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niceguy

05-15-2008 07:02 PM

I need drive education

I am trying to learn all I can here..... so please forgive my ignorance.

Let's say you have a boat 29' (for arguments sake) and it has a very nicely built 502, but no blower. Let's say I buy a procharger and install on said boat.... I know I would need to re-prop it, but do I have to change the gears in the drive? If so, is this an easy swap? Or does it require a completely different drive setup?

Westcoast

05-15-2008 07:07 PM

no gear change needed....just a re-prop

niceguy

05-15-2008 07:11 PM

Again showing my ignorance.... on the procharger website, they show the drive gears as being different. Is this just to maximize the gains, or is this because that is what gear they had in the drive when they did the testing?

t500hps

05-15-2008 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westcoast (Post 2559500)

no gear change needed....just a re-prop

that's true assuming the drive is strong enough to handle the new HP....still wouldn't require a gear ratio change, just a stronger drive if the HP gets too high.

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