Whats a good replacement for bravo1 that will hold 600hp??
 

My bravo 1 shredded the upper bevel gear. While Im replacing the outdrive, what outdrive should I get in anticipation of external steering, and a 540cid w 600hp. Ive been looking at Bravo xr???

Konrad and be done with it.

I've got an XR that should hold up behing that motor......it was my spare.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...-parts-5k.html

How much do you want to spend? A Konrad will take a transmission & new transom assembly. An XR would be the least expensive, however they break pretty often in applications over 550 hp.
For a "bolt on" drive the XR is going to br the least expensive route. IMCO has a new SCX drive that is really holding up to some big numbers & it doesn't take a transmission.
Their SC drive is what I run & I only have broke the same one 3 times in 3 seasons. The SC uses Mercruiser gears so you're not ganing an advantage there.
If I were in your position I would look for an IMCO SC drive, then a XR. The IMCO has an advantage over the XR because of the case reinforcing.

I heard that the SCX drive is very noisey and getting it proped correct is not easy.

I still like the BMAX.

Bmax is out bus or close and up fro sale from what I hear.

Never seen Konrad boat out here in LA or Havasu (Im sure there are I just havent seen them)

The imco SC and teague platinum are almost identical and a notch above the stock XR and can hold 600 beans pretty easy.

The Imco SCX is the beefy one. It uses non stock gears- just ordered one last week. Haven heard anything about noise and I know several that own them, I hear it costs power to run more so than a bravo but not objectionable below 900HP. X-dimension doesnt change.

Uncle Dave

why did it break in the first place? Too hard out of the hole? throttling in rough water? they don't just "break" most of the time

Have you considered an arneson?

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Having owned and abused and broken Bravos, XR's and even Black Hawks, I can truely say my SCX upper / SC lower combo is the smoothest, quietest drive I have ever had.

As for propping? What does the drive have to do with propping?

That makes no sense whatsoever.

Bill, are you drunk?

Bravos break just for chits and giggles.

Gear teeth spit off, towers break, caps crack, and on and on.

What kind of power are you running?

The SCX bullet on the lower is bigger than the hub on the prop, so this creates a cavitating problem. Why do you think all the people that buy one have issues with getting the correct prop?

Yes BMax is being bought out and there should be an announcement coming out soon.

The hot setup is to use the SCX upper with the SC lower.
- not the SCX lower-
prop problem solved.

Which guys?
Can you post some links so I can see what they are doing?

Uncle dave

I was running 575hp then. Switched to the SCX upper / SC combo now due to 900hp upgrade.

how much is the scx/sc combo? Is is a direct bolt on for the xr? thanks.

I'm running a teague platinum xr with 600 hp

The SCX upper with SC lower can be had for about $13K but you will need to replace the helmet on your transom assembly to mate the SCX to your boat.

http://www.arneson-industries.com/

asd-7's

How much would the Arneson set me back?

What I've seen for twins is about $40k. Transmissions, boxes, drives, hydraulics & propellers.

I have a set of 1720's thrust tubes.. on ebay, 2200,, parts to finish around 1500 to $2000 each drive, trannys velvet or zf's can range from 200 used to I think the bam is like 1400.....

if you have engine room you can run this set up for $35000 less then the asd6...

take a look
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...eson-asd6.html

I can also give you the email of 3 guys with asd 6's from 9k each to 5k for a set of ccw 1721 drop boxes...

btw
in line drives can take more power,, there are no gears, no chains just a shaft and ujoint. that is why they sell a hi power gear set at arneson... that being seed most mono hull gas out drive boats are not a good fit for in line arnesons.. scarabs being one make.

Bmax uppers with cyro geared SC lowers.