201liberator

I had the opposite experience, nothing but trouble with the Cobra drive. It said King Cobra on the trim cylinders, but it was just a regular Cobra drive. I had trouble with the shift cables and had them replaced several times.

onesickpantera

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Yeah and people say to stay away from Libs with an OMC drive!

I have 4 friends with libs, one 201 and 3 221a and all have the newer cone clutch King Cobra. They're bulletproof.

201liberator

I think what they mean is stay away from one with an OMC Cobra drive. You have to be careful because a lot of the drives said King Cobra on the trim cylinders even though they were just your run of the mill Cobra drives. My boat had the 350 King Cobra engine, but just a regular Cobra drive that died. It then died repeatedly when the engine had extra power even with a drive shower installed. The Bravo should be able to handle the 383's power without any problems.

MidnightRider

Most of the bad stuff I have heard about the King Cobra comes from those that have never owned one. I have broke many bravos, but power does that. I have talked to some owners of the Kings who say they are bullet proof. The boat I now have has a King, and we are preparing to strap 750 ponnies to it so I will keep you posted, on bullet proof. Though they do not shift smooth, I will say that. You don't want a rookie running the sticks in tight corders with my boat. And yes, I even had a life time boat mechanic and certified at one time Cobra tech adjust it, it is as good as it gets.

201liberator

Back to my original question:
Does anyone have a 201 Liberator that runs 70 mph or faster on GPS?

BrendanR

did you ever get an answer to this question? This is an old post but damn someone had to have an answer

BrendanR

I'm working on maybe/hopefully being the fastest 201 until someone responds