Mercury Blackhawk drives
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Sounds like you guys have some great projects going on! Years ago I did some testing with the hawk on several different boats. One was a 24 fountain cs. We gained 8 mph on it just by installing a blackhawk on it. I'm in the process of building a hallett vector with an its and a blackhawk. I have two setups for the hawk. One is a # 3 shaft and one is the stock counter rotating configuration. Hopefully I will have it finished this summer. I'm also considering having a custom # 6 style propshaft made which will allow more prop selection
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From: OK CIty, OK
Sounds like you guys have some great projects going on! Years ago I did some testing with the hawk on several different boats. One was a 24 fountain cs. We gained 8 mph on it just by installing a blackhawk on it. I'm in the process of building a hallett vector with an its and a blackhawk. I have two setups for the hawk. One is a # 3 shaft and one is the stock counter rotating configuration. Hopefully I will have it finished this summer. I'm also considering having a custom # 6 style propshaft made which will allow more prop selection
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I have a 20' Cig with an Ilmor 625 Gen III on an ITS Transom Assy with a BH drive. The drive has been rebuilt with XR parts and runs mint! I have at least 60 hours of run time on it without any issues and I run the boat Hard! Obviously my boat is not particularly heavy but with 625 hp the drive has held up nicely. I love the way the boat handles with it.
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From: Brooklyn Park, MN
Pretty sure this is that 20 cig http://www.lipship.com/posts/view/19
750hp cig 20 Blackhawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEbO6tra5to
Probably the best video to see a blackhawk in action, that was posted in the past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSZ7BM2rEE
750hp cig 20 Blackhawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEbO6tra5to
Probably the best video to see a blackhawk in action, that was posted in the past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSZ7BM2rEE
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From: Spokane washington
Bob leach used to put them on his 22 Daytonas with 502's in them. They ran just under 100 bone stock. He did a lot if testing for mercury with them. It was his idea of having a 2 speed trans that prompted mercury to design and build the black trac transmission. The only downfall of the blackhawk on the Daytonas was getting on plane. The 2 speed black trac transmission was mercury's answer. The problem with that was space. With the correct setup these drives are amazing
#69
Pretty sure this is that 20 cig http://www.lipship.com/posts/view/19
750hp cig 20 Blackhawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEbO6tra5to
Probably the best video to see a blackhawk in action, that was posted in the past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSZ7BM2rEE
750hp cig 20 Blackhawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEbO6tra5to
Probably the best video to see a blackhawk in action, that was posted in the past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSZ7BM2rEE



