as to whom I would call. Ilmor was fantastic to deal with and customer satisfaction was number 1

you learn something every day..thanks.

Whats a 525/nxt package worth?

more than a 525/bravo:grinser010:







Ive got an email in and will post once I get back. Thanks Jeff

the drive is not avail by itself and its currently avail in "anthracite" only. Im sure in due time it will be offered as a stand alone unit but for right now, its in package form.