Launch / Holeshot what is safe for your drives?

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08-11-2021 | 04:11 PM

#31

Too Stroked

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Originally Posted by 1MOSES1

what’s does beating the snot out of a boat to get it on plane have to do with pushing the boat to its limits when it’s on plane. None of these boats are categorically fast at getting on plane…if I wanted hole shots I would have bought a drag boat or jet ski.

pushing a performance boat in big water is the adrenaline rush. Not waiting minutes for the thing to plane.

just my 0.02.

If you hammer it to get on plane, you're stressing your drive. Taking it easy getting up on plane reduces that stress and thus wear. That said, you can baby the hell out of it getting up on plane, then leave the sticks pasted to the wall whilst hopping swells, you'll shock load it and blow it up there instead. The Drive Guardian system is great for shock loading but does a bit less for stress while getting on plane.

08-11-2021 | 04:35 PM

#32

SabrToothSqrl

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Originally Posted by TexomaPowerboater

Have any of you guy's actually blown a drive while coming out of the hole? I always thought drive failure had more to do with poor throttling when the prop left the water.

I got on it one time and had a coupler go. it was also 20 years old... I went from idle to GO quickly, but not like FLOORING it... and port coupler just said NERP.

08-11-2021 | 05:45 PM

#33

Indy

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Originally Posted by Keith Atlanta

I never understood that.

Thats like being married to a supermodel and never banging her... Just let her sit in the corner and look hot? ....I dont think so.

Running hard and abuse are two different things. I didn't run my PP in 6's, it wouldn't have turned out well, you can but I'm not made of $$ nor do I want to sit during the summer waiting for it to get fixed.
I didn't firewall it either getting on plane, it wasn't going to jump so I didn't pretend it was, of course you need to give it juice to get on plane but these are not hole shot boats.

08-11-2021 | 05:54 PM

#34

thirdchildhood

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Originally Posted by 540Fever

I watched a rebuild video and the ring and pinion are pretty small. My logic was slicks which don’t slip at all versus a prop that will spin some in the water.
Note taken though - take it easy.

Slicks have wrinkle walls to help absorb the shock and the gears are very much bigger!

08-12-2021 | 12:12 AM

#35

87MagnumII

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Originally Posted by TexomaPowerboater

Have any of you guy's actually blown a drive while coming out of the hole? I always thought drive failure had more to do with poor throttling when the prop left the water.

I absolutely smoked two uppers on my alpha drive with a built 350. 20’ boat and **** ton of initial timing. Made a nasty noise both times lol

08-12-2021 | 07:55 AM

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snapmorgan

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I have broken a couple XR's while getting on plane, but mine tend to break at 4000 rpm in flat calm water

08-12-2021 | 09:24 PM

#37

KCHOTBOAT

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Originally Posted by Sydwayz

These are NOT drag boats.

Baby it out of the hole, always.
We put enough shock loads on them as is. There is no need your drive through a high torque load holeshot unless you need to get out of the way of something in a hurry.

I had a HTM cat with a blower and it pulled like a drag boat. I ended up breaking the prop shaft and loosing a very expensive prop in the bottom of the lake. Boat drives are like running a 7.5 rear end on a big block.

Last edited by KCHOTBOAT; 08-12-2021 at 09:28 PM.