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Old 06-02-2009 | 04:29 PM
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CRASH BOXES PROS & CONS ??????? Lets hear em
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Old 06-02-2009 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RunninHotRacing158
CRASH BOXES PROS & CONS ??????? Lets hear em
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Only + if u got used to them !!!!!!!!!!!!

Last longer and get more HP to the prop.
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Old 06-02-2009 | 04:43 PM
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I have had them two weeks now, really not that hard getting used to, Mercury power and the way they idle makes that happen. Only big disadvantage I have seen is trying to tie up in a congested area with a wind.
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Old 06-02-2009 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Rare Breed
I have had them two weeks now, really not that hard getting used to, Mercury power and the way they idle makes that happen. Only big disadvantage I have seen is trying to tie up in a congested area with a wind.
Thanks Mac i'm thinkin we may have probs docking and manuevering around the marina At LOTO@ Shooters 2 years back helped a 47 Outerlimits orange with Ostrich leather and had boxes and some probs docking and crashed the dock .
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Originally Posted by RunninHotRacing158
CRASH BOXES PROS & CONS ??????? Lets hear em
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If you buy these SCS shiftable's you shouldn't have any worries...........These are what I bought for my rig.


Check out this link for a pair in Michigan.
Price new and it will shock you

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o27470-en.html


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Originally Posted by RunninHotRacing158
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THE NAME TELLS YOU ALOT. "CRASHBOX"
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THE NAME TELLS YOU ALOT. "CRASHBOX"
didn't Jim Lee have some made by Big Yellow Cat/Tyson?
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Sorry for the ignorance, whats a crash box?
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Old 06-02-2009 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by el indio
THE NAME TELLS YOU ALOT. "CRASHBOX"
OH CHIT
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Originally Posted by saxman
didn't Jim Lee have some made by Big Yellow Cat/Tyson?
I thought Jimmy & Tyson were doing the 2 speed 2000 hp transmissions but i may be wrong
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