No, Velvet Drive is a Brand name for a type of Borg Warner
Transmission. It is a "Straight Drive" - that is, the engine output
shaft faces aft and the propeller shaft comes straight out of the
transmission and out thru the hull.


On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:56:45 -0400, Nekto Poli
wrote:

Thanks, so are all Velvet Drive transmissions considered "V-Drives"?

NP

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:54:36 -0400, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


On a standard inboad the drive shaft connectes to directly to the
engine and points out toward the stern of the boat. A V-Drive is
when an inboard engine is mounted such that it's drive shaft is
pointing toward the bow of the boat. Then a "V" type gear box
"redirects" that shaft so that it points to the stern.

Picture an engine in the aft and the
"V" rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise.