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Old 07-14-2014 | 09:30 PM
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One for sale in my area with trs drives! Why call it a Kama edition when equipped with trs?

What type of hull is it? Kevlar hull?
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Old 07-14-2014 | 09:51 PM
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someone probably swapped the drives. i thought they all came with the kamma surface drives, similar to the arnesons.. i haven't heard anyone bad rap the drives i just think they are impossible to get parts for.
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a friend of mine has the same set up as well,it has 420 mercs and trs drives..
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I dont think Kaama edition boats necessarily had the surface drives. I think it was in general a performance upgrade that came is several variants .
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Old 07-15-2014 | 06:30 AM
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I dunno dave. I would think Kaama edition with


TRS from factory would be like a SS454 with a 305 in it...
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Old 07-21-2014 | 08:16 PM
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The KAAMA edition was the flat deck version like Betty's race boat not the power package. Which later became the MV edition.
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Old 08-05-2014 | 06:38 PM
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seller claims 60 mph with 509's carbed engines guesstimated at 450-465 hp... are they that slow? I would have hoped for... at least 65 to 70 !

does he have a ''slow'' speedometer?
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Old 08-09-2014 | 06:19 AM
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got a couple picture of the boat... too much project for the time I have unfortunatly... will post some later if ever you guys feel like working a little bit more than I do!
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Old 08-09-2014 | 09:20 AM
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here are some pictures!
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Old 08-09-2014 | 09:21 AM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]527585[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]527586[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]527587[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]527588[/ATTACH]cabin is... a project...
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