Yea, sometimes this stuff will give you a head ache.

puder,
put the time in . goe with the extension box and a sportmaster lower. this will raise your x dimension really high and give you good speed but you will still maintain control with the new sportmaster because it has a 2 inch longer skeg and a wedge in it like the speedmaster six. if you want to go all the way plug up the holes on the drive and get external water pick up. i don't know what boat you have but if it is somthing decent you should gain about 10 mph. have to get a good prop a;so like a herring 5 blade. and yes it works awsome on a single engine application. look at it this way it is the cheapest speed you will find. and when your ready to put a killer engine in the boat then you already have all the stuff. any questions just ask. did this a hundred times.

Treadwell

lol

the boat a 1987 26' scarab excel. Its never going to be speed demon and the engine i just had biult is the biggest engine I will ever put in that boat. I was really hoping ot get her back together play with it for afew hours and sell her. I figured a shorty lower might be some cheap MPH. So far all speed predictions are getting me into the mid to high 60s. 70 is relaly here i'd like it to be. Its and old sinle engien v hull so i figured the x-dim is WAY conservative.

your x should be at 15 3/4. thta's how they come from the factory. yes the shorty should help it out quite a bit. but if your selling it just do the shorty and walk away. only do the work i mentioned if your going to keep it for awhile.

Treadwell

i'm proly gonan keep it for a bit BUT not a long while hopefully i'll sell her this season. BUt i do want to put afew hours on her. Hell after all eth work i did i have to play with it for a little while!

15 3/4??? FYI it had an alpha with 1.32 gears and the BBC before. I put the bravo on, so does't that lower it an additional 1/4". I was seeing very low speed before. And eth only thing i can think it wicked conservtative X-dim or ridiculous amoutn of hock or rocker ine th hull. It has soem hook in it extending fromt teh transom up abtou 12" (approxatamliy) on both side. But you can only see it witha straigh edge on the hull.

Hey Puder...

Lost your e-mail... Yes, I still have the box.... its a 3" Imco rise with a 12" setback. Its in really good shape. I have the box & the internal transom plate. The rest of the parts, (steering wings, driveshaft, long alignment tool), were supposed to come from Cobra Marty, but there was a UPS screwup, and they are currently MIA. UPS is investigating, and Marty hasn't gotten back to me as to what we are going to do about it. Its been a few months... I'll give him a buzz. Marty, if your reading this, I'll be calling, be prepared!! LOL! Anyway, it is still for sale. You are going to need external steering, but I might know where a set can be had for about $2K+ or so. It will work AWESOME on a single engine V-hull. Make sure you have the room for the engine to go up 3". I don't have that room in my Donzi. If your still interested, send me another e-mail & we will chat!

Woodsy

for a single in. v bottom you should use a 3 in box.. it;s a little more work but that will give you the best performance and if the drive is still to low you can go with a shorter lower unit to get it even higher if need be.it does require a full hydrolic steering system,it will cost about 5,600 for a complete system,not including the shorter unit.it will increase the handling,performance,and the boat will think it's a foot longer!! If you have a lot of horse power in this boat the torsional drive shaft will help the drive except this power. for more detailed info. call IMCO NV.

Yikes!

I had talked with Cobra Marty about the +3 box right around the time you were dealing. Seems like there was some sort of swap where you guys were switching a +3 for a Neutral box. Anyhow you guys had a done deal so I left with my tail between my legs.
I copntinued to see Cobra's thread in classified and occasionally checked back in to see what was up, but he told me that all was sold.

Jolly-
If Puder doesn't want your box, be sure to give me a holler.

Puder, you got the offer, so you feel free to go first. I prolly ain't gonna get around to turning wrenches this season again anyhow - looking like it'll be NEXT fall that the good parts get put on...

how about i'll give you the box and you get that 56 pred from me instead

Send me info on the Pred.
56 Hardtop, 800's, thruster, hydraulic platform, full electronics and plasma upgrades. Blue hullsides.

Prefer well-maintained used boat, but will entertain new one for right price... Fax or email (fax: 615/860-2869)

You know I'm kinda sweet on 'em...
(course there's a SeaRay 560DB on the market that some poor sap needs to dump - you've prolly seen the ads, about six different brokers all have it listed simultaneously.)