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1.5, 28p B1. Great cruise and acceleration.

I have a lot of usable rpm with the v-10 though.

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Originally Posted by Unlimited39 (Post 4129536)

Dr.pete, the boat was running 1:5:1 with 4 blade bravo 1 -32s with stock 575s, the motors were rebuilt- and Dynoed at 683hp @5600, they re geared the drives to 1:36 and spinning the same wheels but 30 pitch- boat GPSs at 96 mph- twin step, so it's set up right I believe, I was just concerned with longevity and dependability of the 1:36 gear ratio?

Unless you baby the hell out of it, neither gear will hold up very long in a Bravo on a TG with that much power.

My high x cat loves 5 blades. Would not plane without a cav plate extension and 5 blade.