When I bought it it had 1.32 gears in it. I had new 1.50 gears put in and only put 5-6 hrs. on it, always had synthetic oil, even with who I bought it from. I even created a kit to screen the water intake(they have 2 small intakes that clog with weeds very easily) without affecting water pressure. I only have a work # for the guy who bought it from me and I will contact him on Monday and post after.

The SS is available. If serious, send me an email and I'll let you know how much he wants for it. Just keep in mind the weight and shipping costs.

sure I would love to know the price

Olds Eddie- Not being a gold or platinum member I can't send you a pm and you don't have you're email available. I do if you click on my name. Send me an email so I can get you the info on the Alpha SS drive.

An SS is currently for sale on Ebay. I believe it has never been used.
$3000.

I forgot to mention, the drive also has a Simrek multi port drive shower on it. It looks just like the one on ebay.

Sort of crazy... I was trying to find out info about this drive for the last month or so, but I guess I asked the questions on the wrong forums. I just purchased an 87 Checkmate with a 5.7 Merc EFI with the Alpha One SS drive. From what I gather Mercury stopped producing this drive one year after introducing the Bravo One. I suspect they decided to start using the larger drive with the larger HP motors for increased reliability, but that is purely a guess.

how much shorter is an SS drive than the Alpha 1?

2 1/2" If I remember right.. i looked for a SS all winter when I had the money. Only found one is florida for $3400 it was a reman. Too much for me LOL! Over the winter I problaby called over 100 places in the US and nobody had one or parts either. I know they are rare... I see the one on ebay Nsphillips is talkin about.. good drive for somone with some money

I am getting away from alphas and small blocks and moving up to bravos and big blocks

did I say my boat is for sale LOL!!

Anybody know of one of these for sale, or someone that has one that sitting on a shelf and hasnt' been used in a while? Really looking hard for one....