Originally Posted by Baja Rooster (Post 4500851)

One of my favorite lake boats ever. Those tunnel hulls are gorgeous and everybody knows what's up when you hit that key. ;) It's been forever since I've been in a V drive. Can you actually feel it shift?

I never thought about it much but any final gearing is determined by the power available and torque needed and a transmission just reduces loads until you get to that point. On a heavy boat the prop just slips up to that point like a viscous coupler.

Originally Posted by ezstriper (Post 4501245)

it is a full manual valve body, so you shift like a drag car, it hits very hard when you pull the lever, originally the used a std jet boat shifter, looked at that and made a center console and used a winters drag race shifter that works like a champ, another big plus is giving you reverse which with a V-drive is a great deal

Originally Posted by Mr Maine (Post 4501394)

I assume there is no torque converter? Is there a coupler in its place? Sorry just not familiar.