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    What kind of HP will a Velvet Drive take??

    Just wondering what kind of HP a Velvet drive with a crusader V drive 29% OD will handle. Looking at a boat with a 502 and a 3300 Whipple Super Charger on it.
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    Steve
    My Personal Boats

    1996 STV River Rocket with 260 Mariner SOLD

    1942 Century Sea Maid 17' Split Cockpit Barrel Stern 175 HP Flat Head 6 cyl.

    2004 Moomba Mobius LSV 23' V Drive 345 HP Wakeboard Boat






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    I put 2000 hours on a 400hp 454 chevy with a BW velvet drive
    In a barefoot nautique turning a 13x13 prop 1 to 1.
    I ran that boat HARD with zero tranny problems.
    Changed oil often and had a large sea strainer before the
    Tranny fluid cooler.

    Dago

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    There are a few things that can be done to the VD.Add clutches to the direct drum,use Kevlar plates,and shim the pressure regulator.You will have a hard time hurting one!

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