TEAMBAJA

Has Anyone Here Owned or Know Any History on the Alpha SS drive? Apparently its a pretty rare drive and Im trying to figure out what its worth, or if its worth keeping. I cant find much info online.

Biggus

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Had several of them over the years on our smaller boats. They are 2.75" shorter than a standard Alpha One. It's a short upper from Mercury Racing with a CLE lower that's fitted with a special vert shaft. A decent one typically sells for around 2k

pullmytrigger

someone should reproduce them. They always seem to be in demand.

Payton

What was the name of the company in WI that made a clone of an Alpha? Was it an Omega SS?

Payton

answer my own question.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...-ss-drive.html

TEAMBAJA

Thanks for the info, I didnt realize how rare they were. I just listed my boat. I figure if the boat doesnt sell, I might keep the SS drive and throw a regular Alpha on it in the spring before I relist. Hopefully it sells this week.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171154355273...55273&viewitem

XT-Innovator

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I have the same year and model 220 Sport with the 260 hp power. The SS drive had at least 3 mph on me. You do need to be a better boat driver with the SS drive over a standard Alpha IMO.

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Panther

I have one on my Scout. They're definitely very rare but didn't know they were worth that much money!!! It's currently set at a 3" X-Dimension in my boat. Good drive!

Sonic30ss

They do tend to be a little "loose" at speed, meaning sharp turns
require tucking the drives a few clicks from full out, since there isn't much in the water when they are trimmed up.
But hey loose is fast, right Harry?

Plum_Crazy

Awesome drive. I had a '88 Baja Sunsport 196 with an SS. It had 200+ hours on it with over 500HP. I had a shop go through it and they said it looked like new. I also did back to back tests with a standard Alpha within 1 1/2 hours and it was good for exactly 5 MPH on that boat.