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Old 10-04-2002 | 12:32 PM
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The Mercruiser II TRS drive is stronger than the Mercruiser Bravo drive.
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Old 10-08-2002 | 06:45 AM
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I've been looking into this for awhile and would be very interested.I have a merc 1 trans.and thats the weak link in my
system and would like to get rid of it because ther is no room to go forward and add a better trans.
 
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Old 10-08-2002 | 08:18 PM
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Greg P, I agree with you, It seems to me all my buddies with bravo's seem to break sooner or later. I have an old Scarab with TRS and have only had one problem in 5 yrs of boating. Sure we suffer a little speed loss, a little hp loss, but it sure is nice to go boating every weekend and not worry about your drives
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Old 10-08-2002 | 09:24 PM
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John, we are working on that right now. The TRS upper seldom fails. Neither does the Bravo lower. What do you think it would be worth from a money standpoint? As you can guess just about anything is possible, but would it be worth $4000 or so for the new lower and adapter?
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Old 10-09-2002 | 06:59 AM
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Originally posted by Mbam
... would it be worth $4000 or so for the new lower and adapter?
If it included a freshened upper (old one as core) and new lower and the 5-6 mph speed increase is real ... probably.
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Old 10-15-2002 | 06:42 PM
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arneson does have a trs to arneson conversion kit. it's $14,000 last time i talked to them.
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Old 10-15-2002 | 10:53 PM
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Would that price include an adapter and a Bravo lower?

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Old 10-16-2002 | 11:24 AM
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Originally posted by excaleagle42
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arneson does have a trs to arneson conversion kit. it's $14,000 last time i talked to them.
Much too rich for me. If it was for two of them it would still be too much.

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Old 10-16-2002 | 12:11 PM
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Reading on the Arneson web site, $14K sounds like a good deal considering what you get.

External hydraulic steering, a drive, a stand off box and a BAM tranny.

Compare that to what an Imco cost, plus steering, plus standoff box. Or even compare it to what the Bmax cost. 14K sounds realistic.
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Old 10-16-2002 | 01:57 PM
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Marc tell us some more about what you have in mind. If it's for a bravo lower I think it might be a step backwards ?
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