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I'm thinking of buying a 311 that's in pretty good shape overall but the 420s are tired. Rather than rebuild I'd like to replace with MPIs. My question is this; what are the challenges and consequences of removing the old 420s with TRSs and replacing with Mag MPIs and Bravos?

Is the TRS to Bravo exchange even worth considering?

Would there be fiberglass work in fitting Bravos to the TRS holes?

Motor mounts moveable?

I'm probably in way over my head, but I want those classic lines. Any insight will be highly appreciated.

GRIZ

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Well if you went with new engines and drives I think there would be damage to your wallet. :)

Not sure about the drives...but this company makes a replacement for TRS drives
http://www.konradmarine.com/news3.html

Have you seen this 311 with 420s?
http://www.speedwake.com/classifieds....php?a=2&b=874

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How do ya'll find all these classifieds? That is a nice boat! How come you haven't bought it yet Chuck? :p Did your deal go ok?

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It is a nice boat, 400hrs on 420s. Very pretty 420s at that. He said he sold it Sunday. Even came off his price a bit. God hates me! :p



GRIZ

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Dammnnnnn...........That seemed to be a steal. :drool: Seems like there have been quite a few really good deals lately. Guess you gotta be in the right place at the right time. :rolleyes:

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Well I'm on a mission so I am searching all over the place.
My buyer should be sending the money today...so I think the deal will go through. Next step is delivery. Buying/selling boats is a lot of work. I think I'll also need to buy a truck to put the boat in and out of the water. Thinking about ditching the wifes useless Land Rover in favor of a 2500 Avalanche.

Are you going to pull the trigger on the 382 and part with the 292?

One problem I have is if a boat is in Florida or Michigan or New York...I'm looking at $2/mile for delivery.

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That was a great deal....although this one is gone...it shows you that these deals are out there.

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I have a guy that seems to really interested. I sea trialed it for him and everything. Now, I want some $$ for a deposit and an offer or I'm gonna forget about selling it for now. I have some things I want to have done to it and I don't want to mess around too much longer. It seems that the selling season for most of the USA is done. Serious buyers have already purchased and are boating by now. At least, that is what I think. There is always next year! :p

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Well, if you want to buy my boat, I'm headed to Richmond, Va in July for a reunion! I could bring it up, too! :cool: :p

That 2500 Avalanche is nice. If you get the big block, it can be a little thirsty. I didn't notice much difference in fuel economy between the 4.10 geared trucks and the 3.73 ones.

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...Apologies to Griz for highjacking this thread...

Griz, welcome aboard...where are you located?

Oh really. I'll drop you a note offline.

Couldn't be much worse than the %^@$%%$ Land Rover. It gets like 14mpg. If I bought a tow rig it wouldn't be going far. The wife does not want a pickup truck if the Land Rover goes. So one option is the Avalanche...or I could get something inexpensive strickly to two the boat...perhaps an older F250 or 2500 Chevy. My buddy has a newer F250 with a V-10 I can use on a short term basis...

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Thanks Chuck. St. Louis area. Boat at Lake of the Ozarks. I want a T-Bird!

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Griz, a few thoughts. It is way too much work to switch to Bravos and the boat is not worth all the money to do that. If you went with 502 MPIs or even HP 500 EFI engines you could use the TRS's and they will live-but a little slower than the Bravo. And to be honest, the shifting with transmissions is nicer than Bravos. Also the later 311's had Bravos from the factory. My 89 has them and the engines are updated to 502 MPIs and it is a great boat. As an added bonus there is more room in the engine compartment since there are no transmissions. Mine runs 72 with stock engines and frankly, I'm not sure I want to go much faster in that hull, you have to get it pretty loose to run like that and it was not designed to run that way. In fact they run best when pretty flat, punching the waves. There are some good deals to be had, just keep looking.

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Thanks for the advice insptech. That makes sense. Your setup looks great! I guess the right boat will come along.


GRIZ

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This 292 in Lake Ozark looks nice...but not much detail in the advertisement.

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/7/0/83058470.htm

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It's not a bad boat. I made an offer on it yesterday in fact. But the guy won't come off his price, with lots of scratches, grunjy drives and 660 hours it's just not worth what he needs out of it. The brokerage's commission is probably his real problem.


GRIZ

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I would agree with Ted, at 72 the boat was real loose but fun, its nice to run a solid 60 and pound through it.. The hull handles it well. As he said I just dont think the boat was designed to go too fast.