thats what I needed to know thank you

Don't take my word for it. Do some searching and asking. Ask someone at Teague to explain how theirs is better than the standard XR.

You may find something I missed.

This is the BEST and CHEAPEST way to go.

Sell your Latham Steering Kit for maybe $3500.

Sell good used bravo x for maybe $3000 + or - .

Put it all towards a negotiated price for this:

http://arneson.site.aplus.net/page.p...ravoConversion

THEN YOU ARE DONE SCREWING WITH THIS PROBLEM.

ok I will do that. I was reading the features and saw that they claim it could hold 900 hp and thought just maybe there doing something differant. thanks again for your help.

I talked to them it was about $21000 per side for asd 7s

Yup... I think you can get the ASD6 kit for around $15-18K, but they're definitely not cheap.

I used to agree with what you guys are saying.

But what's "cheap"? The endless continuation of replacing gears IF, IF, IF you're lucky enough to catch it before it breaks which we almost never get to do???

I'm not committed yet by any means but I guarantee you that after you've had a few serious failures and repairs along with or replacements, that 18K is really not THAT bad at all.

You think I've not spent that or more already?? Many others have spent far more than I have.

It's the cheapest way to deal with it. Crunch your numbers. They don't lie.

What about the cost effectiveness of the IMCO SCX with the bigger upper gears

I can't believe you would toss that in but here's the only way I can see it just being honest.

1. SCX - huge money - like 17K +
2. Must buy the IMCO HD Transom Assembly (WAY more than Merc's transom)
3. Must Pull your engine to install
4. Fill all transom holes that IMCO does not require where Merc, Latham, Mayfair etc did...
5. Still stuck with two 90 degree bends that need ongoing, expensive and time consuming maintenance along with lots of oil, seals, tear down and reassemble..

To put an SCX on my boat would cost way more than going with the ASD-6 and the maintenance is exponential.

It does not pencil to compare the two. There is no easier, less problematic, cheaper way to push a boat once you compare it to some version of a direct drive like Arneson.

Even if you put Merc #6's behind mild power you still have the maintenance and all expenses associated with a sterndrive. It's apples to oranges in my view.

6. Don't forget that unlike the XR and Imco SC, the Imco SCX eats a LOT of power so when you have a little 600 like mine the SCX is going to slow the boat down tremendously compared to XR or SC.

It's just not worth it; for me anyway.

But hey; I'd love for someone to show me where or how I'm figuring this wrong. Even if I'm off on the price of the SCX, I'm not off that much in terms what the hole project and purchase prices would be.

With any sterndrive, you still have a lot of exposure to the environment and elements that a surface drive does not have to deal with.

Also, they may have changed but NONE of the Imco products I have seen had any active or passive cathodics on them so you are totally screwed in salt.

You'd have to design and rig your own bondage system, grounds...

I don't want something quite a bit better. I want something where I can turn a blind eye for a while.

Take care of your trans; watch the rubbers and bearings; the ASD will watch out for you.

Off the soap box. I sound like an ASD sales whore. Think they'd offer me commission?