thisistank

I've never owned a set. I hear two different things about them:

1) They were/are wonderful and could handle pretty big power. Better than bravos. The whole consperacy theory that merc stopped making them because they were too strong

or

2) They sucked/suck can't get parts for them and they brake alot.

So which one is it?? Are they decent drives, really good drives, or do they suck??

Tank

BODYSHOT1

I've heard mostly #1...

28SS

They Rock! # 1 theory

Katdrvr

#1 and with the BW tranny they shift a hell of a lot better than a Bravo ever will.

mike

formula31

#! but I believe the same boat with Bravos is faster if they stay together.

Payton

#1 as long as it has the BW or aftermarket improved trans. The Merc trans is the weak link. The way to tell the diffrence is that the Borg-Warner trans bolts to the bellhousing, the Merc trans and bellhousing are cast as one peice.

Shane

#1 with Borg Warner Tranny. It is basically the point between a Bravo and an SSM. Bring back the TRS merc!

MrCIG

iTrader: (1)

My boat has TRS and they were 15 years old before i blew one.
That was with 500+ H.P. for all those. In a heavy 38 foot boat.
It's all in how you drive it.

Luvoffshore

This is a good question and I am wondering, you see all sorts of boats for sale and quite a few have the TRS drives. Not saying this is the reason they are selling them, it's just that's what was on it that year. It's good to see this is a great product but what is the availability of parts for these drives. I often see on this site people trying to get parts or trying to convert to Bravo's. Are there aftermaket places to get these parts?

Madcow

strong, but slow.