Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

Anyone have any knowledge of Merc's new drive that is suppose to bridge the gap between Bravo's and #6's.

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No need to wait for Mercury...

The drive that bridges the gap between the Bravo and the SSM VI is already on the market... :D

The Mighty Konrad 540 :D :D :D

www.konradmarine.com :evilb: :D :evilb:

Re: Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

It is supposed to be announced at the Miami show in Jan.

Code name - mini six.

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Cool beans.. So by the time the Miami show in February rolls around the upgrades will be out?? :D :D :drink:

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I spoke to Fred at Konrad, their 540 seems to meet the void that the market has today, I would like to compare everything on the market before I make a decision on which drive to use.

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Tommy on line----pretty kool

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I would be calling Biggus for some Konrads if I was looking to replace drives......forget about Merc :D

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wait till there Bravo replacement comes out

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Now we just need Joe to go Gold status here! We'll take baby steps. :drink: (Sorry Joe, I coundn't resist.)

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I cant afford gold status I own an outerlimits.

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:rolleyes: We'll take up a collection and get it for you for xmas! I may be able to swing you the Platinum (Approximately 130 days til xmas, $49.95 for the membership, should break down to $.35 a day.) I should be able to swing it! :evilb: I'll talk to ya later 2nite.

Re: Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

The Konrad is the deal, rock solid drive, don't hold your breath on a new Merc drive, not in the works. Call Fred and order the high performance konrad

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Doesn't the Konrad need a transmision in front of it?

If so, not a fair compare to a bravo.

I hope this "mini six" is shiftable. other wize it better be priced acordingly. My opinion.

Re: Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

good point - now if Conrad came out with a shiftable replacement to a Bravo One just think of the market between 500-800hp

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If Mercury has a new "mini-six" drive coming out that would be great, but remember #6's use trannys too. I also bet the cost won't be "MINI"! The real problem with drives is not really the drives, its the design needed for an internally shifted drive, and they are not now capable of taking more than about 600HP and therefore the Konrad with an internal or external tranny is one of the best drives for the dollar for over 600-800HP drive range. Imco's 4x4 drive with tranny is a choice and Max Machine Works reworked units do a pretty awesome job in that range too! As for 800HP plus it seems like #6's with trannys, Weismans or Arnesons are about the only real reliable options. Pack the wallet, you'll need it for these babies!

Ray @ Raylar

Re: Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

I spoke to Mercruiser yesterday, no information was released on the new drive. I have heard that the new unit has been under development for sometime and was supposed to have been released already. Fellow OSS racers have told me not to make any decisions until the new unit becomes available so that I could compare apples to apples. Looks like we'll have to wait for the Miami Boat Show to see what comes out.

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When I spoke with Konrad last winter their shiftable drive was ready and they had hoped to debut it at the Miami show - but then "YOU KNOW WHO" took legal action against Konrad to keep it off the market.

I guess it's still tied up in a legal dispute or Konrad will be selling it by now.

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Sounds like Microsoft, gee did M_____ invent the shiftable drive?? :mad:

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That's funny, given the Bravo was pretty much a rip off of the old 280 Volvo's :drink: :eek: :drink: .

Not sure why more people don't use Volvo out drives......anyone ever see one break?

Talk to glassdave about the Volvo's on the back of the batboat's. None dead so far after 2 years of racing.

Just ramblings from your Uncle Ernie

Re: Any In-sight on Mercruiser's New Drive?
 

I hear that Mercury uses "metric pricing" - whatever the price would be in good old American dollars, you double it then add 30, just like going from Celcius to Fahrenheit.

You're a canuck, you ought to be used to that sort of thing! ;)

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as much as I hate to admit it, Volvo does build a decent drive. When I was working as a marine tech I think I probably tore down 1 Vovlo for every 50 Mercs, and at that most of um were cuase someone wacked bottom or backed itno a dock. The other side of the coin though is that they are not nearly as tested in high HP apps as other dives. I know there are a few people out there running decent power through them but just not enough to make it a valid comparison. Vovlvo has also recently pulled out of the performance marketplace alltogether. They are trying to estblish themselves as the premier family and cruiser power package of choice. They have realy put alot into their diesel program in the last few years and are building a hell of an engine now. When it comes to low to mild factory power packages (350HP and under)I wouldn't consider anything else but a Volvo. The only draw back is that thier after sale service sucks.