I Need Reverse!!!

[sotally-tober]

I Bought A V Drive Last Year And I Love It! It Needs A Paint Job, But Runs Great. I Wish That It Had Reverse. I Dont Know If It Is Possible. I Am New To V Drives (shocker, Huh). But Is There Any Way Of Putting Reverse On It And Making It So I Dont Have To Turn The Motor Off To Put It Into Gear?

[dmontzsta]

Is it a flatbottom or a cruiser?

[sotally-tober]

Its A Flatbottom

[racincraft440]

My flatbottom has a velvet-drive (forward, neutral, reverse).

[coolchange]

mine has a powerglide. oh here we go again...

[sotally-tober]

Do Either One Of Those Go Into Gear Without Turning Off The Motor? About How Much $$ And How Easy To Install?

[Warlockjer]

I've got a 3 foot paddle. Works pretty good. Hasn't failed me yet :) :)

[sotally-tober]

haha!

[Unchained]

I just got a Daytona V drive and it has a 460 ford motor w/C6 auto trans.
It has reverse but theres no steering in reverse.
Starting out in 2nd and shifting to 3rd seems pretty cool for a boat.
Once I get a 1000+hp motor in here I can see where the shift from 2 to 3 could be quite a rush.

[Dkahnjob]

I have a 17' Barron Sprint with a Turbo 400 trans, it works great, easy to shift, you don't have to turn the engine off, makes docking a breeze. Use
1st gear in the harbor, go slow and doesn't load up the engine, pull out in second and shift high. You can buy or have a stock trans rebuilt to marine specs by A-1 Racing Transmissions in Canoga Park, Ca 818-884-6222. Also Art Carr Transmissions. Get a manual valve body, reverse shift pattern, no torque converter you use a marine coupler that is +3/8" for your motor plate and get long dowl pins for the bell housing, also the short tail shaft is helpful to get it to fit into a flattie. I like the Winters shifter too. You also need an oil coller that can be bought from Rex Marine, run the engine water through it. You will spend about $1,500-2,000 if you do the work yourself, but you will love the results.
I have run this combination in many boats over the years. When in reverse all inboards go on kind of a 45 degree angle toward the right rear, but you learn how to deal with that.
Good Luck,
David Kahn
West Hills, CA
76 Barron Sprint

[ClineWaterCraft]

they both work well, the glide is great for slooow zones.. im sure either way its about the same money. The glides main advantage is a low gear when needed. Short shift her and hold on... use a TCI sprint car coupler its lighter then the marine version.... Jegs has them in stock...
Mike :crossx: