sorry,been working on another project this week in the barn at home,what kind of punishment do you plan on giving this thing,lakes,rivers,offshore pounding,sounds like you just may need to keep a close eye on the oil in the drive,it'll usually tell the story,a stock used drive should be torn down and magnafluxed,reaasembled and use some redline shockproof oil and keep an eye on the magnets....Imco does make some nice high perf parts if you can afford them,shafts,gears,etc....for the most part I would reccomend only propping to the point wher you can still almost touch your rev limiter,and make sure the motor and drive can still freewheel,you can also try a larger wheel and have it labbed to your needs and keep your slippage correct allowing the setup not to be to tight,most drive problems come from either driver error,or just propping to tight not allowing the drive to have its proper slippage........and of course a drive shower does always need to be there.....

Punishment? Nah. The boat is kept in LOTO. Just want to know this info so I don't blow the drive. It is about a 500 mile drive for me to get to LOTO so when I drive down I'd like to be able to use the boat without any problems. The drive and engine were rebuilt at the same time. Thanks for your reply, 88 Mach 1

88 MACH 1

I wouldn't mind selling the 23 pitch Mirage. What is it worth to you?

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Alot of good advice in this thread except for oil advice. ALWAYS run the Mercury recommended lube NOT after market! For warranty mostly, the High Perf is good stuff. Beware there is alot of "snake oil" out there.

Thanks for the info but as you can tell by my user name it's an 88. I guess warranty is not a concern..........lol........