Pulse Drive follow-up
 

1) We removed the hook in the chine in front of the propellers and added some rocker.
2) The did some work on the present propellers ( still waiting for the right ones that we ordered).

Results :

Boat is running great, the bow is up again and I reached 79 mph at 5200 rpm. My original top speed was 81 mph so with the new props we are expecting 85 mph.
My goal was to get my original top speed with the reliability of the Pulse Drive and so far I have achieved that.
I will let you guys know more after the new props.

Doc ... Whats the HP you run in the boat ?

JM

Thanks for keeping us posted, I love the idea of pulse.

Re: Pulse Drive follow-up
 

Can someone fill me in on the original setup? I would think that pulse drives would increase speed.

I believe the original drives were #3's or #3A's

Original drives Speedmasters 3A's and 730hp.
We are still waiting for the right props and that is when I am expecting more mph.

Dr. Santiago,

Looks like you're making progress. I'm picking up my drive this weekend. It's about time to drill some holes in a perfectly good transom. :D

Whats this thing cost ????

How has the handling changed with the pulse drives? Is docking harder, easier, no change? Post more pictures if you can.
Thanks

Docking is better and handling about the same but a little loose if you trim up too much.

Great to hear Doc. Thanks for the update.

You are right, that photo was taken weeks before my new HPI.
I will try to post a photo soon.

I'm almost scared to ask the question but here it goes. Why Pulse and not Arneson? Arneson seems to have huge experience and realibility plus it looks very clean. I've installed the asd-6 on my Spectre. I did not like the looks of the pulse. Still congrats on getting rid of the old merc drives.

Byron, did you get your boat? Any details and pix?

Shawn

Shawn its in the paint booth now, I'll be posting pics soon. Thanks

saw the boat at Pulse looks great.

Byron, I saw your other thread about Arneson's. They seem ok to me. but, I like the Pulse Drives better. Everything is covered. Everything trims up and down and is built ultra strong. You can lift a person out of the water on the platform that covers the drive!

Byron:
I like taking my kids to the beach on my Cigarette. With regular drives and Arneson the props are exposed and are dangerous. With the Pulse Drive they are covered and my kids now go on board the boat stepping into the Pulse Drives.

Byron here is a photo of OSO member Imongo from St.Thomas US Virgin Island with some girls sitting on the Pulse Drive.
Now try that with an Anerson Drive or a #6 drive:eek:

I guess thats not going to happen with Anesons. Approx how much will the pulse set-up cost ?

WOW!
Those drives are chick magnets!
:D

That's the question, isn't it? I'm curious as well; a lot of the boats I've been looking at have TRS drives, and I'm wondering if the Pulse Drive is a viable alternative somewhere down the road....

Good reason and PIC Doc, boat looks great!

The pulse drives are reasonable, about the cost of two bravos and external steering. I think mongo spent 30Kincluding trannys and labor. $$$ depends on HP. OSO members get a discount, they want our business.
The only downside is dial-in(prop) time could be longer because not every boat has been fitted with surface piercing pulse yet.
Call Tony or Tim at Pulse they are great to work with.

Hugh

If I break one more XR I'll be looking at the Pulse Drive as a replacement too. I have a 386 Sonic with a built in swim platform. I have heard that they have a hard time fitting the Pulse Drive to that type of transom.

Quiet Storm.
What engines do you have? How many hours do the XR's last.

What do you mean IF you break another drive, don't you mean when?

salesmanship

The drives have about 100 hours on them. The port side broke last month and the starboard side just broke Saturday. The motors are 575 SCi's.

Byron

I'm hoping I just had a bad set of gears. The only reason I'm not foaming at the mouth is the extended warranties are covering the repair cost.

Thanks Byron
It seems that 575's and XR's on boats 38 and over are bad news.
Just curious. I'm hearing stories about all types of brands.
TS

doc, why did you put rockers into the bottom, if it had a slight hook i can understand working the bottom out to be straight, why rock it????

Quiet Storm, The PSI drives shuld fit your boat with no trouble. I'm trying to remember if I talked to one of the guys from Sonic at the Miami boat show about them trying some PSI drives...???

Anyway, I had a problem mostly because my staggered engines are 22" on center. I could've maybe angles my engines out and taken off my trim tabs and got it to work. We didn't think it was worth messing with on my boat.

Sorry to hear about your troubles on Sat.

So what's people's opinion about a single pulse drive on a 30' v-hull with not such big power, say a 500efi? Does this make sense from a dependability standpoint? Is much power lost?

Thanks Mark

We saw you go by at boaters beach Sunday. We were on MrCigs boat. Peggy fell in love with it. I may have to start looking for a Cig.

I still have three years left on the warranties. I'm not going to change anything until they time out.

How's your drive?

Roger, my drive is fine, my trouble was the shift cable. It melted near the exhaust manifold, I think from when I started it in the spring and my sea water pump went out.

I wanted to stop and say hey, but Linda really didn't want to anchor.

RTtaylor, It would be perfect in that application. and VERY reliable. I rode in Tony's boat. 31' Infinity with 525hp and a single pulse drive. It handled amazing! Both slow and fast.

Prices

For a twin engine boat from Tranny To Props up to 600hp about $22,000 total
Up to 800hp about $32,000 total

We have Singles, Twins, Triples and Quads


rtaylor

31-32' or 8000lb is about max for any single drive anything over that you'll need at least Twins

one of our demo boats is a 31' Infinity your more than welcome to come for a ride and see for yourself

Tony
www.pulsedrive.net

Just a short run down the ditch

Now THAT is a beautiful picture!

It is; nice picture !

Wow! That pic needs to be framed! Awesome. :cool:

going, going