drive height
 

hi i just bought a 1994 topgun with bravos and 800hp sc and it has a notch hull. Am looking to see if changing the drive height will help. The drives are 5 1/2 lower then the back of the hull now. any help would be great thanks

we are raising the x and adding boxes on my 92 gun. should raise the drive a bunch by the time I'm done. but its a TRS boat and raising the x on a trs boat can yield large gains. i know carter38 raised the x on his bravo cafe, not sure the gains.

I would think about changing the drives instead of the height, 800 hp in front of bravos on a gun wont live long.

what he said ^^^^ but if you want to keep the B-1, you might try some speed master or Imco shorties lowers

I not changing the x height. Am thinking imco or sportmasters lowers. just don't know it 2 or 3 shortie would work.

I not changing the x height. Am thinking imco or sportmasters lowers. just don't know it 2" or 3" shortie would work best.

I don't have any real world numbers for ya, I sold my bravo TG before I started messing with that, you can start at -2 -3 and always shim down, but like said before if your gonna run it hard those B-1's wont last behind 800 SC's

while on the topic... many are nay sayers on bravo style behind bigger go fasts... but if they are so bad, why are so many new boats, having XR's ? i found a set of XR and was going to convert mine for a bravo and everyone was against it... but if they are so bad, how come so many new guns, with 525 efi, or merc 700's and the like have bravos? 388 hustlers etc... never really understood it. if they are so bad why are the manufactures doing it?

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Merc doesn't offer XR's with 700's.....they have a hard enough time surviving behind 525's

Because manufacturers like to sell boats (bravos are cheap) and mercury likes to sell parts.I bet theres some real sweet mark up on a $1600 upper gear set.