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Old 10-05-2012 | 02:56 PM
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Have my first twin drive boat
runnng stock 330 7.4 's with bravo i
not a speed demon.

Can i run both standard rotation?
I know it will pull -but how bad?

I've heard - good and bad- that you can run bravos either direction..

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Old 10-05-2012 | 03:10 PM
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Why on earth would you want them spinning in the same direction? Spin them out.
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Old 10-05-2012 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by knot 4 me
why on earth would you want them spinning in the same direction? Spin them out.
new to the twin game
i'd rather have counter rot. But my drives/eng. Are standard rot. -hence the reversing the bravo to left rot. Can it be done? I've heard it both ways yes and don't do it
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WOW... Don't do that. Dangerous and real bad idea. Sell one to buy the other. Spin out
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Old 10-05-2012 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JETTDOGG
new to the twin game
i'd rather have counter rot. But my drives/eng. Are standard rot. -hence the reversing the bravo to left rot. Can it be done? I've heard it both ways yes and don't do it
The port drive is ran in reverse off the top gear to get left-hand rotation for spinning the props out. The cables are setup on the shifters so that when you move them forward the starboard drive is shifted into forward and the port drive is shifted into reverse.
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Old 10-05-2012 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by knot 4 me
the port drive is ran in reverse off the top gear to get left-hand rotation for spinning the props out. The cables are setup on the shifters so that when you move them forward the starboard drive is shifted into forward and the port drive is shifted into reverse.
is it hard on the drive?
I'd heard it could be done-but my mechanic frowned on it
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Find a new mechanic... Both engines rotate the same. Like Knot said its in the gears. Every boat with twins has a LH drive and RH drive. The drive doesn't care which way its spinning.
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Originally Posted by missbehavin777
find a new mechanic... Both engines rotate the same. Like knot said its in the gears. Every boat with twins has a lh drive and rh drive. The drive doesn't care which way its spinning.
thanks for the info
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Originally Posted by JETTDOGG
is it hard on the drive?
I'd heard it could be done-but my mechanic frowned on it
All twin engine Bravo drive boats are setup this way.
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Yes, the Port drive is always trying to walk the upper gear thru the top cap but as long as you don't abuse it thru too much HP, hole shots, improper throttling, etc. you will get hundreds of hours of service out of both drives.
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