Whats a good replacement for bravo1 that will hold 600hp??
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Whats a good replacement for bravo1 that will hold 600hp??
My bravo 1 shredded the upper bevel gear. While Im replacing the outdrive, what outdrive should I get in anticipation of external steering, and a 540cid w 600hp. Ive been looking at Bravo xr???
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I've got an XR that should hold up behing that motor......it was my spare.
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How much do you want to spend? A Konrad will take a transmission & new transom assembly. An XR would be the least expensive, however they break pretty often in applications over 550 hp.
For a "bolt on" drive the XR is going to br the least expensive route. IMCO has a new SCX drive that is really holding up to some big numbers & it doesn't take a transmission.
Their SC drive is what I run & I only have broke the same one 3 times in 3 seasons. The SC uses Mercruiser gears so you're not ganing an advantage there.
If I were in your position I would look for an IMCO SC drive, then a XR. The IMCO has an advantage over the XR because of the case reinforcing.
For a "bolt on" drive the XR is going to br the least expensive route. IMCO has a new SCX drive that is really holding up to some big numbers & it doesn't take a transmission.
Their SC drive is what I run & I only have broke the same one 3 times in 3 seasons. The SC uses Mercruiser gears so you're not ganing an advantage there.
If I were in your position I would look for an IMCO SC drive, then a XR. The IMCO has an advantage over the XR because of the case reinforcing.
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Never seen Konrad boat out here in LA or Havasu (Im sure there are I just havent seen them)
The imco SC and teague platinum are almost identical and a notch above the stock XR and can hold 600 beans pretty easy.
The Imco SCX is the beefy one. It uses non stock gears- just ordered one last week. Haven heard anything about noise and I know several that own them, I hear it costs power to run more so than a bravo but not objectionable below 900HP. X-dimension doesnt change.
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Having owned and abused and broken Bravos, XR's and even Black Hawks, I can truely say my SCX upper / SC lower combo is the smoothest, quietest drive I have ever had.
As for propping? What does the drive have to do with propping?
That makes no sense whatsoever.
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