cuda- actually i spoke before i knew what i was talking about. i re-read the thread and i see that they might fit on the SS drives and i have std. alphas on my boat. so i dont have any thing to compare them to. i would be happy to take some pics or measurments though if anybody could tell from that info.

sonic- cant wait to see the pics. thats a pretty nice pakage with the efi small blocks. earlier in this thread i mentioned i am in the market for a sport magnum, if i never find the right one of those it will be a 30ss for sure. either way it will have a pair of fulie small blocks. heres a pic of the one i set up for my 71 camaro.

When is the alpha XR coming out

Glass Dave thats a pretty cool Camaro, are those Vette wheels?
I don't want to seem dumb, but how did you attach that pic??
Thanks
Joe

So....no LH Alpha SS.....chit! Even though my boat is a Fountain it has a very conservative X dimension, I cant blow my props out if I tried.....my idea was to swap for a set of SS drives to shorten my X and pick up some badly needed top end. ...Oh Well....good to know if I ever decide to uprade to bravos I'll have a market for the alphas........Doug

Glassdave- Afriend of mine swapped in a 350 tuned port in front of his alpha, couldnt get it to work because the TPI has no provision for the ignition shift interupter. he had to turn the motor off to shift!! Ended up putting the carb motor back in. There would be no such problem with a Bravo however.......Doug

Sutphill- you have any props lyin' around?? left and righthand??

sonic- yes they are vette wheels. actually they were on the car when i bought it . they seemed to go with the car better after i put the TPI in it. man . . i tell ya one thing . . .i will NEVER run a carb motor again. EFI is the ONLY way to go. as for post'n pics. under the text box where you type in your reply to a thread there is a thing that says "attach file" and a blank box that says "browse", left clik that an it will bring up a choose file box. use the "look in" box to go to file you keep your pics in , left clik the one you want to post, hit open. make sure the pics are the right size to post. no bigger than 480X360 i think and no bigger than 75K or somthing like that

twinn29- thank for the info. actually that is somthing i hadnt thought of. i was kinda torn between the alpha or the brovo for that aplication. that kinda seals it for the brovo. any chance you could get any pics form your friend. i'm curious what he did with the 02 sensor. i will be using a speed density system so no mass air sensor. thanks

My brother has a 32' SeaRay Pachanga w/twin 454s & Alpha drives. They have been thru over 600 hrs, disassembled last year & checked out, and a normal drive service performed. Drive fluid is changed every 50hr or once a season. They still look almost like new inside. This boat will run 65-70+ mph depending on conditions. He has had virtually no problems with the alpha's. Had to replace some seals, and thats it.

The only bad thing about this boat is the Alpha's are both standard rotation drives w/cleaver style factory props & prop torque is terrible. Always have to lower one tab signifcantly to keep boat from listing due to prop torque. In 88 merc changed over to Bravo's on the Pachanga. His is an 87 with a very, very rare factory arch, that even has full front & side window curtains !
Really nice if you get caught in the rain, or want to run in the cold weather.

Overall, a really clean, nice running & handeling boat.

Otherwise, hes not easy, nor hard on the props, comes out the hole pretty hard, and usually runs along about 50mph or so.

TeamSonic42

I agree with your post. I have had the 87 Baja Force 280 for two years and have had no problems with the aplhas. Keeping my fingers crossed... Still looking for anyone that might have a good deal on a L/H rotation...

Jim

glassdave- I'll ask him about the 02 sensor, he's a cool guy and that would be a good excuse for a drop by to his shop. If you want I'll ask him if I could give you his phone number so you could call him at his shop to talk to him directly. Actually I looked into putting the TPIs on and after talking to him I emailed Arizona Speed and Marine and they didnt have any kind of a kit for the swap but that was awhile ago.......Doug