Imco Lower
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Imco Lower
Can I purchase a stock length empty Imco SC lower and put in stock Bravo internals instead of an XR?
I know a lot of people on her are going to tell me it's a bad idea but I've had over 15 years of running including 10 poker runs using the Bravo's from 92 with out breaking gears/shafts. This is with 500 hp and ft/lbs of torque through the drive. I've had the drives once to be gone through and all they required was a seal kit, this was last winter.
I've witnessed and heard horror stories from people with new XR drives and I'd rather like to avoid it as I suspect Mercury is using lower grades of material in the gears now.
I also have 5 Bravo's complete sitting that I can use for parts if anyone of mine fail, so I'd really like to stick to the stock parts if that is at all possible.
Anyone done this yet? I know with some modifications you can mount a sportmaster to a regular bravo top half, and our local performance shop (not a small time shop but to stay anonymous myself I won't mention them at this point in time) has told me to avoid the XR and just use my spare uppers if I blow one anyways.
I know a lot of people on her are going to tell me it's a bad idea but I've had over 15 years of running including 10 poker runs using the Bravo's from 92 with out breaking gears/shafts. This is with 500 hp and ft/lbs of torque through the drive. I've had the drives once to be gone through and all they required was a seal kit, this was last winter.
I've witnessed and heard horror stories from people with new XR drives and I'd rather like to avoid it as I suspect Mercury is using lower grades of material in the gears now.
I also have 5 Bravo's complete sitting that I can use for parts if anyone of mine fail, so I'd really like to stick to the stock parts if that is at all possible.
Anyone done this yet? I know with some modifications you can mount a sportmaster to a regular bravo top half, and our local performance shop (not a small time shop but to stay anonymous myself I won't mention them at this point in time) has told me to avoid the XR and just use my spare uppers if I blow one anyways.
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It's a 30' Regal Velocity, I'm going to put my standard Bravo's on it to start, how ever if I encounter blow out as is expected from the previous owner, I will be doing this swap over the winter if it's do able.
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New boat, it had nose cones previously for 500HP as it had blow out issues.
It's a 30' Regal Velocity, I'm going to put my standard Bravo's on it to start, how ever if I encounter blow out as is expected from the previous owner, I will be doing this swap over the winter if it's do able.
It's a 30' Regal Velocity, I'm going to put my standard Bravo's on it to start, how ever if I encounter blow out as is expected from the previous owner, I will be doing this swap over the winter if it's do able.
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I am putting in my 427ci small blocks making 510 HP as a start piece so I can have the boat at a poker run in the next week.
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I'm hoping my tach adapters show up today as they were stuck in Canadian customs, that will make this a lot easier.
What I did get though was 4600 rpm if I believe my tool. I'm going to try again with the tach adapters (I want to run 5500 for these motors), and 80 mph on gps.