Konrad Drives
 

I broke down and bought a set of Konrads for my 1985 Cigarette mistress. I am in the process of installing them now. My motors put out between 650-675HP. I was spinning 25" mirage plus props before inward and they wound the motors to about 4900 RPM. I want to run the RPMs around 5300RPM. The Konrads are also 1.38" shorter and I purchased the ones with nose cones. I was thinking 4 blades. I also installed the drives to spin outward for docking purposes. Any suggestions on props? Experience with Konrads.

Anyone interested in some great parts for a TRS setup, freshwater low hours, here is a link.....no disapointments.
http://search.ebay.com/trs-outdrive_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

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Congratulations on moving up. I'm sure you'll be happy you did!!!

Kirk

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talk to Biggus he posts with OSO

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I have been working with Biggus and the drives. He was at a Poker Run on SENECA LAKE in June and that's when I decided to go Konrad


Anyone interested in some great parts for a TRS setup, freshwater low hours, here is a link.....no disapointments.
http://search.ebay.com/trs-outdrive_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

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Post some pictures of the Konrads!!! :drink:

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Oh I'll chime in on this! :D

Here is the O'Neill Offshore beaked resin bucket. Runs all day in the 90's. Bring 110 and a set of 34's and she'll do better. Would never happen without the Konrads! :evilb:

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And a little Pantera 24 with a snotty 540 in it. This little boat runs 80+ and feels like riding a razor blade down a sheet of ice :eek: Still a FUN boat to run and again, never would happen without the Konrad.

Hey Lofty, I assume your boat was a TRS setup?? Did you run same power before and after conversion? If so, was there any change?? Which lower?? I too have a TRS/540ci setup in a slightly heavier boat, but am still hessitant about the $$.

PS: I used to run a 24 Excalibur 468ci/480hp with a nose coned old style Bravo one, set at 2.5" higher than "Standard" Would almost hit your speed - bottom side of 80, maybe right there in perfect conditions - survived 500 hours of abuse, no bravo prob's.

And the popularity increases. People will catch on, this isn't a modified Bravo like others make. There's Only One!!

Kurt, Biggus is the guy you need to talk to.
He is overwhelmingly helpful as well as knowledgeable. BBB

I am saving up for a set. What happened to the old drives??

Hey Billy,
Thanks for the kind words! I'm working on Long Island for a couple days. Stopped by Teddy's this afternoon and dropped off a couple of Konrad hats for you guys. How's Teddy's boat coming along? Let me know If I can help with anything.

Kurt
715-410-0735

The Pantera belongs to a customer. It was a great candidate for the Konrad. The power was the same before and after. I never ran the boat before the Konversion so I can't vouch for previous performance. The owner says it now runs 5mph faster. The drive is shorter so it's not surprising to get an increase but I don't know if 5mph is real or not.

The Drive is a bargain at the price. It's hard to convince people that this is a more cost effective approach than other options. Most guys are not factoring in that they will never need to replace a broken drive again. For me it's not the $$ but the down time that costs. We have a set on our V hull and love them.

I've got a new set of shorties sitting in crates (thanks to Kurt, Randy and Fred at Konrad) waiting to go on ours. I'll be reporting results as soon as I have them.

We did a Konrad conversion on a 40' Scarab last year. It has Whipple supercharged 400 Cyclones. Probably around 650HP. It ran 65 on GPS before at 5500 RPM with 22" Bravo 1 props. After, we went to 26" Bravo 1's and it ran 72 at 5100 RPM.

Great testimony...thanks!!

Great Drives. We have a customer doing a triple Ace conversion right now.:D