460 Commanders to a Bravo drive?
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460 Commanders to a Bravo drive?
Anyone ever heard of Commander Marine Engines? I know of a pair of 460's for sale that I might buy for a project. The motors have Velvet drives on them as they came out of an inboard cruiser. What are the chances that I could remove the Velvet drives, add bellhousings and mate them to a Mercrusier bravo drive transom assembly?
Thoughts other than I'm crazy are appreciated.
Thoughts other than I'm crazy are appreciated.
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Yes Commander was installed in alot of inboard ski boats more so than cruiser apps thru out the 80's and very early 90's. What I remember the most was about the 5.8 having warped heads and exhaust manifolds flange area alot. But alot of that basically was from owners not keeping up with their cooling systems.
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The Ford to Bravo Bellhousing is going to be the tough part. I know a guy that redrills Chevy bellhousings for big block Mopars, but not Fords.
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Unless the 460's are free you will probably be ahead of the game if you just look for and buy a Chevy engine.. Don't buy the 460's to couple to a Bravo unless you are a glutton for punishment ...my opinion
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I don't know or care much about difference between bellhousings on big and small ford.But..I am pretty sure back when Merc did use fords (I think 76 or so was last year)the bellhousing to transom plate mounts had a different spacing than any of the newer stuff