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Are there any shorty lowers (-2) besides Imco for Bravo 1?

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Old 09-28-2014, 05:38 PM
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Default Are there any shorty lowers (-2) besides Imco for Bravo 1?

Just exploring some options.
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Mercury sportmaster lowers come in standard -1 and -2 also. Notably Longer skegs and slightly different shaped nose cones.
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So they wouldn't perform as well as the Imco's?
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That's not necessarily true, every boat is different. A lot of guys run the sport master lowers and a lot run the imco. Seems like a lot of the guys who race boats use the sportmaster lowers (not sure if that's just a coincidence)
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BMAX makes a shorty lower. Personally ran them and worked great
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Mell Riggs told me that sports master run better on cats and imco better on v hulls My 2cents
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are there some general guidelines to prop shaft height on a single i/o application in relation to speed?

i have 595 hp doing 75 mph at 6000 rpm on a less than desireable signature 4-blade prop with my prop shaft 6.25" below the hull when checked with a straight edge.

advice on my setup?
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