I wish I had volvos!!!!

Don't do the switch!!

What everybody else just said... PLUS: The smoothest shifting I/O in the business. Your friend will be the new docking champion of the world.

Glad to here I'm not alone. Now what do we do for performance props?

Russ

I've had both, and currently have a Volvo. One more vote to keep the Volvo drive.

I bought my boat with a volvo and just repowered the motor and drive with a volvo....not the norm here on OSO but I have heard very good things about volvo.

uhhh . . . actually maybe you shoud change 'em. . . .tell ya what . .. i'll trade ya my alphas for your Volvos

Vipers are decent, Turbo, and if you get a Flo-torque II hub for your drive you can run all the Merc hi-perf props.

And boy do they shift smooth!!!

even the old 280's didn't earn the nick name" rockcrusher" for nothing.

No boat I have the Dual prop drive.

Ahhhh, yeah that's a different story. But in stock applications those props HOOK UP! Only problem is when you start modifying/changing the motor/hp/rpm.

What boat do you have?

I have a 25 Checkmate Convincer. Pictures are posted in the Checkmate section on this site. The experts say the drive with slow a boat down. I have a stock 502 (415hp) and so far saw 73.1 on gps only turning 4600 rpm. I need to turn more rpms. But dont know if I can get my props reworked or get new ones. If I get the RPMS right and maybe build some more HP to gain some more speed I have another problem. External streeing? Does and one make a set up for the Volvos?

Russ