Arneson or #6 Retrofit?
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ive been told there was a 700 NXT boat that ran 115 and a 565 xr that ran 100mph. That boat must have been dialed in perfectly but still. What is the gain on the arneson vs a standard bravo style anyways? 5mph? 10mph? Never did a conversion, the arneson I've owned was done new so I have no clue.
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Didnt know they made a surface drive, I see the cleavers....huh. I'm not all that familiar with imco but if that is their beefy drive I heard that one too scrubs some considerable speed vs just even a standard xr. Probably the same boat I'm in with konrads?
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Didnt know they made a surface drive, I see the cleavers....huh. I'm not all that familiar with imco but if that is their beefy drive I heard that one too scrubs some considerable speed vs just even a standard xr. Probably the same boat I'm in with konrads?
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Never drove or been in a #6 boat, but just drove our Newley acquired slingshot with arnesons the past week and I’m sold on them. They plane off a little slower, but always pop up with ease. Docking is better than our bravo boat. The roost is insanely cool, and they are bulletproof.
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We see a lot of customers with Bravos gaining 10 mph in the mid range and top end and the drives on this boat are slower than the same boat with Bravos so I don't see a problem with that estimate.
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If it were me I’d try refining the current setup. Get the X up with boxes, blueprint the lower, try some props. Then I would tune up the ilmors to get where you want. They can get to near 800hp with a build.
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Konrads are up as high as they can go, in fact they don't even manufacture the shorty that is on them right now. Right now running 5 blades to even just get on plane. I'm convinced they really don't have anything left in them after talking with all parties involved, including Konrad. I will not crack the motors until they need to be rebuilt and at that time they will go to Ilmor in Michigan. I have another boat with custom motors and every time I go custom I seem to get problems. The whole reason I purchased this boat is because it had factory assembled low hour ilmors. I have had a bad run recently with some quality performance shops.
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Never drove or been in a #6 boat, but just drove our Newley acquired slingshot with arnesons the past week and I’m sold on them. They plane off a little slower, but always pop up with ease. Docking is better than our bravo boat. The roost is insanely cool, and they are bulletproof.
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I struggle to see the value in either option, sticking $50k in drives in a $100k boat just does not make sense to me. If it were me I would enjoy the boat for a few years and then change boats. There will always be someone faster.




