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Old 01-23-2006 | 04:36 PM
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Is anyone running their drives on 9500 lb. boat with 800 hp and 800 lbs. of torq. and are they holding up?i'm running max uppers and xz lowers now on mine with the 525's.Is the xz lower the weak link?Thanks in advance Rich.
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Old 01-23-2006 | 05:17 PM
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Is anyone running their drives on 9500 lb. boat with 800 hp and 800 lbs. of torq. and are they holding up?i'm running max uppers and xz lowers now on mine with the 525's.Is the xz lower the weak link?Thanks in advance Rich.
I have them on a 42 Fountain with 800's Not a problem, and I run pretty hard.
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I have them on a 42 Fountain with 800's Not a problem, and I run pretty hard.
Thanks GoBig for the info.I guess your the only 1 running anything close to my set up.Whipples and Max Machine drives hope they're a good but reliable combo.
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We ran 540's whippled in a 35 Fountain, I ran IMCO SC's. They lasted about 40 hrs before problems set in. I think you went the right way with your project.
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We ran 540's whippled in a 35 Fountain, I ran IMCO SC's. They lasted about 40 hrs before problems set in. I think you went the right way with your project.
Thanks Randy and hope to see you at the chillout.
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I have ONE on a 55-6000 lb boat w/1000hp. so far so good.

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