You'll have to move the engine forward alot. And it does add some weight. This splitter is huge! What kind of power will it use to operate it? A standoff box uses about 30HP. I would guess the splitter may take 50HP from your peak HP numbers.

I still love this drive. Handles massive HP

First off... Rick that is one huge ass drive and would be over kill for anything that i could even dream about affording right now... But i still Love ya!!!!

With that said, the artical in HB showing the IMCO split drive said something along the lines of near zero loss of Hp ( was dry sumped), and equal Hp to both drives. So with the 1200hp (think thats what that engine had?) you had 600Hpish to each drive. The real question is what would the hull do with the extra weight hanging off the transom... In a Y2K if you run a tranny is there room to move the engine forward or would you have to move the bulkhead?

I'll consider the Idea till something firgures it won't work or i find out how much we are talking for all the shizznit?

Oh and since i was thinking about 600hp would that seem like enough for a duel drive set up or would more be a neccesity? Notice I said neccesity and not want

Would duel drives even be race legal?

Rob,
The hull wouldn''t have a problem with the weight. We have many 30''s with twins out there, Tempests and a Y2K. The Y2K we did has twin 6.2's, 320hp, I heard it does 84. It''s hard to say what one will do with a splitter. 300 each, minus the weight of the motor, plus take into consideration the weight of the splitter and trannys.

The spliter uses the cone clutch in an XR type drive so no other tranny is needed... seems a lot of the speed was gained by reducing prop slip... the article said 11% thats damn low for a twin drive.

Scary to think I'm considering being a guinea pig....

did you find out the cost of the splitter ???

and x tra drive ???

and steering

Steering is the same as a twin drive so basically the same cost as a single just add the tie bar

2nd drive 9k-15k depending on which one you pick

Spliter TBD... after 5 here so I cant get a hold of anyone at IMCO

I have the HB next to me rereading the write up.. seems they used dual rams on both drives so the steering looks kinda funky... That spliter cant add any more then 18" total... is there enough room in a standard setup to fit that?

I'll try and scan the article tomorrow (scanner is at my office) and post it so everyone can add there $.02