Almost there, http://speedonthewater.com/new-boats...next-week.html.

read the article, thank you BTW..always a good read...
BUT..I disagree with Peter... He's using the wrong drives. Those #6's will not hold up for any long period of time. A good alternative would be ASD-8's but the proper set up would be with the10's.

http://www.arneson-industries.com/pa...ducts&id=asd10

Looking forward to the #'s on this one!!

torque is torque..the Skater hull will not save the drive..hence Merc's new drive for the new turbo engines..

Yeah, what does Pete know, he's only been doing this for 37 years.

Talked to Pete last weekend at Boyne Thunder and his is not a fan of the new M8 drive but like stanless says what does he know

And load is load.

Same reason no one can believe beefed up bravos live so well on many skaters with certain power.

I'm with Peter on this one. No reason to HAVE to go with shaft drives yet. Big heavy vee sure shaft drives all the way, different animal here.

You say this like a Surface Drive is a negative thing?

I'll be more interested to see if the engines can outlive the drives, or a single tank of fuel for that matter.

i agree