Bravo 1 weak link
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A loose nut literally took out my second Bravo XR upper. On the non swept back uppers the input shaft gear nut backs off unless it has been loc-tited and peened in place! Mine did not have that update done. The nut back off, the gears broke and the case broke in half.
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A loose nut literally took out my second Bravo XR upper. On the non swept back uppers the input shaft gear nut backs off unless it has been loc-tited and peened in place! Mine did not have that update done. The nut back off, the gears broke and the case broke in half.
Moral: If it's not a loose nut, you will still get screwed anyhow.
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Its just a rolling chitshow that is really only truly reliable up to 500 HP. All American Drive, Bravo Shop and several other tweaked and stiffened everything but you are still putting lipstick on a pig. If its not the gears then (in no particular order) the shafts, then clutches, then tower, then bearings, then once you think you got the upper fairly rigid the lower gears go. "Artic" had 900 HP or something behind a Baja and had everything good in the upper then he started blowing out lower gears, which to me was completely insane because Ive completely lost about every component in the upper at one time or another.
And yes, before someone says I routinely run 800 HP thru mine, yeah but at what cost? We could all have bought 2 or 3 IMCO SCX's by now.
Fun times....
And yes, before someone says I routinely run 800 HP thru mine, yeah but at what cost? We could all have bought 2 or 3 IMCO SCX's by now.
Fun times....
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Its just a rolling chitshow that is really only truly reliable up to 500 HP. All American Drive, Bravo Shop and several other tweaked and stiffened everything but you are still putting lipstick on a pig. If its not the gears then (in no particular order) the shafts, then clutches, then tower, then bearings, then once you think you got the upper fairly rigid the lower gears go. "Artic" had 900 HP or something behind a Baja and had everything good in the upper then he started blowing out lower gears, which to me was completely insane because Ive completely lost about every component in the upper at one time or another.
And yes, before someone says I routinely run 800 HP thru mine, yeah but at what cost? We could all have bought 2 or 3 IMCO SCX's by now.
Fun times....
And yes, before someone says I routinely run 800 HP thru mine, yeah but at what cost? We could all have bought 2 or 3 IMCO SCX's by now.
Fun times....
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So what's the difference between a B1 & BXR ? ...when you see them rigged to a 650 hp. or more Cigarette's or comparable HI Perf. boats ......high 6 figure boats with Brvo drives...why??