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2015 2400CD Fresh from Miami !!!

At $80k and 1100 lbs you'd have to be dense to hang a single 7 on the transom instead of a pair of 400R's.

With a pair of 400R's you get almost 180 more HP, similar weight, and save about $10-15k. Not to mention the advantage of having twins for reliability. I realize that most 7's are not sold as singles, mostly twin or triple configuration.

The 400R just made small block and big block stern drives obsolete (not including the Hi-perf models).
 
fox88gt said:
At $80k and 1100 lbs you'd have to be dense to hang a single 7 on the transom instead of a pair of 400R's.

With a pair of 400R's you get almost 180 more HP, similar weight, and save about $10-15k. Not to mention the advantage of having twins for reliability. I realize that most 7's are not sold as singles, mostly twin or triple configuration.

The 400R just made small block and big block stern drives obsolete (not including the Hi-perf models).
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The application range for OB power is much wider today, thats not to say sterndrives dont have a place. It just makes gofast more affordable with similar results. Lets take a 700sci package, motor, trans & drive is around $100k
In theory 2 - 400r's would be $62k + 100 hp at about the same weight with much less schedualed maint. costs that come with the blue motors.
The 4 stroke technology has allowed OB's the ability to carry larger hulls much more effectivly and as fast as their 2 stroke cousins due to the wider torque range and the ability to spin much larger diameter wheels that enhance ride and handling to levels of sterndrive performance.
In my case I can spend around $13k about the cost for a sick set of stainless headers and maybe full hyd steering for my drive and have a possibly mid 80's
setup with the 400.
 
corey331 said:
They need to build an I/O version of that boat. And I'm gonna say it.... Use an LS platform motor in it!! That would be one sick ride!!!
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I've said it a million times, that slick 2400 hull deserves an I/O version!! No offense to the O/B guys, but the lines of that hull would look killer and cleaner with a Bravo and a pair of exhaust tips poking thru the transom!!!
 
CheckmateFever said:
I've said it a million times, that slick 2400 hull deserves an I/O version!! No offense to the O/B guys, but the lines of that hull would look killer and cleaner with a Bravo and a pair of exhaust tips poking thru the transom!!!
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I've never liked a big knob sticking up on the back of a boat. O/B power is great for ease of use and power to weight ratio, but not looks.

I'm with ezstriper on the graphics on this boat, looks too much like a candy cane in the pictures. I like the other Hustler graphics package better.
 
Love the boat, love the flake, but those graphics wouldn't be on a boat that I'd order.
 
jjg said:
And overall cost of ownership is why you will never see this model as a sterndrive. However, dreams are free and fantasies are fun!
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Yeah unfortunately i know, again i mean no disrespect to the O/B fans but it's just sad to me that the sterndrive market in this size range is becoming non-existent. I will never ever be able to afford to buy one new, that's for sure, but the 2400 as an I/O would be exactly the boat i'd be looking for on the used market in the future when i finally decide to move up (it will happen eventually). I just can't go for the outboards, i'm a car motor V8 rumble kinda guy all the way!
 
CheckmateFever said:
Yeah unfortunately i know, again i mean no disrespect to the O/B fans but it's just sad to me that the sterndrive market in this size range is becoming non-existent. I will never ever be able to afford to buy one new, that's for sure, but the 2400 as an I/O would be exactly the boat i'd be looking for on the used market in the future when i finally decide to move up (it will happen eventually). I just can't go for the outboards, i'm a car motor V8 rumble kinda guy all the way!
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No disrespect taken, to each their own. The ZT244 would have similar pricing, next would be the 26 convincor. Either way its a lot of scratch but no one said this hobby was cheap.
 
Even though I'm mostly an outboard fan, I also miss the old school low profile V-bottom small block I/O boats and would like to see this 2400 with a car motor. Even the 21' for that matter.

Dreaming: how about a marinized Ford 2.7 liter Eco-boost twin turbo V6 putting out a reliable 350 horse in a small light weight package with a bravo II? Hmmm...

From Wiki:

2.7 L EcoBoost V-6
The 2015 Ford F-150 has the option of a 2.7 liter Ecoboost engine. It is supposed to deliver 325 hp (242 kW) and 375 lb·ft (508 N·m).[34] The engine is built at the Lima Ford Engine Plant.[35] Ford has invested half a billion dollars in the Lima plant for the new engine. Ford also states that the new engine will bring 300 jobs to Allen County,[36] however transfers from other plants make the actual number hard to pin down.

Applications
325 hp (242 kW) @ 5750 rpm, 375 lb·ft (508 N·m) @ 3000 rpm
2015- Ford F-150
Estimated over 330 hp (246 kW), 370 lb·ft (502 N·m)[37]
2015- Ford Edge Sport
2016- Lincoln MKX
 
JW said:
Even though I'm mostly an outboard fan, I also miss the old school low profile V-bottom small block I/O boats and would like to see this 2400 with a car motor. Even the 21' for that matter.

Dreaming: how about a marinized Ford 2.7 liter Eco-boost twin turbo V6 putting out a reliable 350 horse in a small light weight package with a bravo II? Hmmm...

From Wiki:

2.7 L EcoBoost V-6
The 2015 Ford F-150 has the option of a 2.7 liter Ecoboost engine. It is supposed to deliver 325 hp (242 kW) and 375 lb·ft (508 N·m).[34] The engine is built at the Lima Ford Engine Plant.[35] Ford has invested half a billion dollars in the Lima plant for the new engine. Ford also states that the new engine will bring 300 jobs to Allen County,[36] however transfers from other plants make the actual number hard to pin down.

Applications
325 hp (242 kW) @ 5750 rpm, 375 lb·ft (508 N·m) @ 3000 rpm
2015- Ford F-150
Estimated over 330 hp (246 kW), 370 lb·ft (502 N·m)[37]
2015- Ford Edge Sport
2016- Lincoln MKX
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I totally agree, this is why GM engineers were laughing at the sterndrive offering from merc and the lack of technology, old lumbering heavy pushrod platforms. Merc certainly has not kept up with the rest of the industrys inboard or outboard offerings or even taken any ques from the automotive industry. Its not like the technology isnt out there just look at the merc 1550 but you have to spend over $200k to get it . The article below is a pretty interesting read.

http://www.powerboatnation.com/cont...idly-snickers-mercruiser-power-offerings.html
 
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