"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Adrian Smith wrote:

Why did you choose the Aquadrive over the cheaper PythonDrive?

Did you notice a big before/ after difference in both noise and
vibration?

Just noticed that you are probably in UK which may impact pricing.

Here in US, a complete AquaDrive package, including engine mounts and
adapters is probably less than $1,500 USD for most sail boat engines.

Lew


Don't suppose you can remember what model/size AquaDrive you have?

PythonDrive for my engine (2.25litre 48BHP@2800) is approx 600USD (converted
from GBP) Probably get one cheaper over there. For complete unit/ adapters
but not engine mounts.

From what I can see in the specs there is not much difference between an
AquaDrive and a PythonDrive.

Adrian Smith

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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Adrian Smith wrote:

Why did you choose the Aquadrive over the cheaper PythonDrive?

Did you notice a big before/ after difference in both noise and
vibration?

Just noticed that you are probably in UK which may impact pricing.

Here in US, a complete AquaDrive package, including engine mounts
and
adapters is probably less than $1,500 USD for most sail boat
engines.

Lew


Don't suppose you can remember what model/size AquaDrive you have?

PythonDrive for my engine (2.25litre 48BHP@2800) is approx 600USD
(converted
from GBP) Probably get one cheaper over there. For complete unit/
adapters
but not engine mounts.

From what I can see in the specs there is not much difference
between an
AquaDrive and a PythonDrive.

Adrian Smith

Adrian
Everybody has been giving their own personal recommendations before
you said what engine you have in your boat and what sort of boat it
is.
Also, do you really want to mount the engine on flexible mounts rather
than solid mountings?
From your latest post, am I correct in assuming that you have a 4 cyl
diesel? Japanese based unit or BMC etc?

Are you more concerned about alignment problems or
vibration/noise transmission?

Phil

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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Adrian Smith wrote:

Why did you choose the Aquadrive over the cheaper PythonDrive?

Did you notice a big before/ after difference in both noise and
vibration?

Just noticed that you are probably in UK which may impact pricing.

Here in US, a complete AquaDrive package, including engine mounts
and
adapters is probably less than $1,500 USD for most sail boat
engines.

Lew


Don't suppose you can remember what model/size AquaDrive you have?

PythonDrive for my engine (2.25litre 48BHP@2800) is approx 600USD
(converted
from GBP) Probably get one cheaper over there. For complete unit/
adapters
but not engine mounts.

From what I can see in the specs there is not much difference
between an
AquaDrive and a PythonDrive.

Adrian Smith

Adrian
Everybody has been giving their own personal recommendations before
you said what engine you have in your boat and what sort of boat it
is.
Also, do you really want to mount the engine on flexible mounts rather
than solid mountings?
From your latest post, am I correct in assuming that you have a 4 cyl
diesel? Japanese based unit or BMC etc?

Are you more concerned about alignment problems or
vibration/noise transmission?

Phil



The engine is an Izuzu marine engine. (4 cyl)

I want to reduce all noise and vibration to an absolute minimum and that is
not possible on solid mounts. Some guys have solid mounts but they generally
have older, heavier low reving engines.

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith wrote:


Don't suppose you can remember what model/size AquaDrive you have?

From memory, up to about 30HP, they only have one unit.

The mounts are selected based on weight of engine/tranny.

They are soft enough to go into resonance at a low enough frequency to
isolate the engine vibration which is exactly why the system works so
well.

Lew

Subject

Just for funzies, did a Google for "python drive".

Came up with several hits for web sites; however, many of them came up
empty.

I wonder why?

Lew

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Just for funzies, did a Google for "python drive".

Came up with several hits for web sites; however, many of them came up
empty.

I wonder why?

Lew

I have done the same and was surprised to only find one account of fitting a
PythonDrive. The author gave the thumbs up for the drive.

Adrian Smith