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Looking forward to getting mine soon. Gotta get going on it. Rik has supplied quite a few sets around our area. Everyone loves the whole package.
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Originally Posted by jmoore1225
(Post 4386134)
Why did the Arneson not seem to work as good on that special edition Blue Fountain with Ilmor 725's? The 700/6 42's were a couple mph faster thought I read somewhere.
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725 Ilmor's & 700 Merc's are not exact but pretty equal. With the claims you make the Arenson boat should have been faster, no? I was just asking a simple question on why it didn't seem to work as well on the Fountain. Could be many reasons, sorry for wanting to be more knowledgeable about your product. No reason to be a d*ck about it!
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Originally Posted by jmoore1225
(Post 4386640)
725 Ilmor's & 700 Merc's are not exact but pretty equal. With the claims you make the Arenson boat should have been faster, no? I was just asking a simple question on why it didn't seem to work as well on the Fountain. Could be many reasons, sorry for wanting to be more knowledgeable about your product. No reason to be a d*ck about it!
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Originally Posted by jmoore1225
(Post 4386640)
725 Ilmor's & 700 Merc's are not exact but pretty equal. With the claims you make the Arenson boat should have been faster, no? I was just asking a simple question on why it didn't seem to work as well on the Fountain. Could be many reasons, sorry for wanting to be more knowledgeable about your product. No reason to be a d*ck about it!
Sunsation built an Ilmor F4 and despite 50 extra HP.......a Merc 700 boat was faster. They probably built 18 F4's, the other 17 were all Mercury powered (1 662, 1 1075, the rest 700 sci) |
Awesome package on that AT!
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Originally Posted by jmoore1225
(Post 4386640)
725 Ilmor's & 700 Merc's are not exact but pretty equal. With the claims you make the Arenson boat should have been faster, no? I was just asking a simple question on why it didn't seem to work as well on the Fountain. Could be many reasons, sorry for wanting to be more knowledgeable about your product. No reason to be a d*ck about it!
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Originally Posted by Boatlesss
(Post 4387014)
Wow quick way to turn a great thread into a negative one. Haters gonna Hate
In all seriousness, it's not like I would have ever considered #6 drives on my boat for an alleged "couple mph faster" over Arnesons. I think we all know that 2mph (or even 10mph) can be the wrong trim, wrong props, wrong conditions/waves/current direction, incorrect setup (tie bar to far in/out, wrong x dimension, etc...), or any other host of reasons. Besides the upfront cost of 6's being far higher, and maintenance on 6's is more frequent (and expensive) due to the use of bevel gears. 6's are also heavier (by hundreds of lbs)... which would be a huge issue on my boat. |
"In all seriousness, it's not like I would have ever considered #6 drives on my boat for an alleged "couple mph faster" over Arnesons."
This is the first I have EVER heard of this! Number 6's to my knowledge have NEVER been faster than an Arenson! |
Originally Posted by kreed
(Post 4387059)
"In all seriousness, it's not like I would have ever considered #6 drives on my boat for an alleged "couple mph faster" over Arnesons."
This is the first I have EVER heard of this! Number 6's to my knowledge have NEVER been faster than an Arenson! |
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