How to tell the diffrence between a bravo 1 and 2
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How to tell the diffrence between a bravo 1 and 2
I thought I have a brao 1 but a fellow boater told me yesterday he thought it was a bravo 2. How can I tell the diffrence? I need to replace it and want to shop for the correct one
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the upper is basically the same but the lower is a lot bigger (footprint / diameter) also the props for a bravo II use a bigger diameter for cruiser type boats so sometimes prop diameter will be larger on the Bravo II. Also if the outdrive has a readable serial # you can call merc with it and they can tell you what it is but who knows what has been switched out on the app. Also you can ask a Merc dealer with that outdrive serial # as they can look it up on Mercnet.
Back in the 90's wellcaft excall 26 ft cabin boats used the Bravo II along with a lot of houseboats and crusiers. They still do today.
Back in the 90's wellcaft excall 26 ft cabin boats used the Bravo II along with a lot of houseboats and crusiers. They still do today.
Last edited by BUP; 08-03-2014 at 09:49 AM.
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I had a 96 wellcraft excel with a 454 bravo 2 setup. No complaints about the setup. From what I understand the Bravo 1 and 2 share the same upper and the difference as already mentioned is the taller lower unit and larger propshaft. Also the taller lower unit is less than ideal for a performance application. If speed is a concern the Bravo 1 is a better choice.
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I had a 96 wellcraft excel with a 454 bravo 2 setup. No complaints about the setup. From what I understand the Bravo 1 and 2 share the same upper and the difference as already mentioned is the taller lower unit and larger propshaft. Also the taller lower unit is less than ideal for a performance application. If speed is a concern the Bravo 1 is a better choice.
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The uppers are interchangeable ,but 1's ,2's and 3's use different ratios in the uppers to achieve the same overall final ratio. For example, a B2 w/1.5ratio uses different ratio in the upper and lower than a B1. Dont ask me why they did it this way but they did!