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Not sure what u have for tailpipes now, so can't say. If you we're going with iv's or v's, you could have prob left your engine heights exactly where they are. You still can, but you'll still be kinda deep. A Ssm iii is about a inch shorter than a Trs I wanna say.
It's really not that much of a nightmare. If you have rear plate style mounts now, your good there, if not, I have the mounting ears that bolt to the tranny and then to the inner transom plate of the Ssm should you need them |
24.311 shaft to shaft on a 3 not positive on trs but I think it's something like 22 7/8?
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
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There was a guy on here with a 10 meter with iii's and very high x . No boxes. I wanna say with about 425-450hp he ran mid 70's.
Lil red you may not be able to go that high on your boat, being 40ft and heavy, deeper drives may help carry the bow better and net more speed. No cavitation plate on the iv's. I think your boat would do well about 3" below the bottom. But that's just my thought , and I am by no means a rigger ! |
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Here are a few before and afters..I know some guy's like the 3's but you can still get decent money for them and if you have to do all that work bravo's are the way to go. Just my opinion
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Originally Posted by MER Performance
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The Konrad, replacement for the TRS would be your best way to go. Parts for the #4&5 are becoming harder to locate, I would imagine #3 are not far behind.
My Understanding is Gary Kollofski / board name ( RMPRam ) bought all the rights from Mercury to produce these parts. He has the prints and they are being built by the same companies Mercury used. Gary Kollofski [email protected]612-247-7081 Great guy Good Luck Jon |
Did you ever price a set out :eekdrop: But they are available..
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Bravos are the way to go if you never plan on going over 450 hp, I had close to 600 and am shooting for 700 now so I had to go the other way or plan on limping home.
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Originally Posted by excalibur82
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Did you ever price a set out :eekdrop: But they are available..
I've seen more than my share of broken gear sets, snapped vertical shafts, busted cone clutches, and top caps on fellow boating buds boats. Lake Michigan eats bravos . I remember my buddy BZ who has a 05 42 fountain with 525 Mercs and xr's, poking fun and told me " dude, when did they stop making those #4 drives 1985? " my response was "something like that. Btw, how are those modern drives workin out for ya ?" Considering he went thru pretty much 1 drive a summer since 2007. My iv's been on since 1996 with blower motors twisting them. You know those cool old vintage mid 80's offshore videos of cigs, scarabs, apaches, running offshore with some nasty 7000rpm eickert motors running 90+ in 5-7ft seas?? Guess what, they had #3 drives . Try that with a bravo . :) |
Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
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They aren't cheap, however, too be honest a XR gearset isn't exactly either. And if you run some respectable power, you'll burn thru 3 of those XR gear sets while that Ssm gear set will still look new.
I remember my buddy BZ who has a 05 42 fountain with 525 Mercs and xr's, poking fun and told me " dude, when did they stop making those #4 drives 1985? " my response was "something like that. Btw, how are those modern drives workin out for ya ?" Considering he went thru pretty much 1 drive a summer since 2007. My iv's been on since 1996 with blower motors twisting them. You know those cool old vintage mid 80's offshore videos of cigs, scarabs, apaches, running offshore with some nasty 7000rpm eickert motors running 90+ in 5-7ft seas?? Guess what, they had #3 drives . Try that with a bravo . :) |
have everything you need to convert minus drive, even have two sets of stelling headers for that set up
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