Originally Posted by Rik (Post 3963307)

Thanks for the thread!!

Honest answer is politic's to a large degree and lack of an engine package from Arneson. It takes seriously deep pockets to develop and bring to market a complete engine package, compound that with a complete engine line up and the cost rocket up even higher. At this time we cannot offer a one stop engine/out drive package. We do have customers that use Mercury engines with out drive units as well as Ilmor engines with our drive units and of course the aftermarket engine manufacturers as well.

The fact that the Arneson Surface Drive's have benefits is often over shadow'd by the boat manufacturer needing to make a sale and make one as easy as possible. We totally understand this and accept this as short of offering an engine package ourselves there is little we can do about it. This is why with the diesel engine market we have a larger presence with the diesel engine companies only making an engine, they need a partner from the rest of the propulsion package. Hence we make a great marriage partner for those applications.

Arneson offers ten different size drive units, ranging from our smallest ASD6 to our larges ASD18 which is rated at 40,000 ft/lbs of input torque. Our smallest drives, ASD6, #7M and ASD8 are offered in a drop box version for gas/petrol engine applications. These are also fully RH or LH rotation with reduction built into them as well.

Rik

Originally Posted by TRL505 (Post 3963550)

I think you and Eddie should team up.....I hear that Louies boat is a rocket!

Originally Posted by Rik (Post 3963823)

Louie's boat is extremely quick and Eddie says it tracks straight and turns on a dime...

Originally Posted by Pro1 (Post 3963878)

My 32 tracks straight and turns on dime

Originally Posted by TRL505 (Post 3963550)

I think you and Eddie should team up.....I hear that Louies boat is a rocket!

Originally Posted by Rik (Post 3963823)

Louie's boat is extremely quick and Eddie says it tracks straight and turns on a dime...

Originally Posted by Young Performance (Post 3963976)

That's putting it mildly. That thing is stupid fast.....and it's still got a ways to go.




I have NEVER been in a cat that handled like that. We did things in that boat that I wouldn't even consider in other boats.....like taking a 60* corner on a 75 yard wide river at over 160 mph. And did like it was nothing. If you would have told me earlier that day that we would be doing that, I would have told you to F off. After we did it, I just wanted to turn around and do it again.......and we did. That boat with those drives (and my engines :), is an absolute home run. I can't wait to get it to the Shootout and let it stretch it's legs. Gonna be fun.
Eddie

Originally Posted by TRL505 (Post 3963550)

I think you and Eddie should team up.....I hear that Louies boat is a rocket!