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Ballistic Beak 01-29-2016 06:57 AM

Recommend someone for drive service
 
I'm in Buffalo and willing to travel to Michigan, Ohio, PA, Vt, NH, etc for someone who knows bravos (Bravo 1) that can tear down, inspect, and rebuild mine.

Who are the go to shops for this?

TIA,
Ryan

innerrage 01-29-2016 07:01 AM

try performance marine Bolton landing lake George new York Jason or johny saris

vintage chromoly 01-29-2016 07:22 AM

Dick Tryce AKA "mr, gadgets" on the OSO forum.

Dean Ferry 01-29-2016 08:10 AM

Victory marine,

http://www.victorymarine.com/service.html

You can box it up and ship. I have (3) Bravo XZ/IMCO drives built by these guys, and they have been trouble free and bullet proof. And the boats they are on are 98-112 mph boats too. Little Bill is a stand-up guy!
In fact, I'm getting ready to order some -3 IMCO SC from Victory for the Spectre.....

Bobthebuilder 01-29-2016 08:23 AM

It's a 2 hr drive to DoubleR Performance north of Toronto. They do lots of cross border business and the weak CAN dollar gets you a nice discount. http://www.doublerperformance.com/ Phone 705-487-7575 Ask for Clint in service or Peter can get you hooked up with someone to help.

Bob

Louie 01-29-2016 09:41 AM

George at All American Drive Service in MI.

paul buckner 01-29-2016 10:07 AM

Had both mine done by Mr Gadgets on here sent then to him from the uk . Great service

baronmarine 01-29-2016 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by vintage chromoly (Post 4398213)
Dick Tryce AKA "mr, gadgets" on the OSO forum.

ditto! i think he is running a 1000 ++ pro charged hp's thru his bravo or xr?

todd

Till dawn 01-29-2016 05:25 PM

Bravos
 

Originally Posted by Ballistic Beak (Post 4398203)
I'm in Buffalo and willing to travel to Michigan, Ohio, PA, Vt, NH, etc for someone who knows bravos (Bravo 1) that can tear down, inspect, and rebuild mine.

Who are the go to shops for this?

TIA,
Ryan

Simmons marine best bravo guy in country

TeamSaris 01-29-2016 06:42 PM

We'd be happy to help.
www.perfmar.com
www.facebook.com/teamsaris
Mercury Certified, Tons of Experience, have done work for a lot of people in your area
518-644-3080
[email protected]

Pol83x 01-29-2016 07:38 PM

Ron at jrmarine in Ohio may be worth a shout.

C1000 01-29-2016 08:17 PM


Originally Posted by baronmarine (Post 4398295)
ditto! i think he is running a 1000 ++ pro charged hp's thru his bravo or xr?

todd

How can that be? As I read these threads a Bravo drive can't handle as much as 650 HP without exploding, what gives here?

class6 01-29-2016 08:28 PM

Performance Marine for sure!

Slippery 01-29-2016 08:31 PM

I was referred to Mr Gadgets aka Dick Tryce & after spending nearly an hour on the phone with him decided I didn't need to look any further. The fact that he's not far from me was a bonus. I'm sure there are other guys that are good but I spent my $$ with Mr Gadgets & will spend it again with him. We have a 900 HP BoostPower compound blower motor in front of an XR in a heavy 24' deep V that is NOT a trailer queen.

Got Cigs 01-29-2016 09:02 PM

George at AADS.

Pwraddr 01-29-2016 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by C1000 (Post 4398431)
How can that be? As I read these threads a Bravo drive can't handle as much as 650 HP without exploding, what gives here?

He runs a SCX.

class6 01-29-2016 09:32 PM

Performance Marine for sure

GoFastSonic 01-30-2016 06:02 AM

No Brainer Saris Racing in Bolton Landing.!!!

Originally Posted by Ballistic Beak (Post 4398203)
I'm in Buffalo and willing to travel to Michigan, Ohio, PA, Vt, NH, etc for someone who knows bravos (Bravo 1) that can tear down, inspect, and rebuild mine.

Who are the go to shops for this?

TIA,
Ryan


T-Mone 01-30-2016 07:14 AM

Morning i have my drive guy here on Long island NY if interested. Very talented does all and any drives. His name is Skip
Also very personal you get 1 on 1 service

DoczDock 01-30-2016 07:44 AM

You have a Mercruiser authorized shop that specializes in all Mercruiser drives right in your backyard - Excel Marine on Grand Island. They do a great job and are very thorough. They have worked on many of my drives as well as a lot of our club (WNYOPA) member's boats. They are very experienced with Bravo's and I would definitely recommend them. Check their website out (excelmarineparts.com). They are located at 1854 Whitehaven Rd, Grand Island (716) 773-9530....

C1000 01-30-2016 01:35 PM


Originally Posted by Pwraddr (Post 4398444)
He runs a SCX.

Ok thanks, that clears it up. I was beginning to think someone came up with a magic fix for the merc XR lol.

I have hear so many good things about AADS, that I will bring them my drive and hope my gut is right.

teamsynergy 04-07-2016 09:44 AM

I have done business with George "AADS" for the past 5 years. All of my customer work goes to them as well as my built XR's. Very knowledgeable and great customer service! Highly recommend!


Originally Posted by C1000 (Post 4398646)
Ok thanks, that clears it up. I was beginning to think someone came up with a magic fix for the merc XR lol.

I have hear so many good things about AADS, that I will bring them my drive and hope my gut is right.


Crowney 04-07-2016 02:19 PM

Excell Marine. You will be glad you went there. I can't say enough about how they exceed all my expectations. I have had them rebuild both my black hawk drives, tuned my motor, adjusted timing, so many other things for me. Each and every time they continue to impress me.


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