new drive from IMCO
10-18-2011, 07:37 AM
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Here is one installed on a 26' Redline from Revolution Performance Marine. Interested to see how it goes.
Edit: Not my boat, got it off a friends page on Facebook...
Edit: Not my boat, got it off a friends page on Facebook...
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10-19-2011, 07:20 PM
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10-21-2011, 08:53 AM
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First of all, the 8 MPH gain was on the IMCO Hallett not on the boat pictured above.
We ran the boat last Friday with the original IMCO SC drive and it ran a solid 113 MPH. We then switched the drive out and the rest follows:
We have run it. Originally we did not have sufficient water pressure so we installed a pickup in the starboard sponson. That takes a little tweaking to get the pressure where you want it. Now we are back to the water today to test a couple of changes. It is like any new drive, there is a learning curve to it. IMCO and Herring are being very helpful during the process. The other issue that we have is that we are doing all of the testing along with building customer boats with deadlines so we have to sneak out when we can.
Initial testing has been very good but we have to work through a couple of things before we can say much more. Every new drive, whether it be Merc, Arneson, X-Power, etc. has its own quirks that have to be understood and addressed so this is nothing new. One thing that people must understand is that this is only the second boat that this drive has been installed on. On top of that it is a surface drive on a single engine cat which makes it all the more difficult to dial in but that is a huge market for this drive IMO.
The pictures that have been posted were posted without my knowledge and before we were really ready to discuss the testing. I sent them to a couple of customers that are interested in the drive but neglected to ask them to keep it under wraps so it is entirely my fault.
I will keep everyone posted as to the final outcome of our testing with pictures, video, etc. as well.
Steve Tripp
Revolution Performance Marine
10-21-2011, 08:57 AM
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First of all, the 8 MPH gain was on the IMCO Hallett not on the boat pictured above.
We ran the boat last Friday with the original IMCO SC drive and it ran a solid 113 MPH. We then switched the drive out and the rest follows:
We have run it. Originally we did not have sufficient water pressure so we installed a pickup in the starboard sponson. That takes a little tweaking to get the pressure where you want it. Now we are back to the water today to test a couple of changes. It is like any new drive, there is a learning curve to it. IMCO and Herring are being very helpful during the process. The other issue that we have is that we are doing all of the testing along with building customer boats with deadlines so we have to sneak out when we can.
Initial testing has been very good but we have to work through a couple of things before we can say much more. Every new drive, whether it be Merc, Arneson, X-Power, etc. has its own quirks that have to be understood and addressed so this is nothing new. One thing that people must understand is that this is only the second boat that this drive has been installed on. On top of that it is a surface drive on a single engine cat which makes it all the more difficult to dial in but that is a huge market for this drive IMO.
The pictures that have been posted were posted without my knowledge and before we were really ready to discuss the testing. I sent them to a couple of customers that are interested in the drive but neglected to ask them to keep it under wraps so it is entirely my fault.
I will keep everyone posted as to the final outcome of our testing with pictures, video, etc. as well.
Steve Tripp
Revolution Performance Marine
We ran the boat last Friday with the original IMCO SC drive and it ran a solid 113 MPH. We then switched the drive out and the rest follows:
We have run it. Originally we did not have sufficient water pressure so we installed a pickup in the starboard sponson. That takes a little tweaking to get the pressure where you want it. Now we are back to the water today to test a couple of changes. It is like any new drive, there is a learning curve to it. IMCO and Herring are being very helpful during the process. The other issue that we have is that we are doing all of the testing along with building customer boats with deadlines so we have to sneak out when we can.
Initial testing has been very good but we have to work through a couple of things before we can say much more. Every new drive, whether it be Merc, Arneson, X-Power, etc. has its own quirks that have to be understood and addressed so this is nothing new. One thing that people must understand is that this is only the second boat that this drive has been installed on. On top of that it is a surface drive on a single engine cat which makes it all the more difficult to dial in but that is a huge market for this drive IMO.
The pictures that have been posted were posted without my knowledge and before we were really ready to discuss the testing. I sent them to a couple of customers that are interested in the drive but neglected to ask them to keep it under wraps so it is entirely my fault.
I will keep everyone posted as to the final outcome of our testing with pictures, video, etc. as well.
Steve Tripp
Revolution Performance Marine
..I'll also keep an eye on fb as well...
