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Planning to check into that. I did look into the performance curves of the current and prior engines, and if the drives were sized for the rating of the prior engines, I shouldn’t be putting more strain on the drives until I pass 2200 RPM, which is faster than I intend to operate.

I tried to give a call today, but awfully close to closing time. I’ll try again tomorrow. Everything I’ve found is similar to what you’ve said, so I’m optimistic what I’m hearing from this one guy is either a miscommunication or another anecdote that doesn’t stand up across the board.

Thanks, I had heard about that as a potential issue, and that is fortunately not a concern in this case.

I am considering purchasing a boat with Walter v-drives. This is a 55’ trawler built in the early 60’s. They are remote drives, and the engines were upgraded from 140 HP to 210 HP, though I would not intend to use all of that. The new engines achieve 8kts at around 1400 RPM. I haven’t found much...