damn, mine wasnt that bad, just the usual deep pitting on the drive gear. I dont want to get to the point of spitting teeth off and destroying everything inside. Replacing one drive gear and the pinion gear is enough for me.

I woudl love to bolt on an SCX and be done with it, but dont have $10k to throw around right now.

Bummer!

I was pretty sure it grenaded, but didn't want to be the bearer of such sucky news.

Chris

I agree with this statement. We all know that Imco uses standard XR gears in their SC drives. In my opinion there are 2 main issues with SC and XR uppers. #1 First and and foremost, Mercury has been making some real bad gears. The older gear sets used to get some decent life expectancy. These new gears, you will be lucky if they hold together at all. The lowers, dont seem to be a huge problem. They seem to hold up well. #2.. Most of us, myself included, are overstepping the design of these gears. Mercury never intended for them to be behind 700, 800 ++ horspeower.
Myself, I got tired of eating uppers, so I switched to an SCX upper, SC lower. So far, no issues.

Well the SCX's are the plan but not in the near future. Just have to keep my fist from hammering on the throttles for awhile. Maybe end of next season for the SCX's. I need to regear the lowers to 1:36's this winter so they'll be fresh.

I would love to go with an SCX upper, but just cant throw that kind of money around after this year. Engine rebuild, drive rebuild, work issues, you name it.

Maybe i will budget it in for next year.