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Lightspeed,
If the extra $1000-$1300 is not available to go with a twin ram, full hydraulic helm. What would you recommend, twin ram "add on" or single ram hydraulic helm??

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Razor this is the job lightspeed did on the Superbabi Y2K. This twin ram system is awesome, very tight steering, very comfortable and safe at high speeds.

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Gary,
Have those mufflers allways been on there?

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Rob, no, when Merc racing did the first test run with us they wanted to try a new brand out.................they were off the boat right after the 1st run, if you look close they were 2 different types.

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Me??? Run Hard??? :) Well, I do run her, for sure, and I hear ya Pat - with adding a bigger prop and drive spacer this week, it would be a good next addition. I'm also rebuilding the lower drive to XZ gear set, so ext steering can't be far away.....

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keith did you purchase the Merc. EXT. warranty ???

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The extra ram would cost me an extra $1,500. I thought I would be better off with Full Hydraulic Single Ram than Dual Ram Add on. It is also a little cheaper to do it this way. I can add the second ram on at a later time as well. Talking to Everett, with the length and weight of my boat, he did not think that would be an issue at all... The only downside was the slight difference in turning, port vs. starbord.

It sounded like a good deal to me. Should I be looking at a different setup? I can not afford a dual ram full hydraulic...

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Going to full hydraulic to the helm gets all the slop out. So you are making a good choice.
I would probably go with two rams and leave the helm for now. Two external rams will really strengthen the whole gimble. If you run in real rough water, the stronger the better.
Dave M. had a single ram add on system then changed his helm to hydraulic. He did not add a second ram. Hopefully Dave will comment because I believe that he did have gimble problems at one point.
Lightspeed rigs boat professionally so that is why I asked him which would be better.
Either way, your spending $$ wisely upgrading your steering... :cool:

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I thought that one of the reasons to upgrade to an external ram (single or dual) was to strengthen the gimble?

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Nope, plan to go bigger power - did you?