Looky at the next project...
 

Runs, ironduke 3.0 i/o Fiberform....no idea what kind of boat that is, but for $200 smackers, I have a nice 350 that is about to go in it, and need to find a drive for it now........hm......
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...&pictureid=592

haul it directly to the landfill, you want no part of an OMC electroshift

LMAO, I may take your advice. Something wrong with boats themselves, or just the drive?

Glad to know I paid the right price for it......LOL Got to be something I can do with it. Use the hull, throw a 400sbc in it, and a jet drive...LOL

now this project will test your go fast ability. the only way this one will run fast is on a trailer. its also the mother of a bayliner from what i read. now am not prejudice :head:

:beer::beer::sun: Just the way I like them......:love:

the drive is the limiting factor. I always said that OMC engineers smoked a lot of dope, the electro shift proves it. Just imagine two engineers talking... "Hey, I got this idea, lets stick an electromagnet in the bottom of this drive to make it shift(insert Beavis and Butthead laugh), then stick the whole thing under water(laugh, laugh, cough,cough). Better yet, we'll use these gears made out of faucet handles to transfer all the load of the engine(laugh, laugh, cough, cough)"


The electroshift shifting actually worked pretty good, smooth and positive, it was limited by HP and the ever popular high throttle shift, but the tilt mechanism, ball gears, worm drive steering, and the rubber boot around the drive were more than enough to offset its rare good feature.Its no wonder they finally gave up and contracted Volvo to build their drives. If you think this drive is weird, you aught to take a look at a hydromechanical drive

so i am not a huge idiot if i use the hull?

i guess it would make a decent container to load with trash before hauling it to the dump :laugh:

:sun:

I just broke out in a cold sweat looking at that white elephant dangle drive. :oh:
Heed spare's words.