for what it is worth... the only picture I have from a project 357 I had with the gen mounted right in front of both engines... I would say you have roughly 2 feet wide in front of engines up to the back seat. I remember I could lay back just like in my bed, in front of the engines... one of the best boat to work in engine compartment!!!

Very true.."

I can lay down on the back side of the tank in front of the motors before the seat back and roll around. Plenty of room for Jenny.

6' and 225 and the only thing that I have to do is turn my head to the side below.

My bad...it's offshore performance specialties.....and again....they rock.

That pic looks like the gen does not stick through the back of the seat. On the 382 and 353 the gen is through the back and partly under the seat. Was this a factory install?

The sunpad/engine cover must be kind of long too. Kind of like a triple engine cover. :lolhit:

Thanks for all the info guys. This is very helpful. Looks like a 357 is a good candidate for me too.

the one big NLA part is the lower case, as catalyst said. used ones are getting cheaper as need for thrm is falling off. they are tough. last a long time. the bravo is NOT an improvement in strength, it is an improvement in cockpit room cuz you don't have 14 inches of trans behind the motor pushing it into the back seat...

I think to pick up some spares and have them for back-ups. I agree the TRS is more resilient than a bravo from what I read and I would feel fine running them as long as I know I always can. I noticed the list of NLA parts so that tells me what to get.

Does anyone make a drive shower for TRS?

I'm sure I can custom make some if I have to.

You don't need one. A TRS has somewhat of a pump which keeps the lube circulating from top to bottom when ever it's in gear.

My Mistress has even more room, it's insane I have over 3 ft from front of engines to the back seat bulkhead... I never saw so much room, makes life real good for wrenchin..!!

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iv rebuilt plenty of trs drives for customers including my own 4 drives,they dont like blower motors much over 700 hp..what we have found is that the newer forward and pinion gears appear to be much weaker in strenght and break more often.if you can find some much older gears you will be better off..i switched to the bullet proof konrads,uped the hp and havent had a single problem..so there are options for you out there..

WOW, an oil circulation pump!!!!!! Seriously? Like a VOLVO drive? That is way too cool. I didn't know the TRS had that feature but I really like that.

So why has Merc cheated everyone of this same ability in the Bravo series? That seems so short sided as far as a "quality" product. If Merc did it for the TRS then there was no excuse, that I can think of, to leave it off their other drives. Must have been one of those "over engineered" things that "we are loosing money on" according to the analyst dept so Brunswick corp can make the big $$$$$$ and the customer has to cool the drive on their own nickel. :eekdrop: :angry-smiley-038: :daz:

Is the Konrad swap a plug and play thing or does that require the transom assembly to change too?

The engines in the boat in question are stroked but it is not really tough. They put tappet cams in with a fairly mild profile so they are only up to 500HP. If I did something to it I would run all roller valve train with more cam and fuel inject these things for better power. I would not run over 600HP so the TRS should be fine by what you have observed.