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Re: Mercury RS-Drive ??

Thank you Jesper for posting the pics. A few minutes ago I've upgraded to gold-membership it was unsatisfying not see them (and to be able to post them).

Gerhard

Re: Mercury RS-Drive ??

That's a mid 80's Scarab II all right. My 86 Scarab 400 came with TRS drives. A friend's 87 Scarab III came with Bravo drives. So my guess is it's a 86 with newer small blocks. The Scarab II's are a little heavier than the Scarab 300's so it probably goes low to mib 50's.

Re: Mercury RS-Drive ??

For sure a Scarab II. My first performance boat was a 1987 Scarab Panther and it had factory installed Alpha 1's with 7.4's. Had the Bolsters, K-Planes and Shifters. I never blew a drive, thanks to the fact that the boat planned real easily, but being that we were in the air a lot I was surprised. Had luck on or side I guess. I allways wondered why it was loaded with "performance items" but was coupled to Alpha 1's. Not that they are a bad drive, just not rated for alot of HP. This combo ran around 60-62 on a good day.

Sorry to jump on the thread, but with seeing all the bravo and trs combo's mentioned, I was wondering if anyone had the Alpha setup.

E.S.