Ill be calling. Thanks!

mat i have and heat 540 imco box , bravo , and a 32 labbed four blade and just ran the chattanooga poker run saturday. the boat ran between 98 and a 100 all day trimmed to 3 the only thing in the water was the drive and the notch a the end of the transom. not a bit of chine walk with three people in the boat and about 60 gallons of gas. these hulls like allot of air if you try to keep them flat u will not get away from the chine walk. just my two cents for what its worth. jerry

Thanks this all helps a ton.

Hi Matt,
Bringing this back up to the top for your information. Jeff Raley and I talked with the owner of a late model 42' Fountain with 700s at Key West. He was the pace boat for a couple of classes.
He was running #6s on NXT1 gimbles. I asked him if Fountain had ever gotten their boats to run properly with the NXT1 lowers, and he said no. He said his boat handled great with the #6s, and it appeared to do so to us in some pretty rough conditions.
FYI,
Steve

Thanks Steve. Interesting, I had some feed back real similar to that from a friend who builds boats for the Navy. I am going to do a Whipple Kit 1st then play with props increasing cup and see if I can get more bow lift. If that fails I will be shopping for a #6 Lower. I am not sure if its a good plan but its what I got right now?... Thanks Again!

Hi Matt,
I'm sure if Mercury Racing reads this, their hair will catch on fire, but every time I see a (rather blunt) NXT1 lower, it makes me wonder if the addition of a nose cone (like an Imco)
would improve the hydrodynamic efficiency of the gearcase.
Lengthening the gearcase and improving the blunt impact angle of that lower couldn't hurt. I haven't heard of anyone doing it yet, and I don't know if I would want to be the guinea pig, but I don't see how it could hurt.
It may be worth a call to Imco. I haven't seen a nose cone advertised for the NXT1, but it shouldn't be too hard to modify a Bravo style (nose cone) unit, and it would be a lot cheaper than a #6 lower.
Best Regards,
Steve

Matt,
There is an entire #6 dry sump upper and lower with 1.50 gears for $5000 in the classifieds ........should bolt right up.
FYI,
Steve

Nice boat! Looks awesome, always love seeing the turbo stuff!

Also, fastest single engine cat I know of was Mark Kinser from Des Moines IA. He had a 1600hp 28 Elim Daytona with a #6 and a 2 speed trans. He ran a 144 at the loto shootout, but only got it on plane and didn't "hit it" until about half way down the track. He has seen over 150, but he didn't want to hold it there long!

Very Nice Turbo package,........I Have some pictures you would enjoy of a really nice Marine turbo package.

Hope you don't mind me adding these to your thread with all the Turbo Interest here.
Tom Earhart has been doing turbo's for over 25 years.


Thanks
Jon

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