I have had a house on the water in Sag Harbor all my life. Owned a water ski boat a few jet skis ( back when they were Stand Ups) an some sail boats, but when I sold my boat I said the next boat I buy I am going Big. So I am thinking 35- 38 Cigarette but am open to suggestions. I want something that I can take off to Block Island or Montauk no problem.
I do take care of my equipment but I am very hard on it so that's why
I am asking a lot of questions about the drives and motors.

#6 nxt with 700 is a very good set up I have built a few boats with bravo set ups and have got some what satisfactory reliability, but you said you dont take care of your boats the 700 package with the upgraded #6 is hard to break and if anything is going wrong the gardian system shuts everything down before you break

Thats is exactly right. The NXT was out about a year, and a few boat builders were experiencing some failures. Come to find out the the set up was wrong, different then the bravo's, x-dimension was set to high, and the bullet of the drive needed to be modified slightly cause there was too much transom lift. I put on over 100 hours on that set up, it was flawless, and made boating enjoyable. The boat when new went just under 93 with the props it was set up with. Loved the boat, and now that the bugs have been worked out. I would not hesitate going with the NXT drive vs the #6 lower. It will save approx 16k per side. It is rated for 800hp, and the 700s are dynoing approx 770hp. Just respect your equipment getting on plane and over rollers, and you'll enjoy the set up. good luck. Jeff

Older Cig's are cool boats but any non step 35-38 Cig is not a fast boat with 400-600 hp (per motor). Upper 60's to upper 70's. There are also some not as old boats out there with #5 drives. I had them on my Nortech with over 800hp and never had a problem. There is a 37 Outerlimits with #5's here http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o30686-en.html this looks like a real good deal but I feel too much for anybodys first big go fast. When you find a boat you like post a link or a picture and there is a good chance somebody here knows about the boat and can provide info.

Check out some of the older Cigs.. do a search.. they are putting ASD-7's drives on them. Great drive hard to blow up.. good for approx 900-1000 hp.

Has anyone ever tried this conversion?
http://www.arneson-industries.com/pa...ravoConversion

I have seen these on boats and I know they are strong but why don't I see more of them out there. Is it the cost? #6's are expensive so what are the advantages an disadvantages .

i imagine those could make docking interesting........

The ASD's?

yea im bad enough at it as it is...just slap one of those puppies on and ill really hit some ****