Trs to Speedmaster 3a conversion
 

Has anyone out there converted their Trs to Speedmaster? What's involved?

lets see if i can cover most all the steps
remove your engines
remove trs drives
measure transom for x dimension of each drive
remove inner and outer transom plates
plug all existing holes
refinish outer and inner side of transom
locate a transom drilling tool for speedmaser
locate x dimension from previous measurement
screw ssm tool to outer transom and cut away
install ssm transom plates
change over tail shaft housings on your trannys
reinstall engines
install ssm drives
hopefully all your measurements where correct
dave

Contact DJD from the board he converted his Cigarette a couple years ago.

It's alot of work.

I was hoping some of the parts, dimensions were common,wrong. Maybe it would be better to go to a heavy duty Bravo.

40Scarab,

Stellings makes an extension box that converts a TRS to a Bravo One. Basically, their extension box has the same bolt pattern as a TRS transom mount assembly so that you don't need to fill in the cutouts in the transom to fit the Bravo One. In other words, it's a TRS bolt pattern on the transom end but is designed to bolt up a Bravo one drive to it thus eliminating all the glass work. That would be a good way to go and much easier if you wanted to convert to a Bravo One system.

Kaama,
Do you know anyone that has used the Stelling boxes for the TRS Conversion?

MArk

Mr. Cig,

No not personally, but I sure wouldn't think it is something that is all that complicated. I mean, the bolt pattern is there---not much else to consider I would think other than what one would normally have to consider when installing an extension box---but perhaps I could be wrong.

Kaama, Mr. Cig,

You have to move the Motors back and it does take some Tweaking !!!

40 Scarab, I did it to a 38 Sonic a few years ago, If you want the details PM with your email address and I can get back to you the begining of the week. There are Pros and cons on both sides of the Bravo vs SSM III debate.

Sgrady I talked to Stelling and they said that the only thing that you needed to do was to put in a drive shaft that was not included in the 2000 buck price. Is there more to it then that? What I was trying ti figure out is how do you get the motor to stay put once the transmision is gone??? The motor mounts on my boat are in the middle. Is there something that needs to be doen with my set up to make it ok?

Jon

TRS TO SPEEDMASTER 3A
 

Seems like a ton of work to attain how many miles per hour?
What are you running for motors?
You may be smarter to send your lower units to Bobs and have them weld on a couple of TRS latest design nose cones and forget about spending all the time and money to attain how much gain?
Let us know what you decide to do.