Just bought my first boat (HTM) and made a big mistake
 

I just bought a 1998 HTM SR24 with a Bravo 1, I had it at Lake Havasu last weekend for it's first trip out and the drive blew up when I was going across the lake at about 65mph. I think I had it trimed too high when it broke. I don't want to have to deal with this again, but don't have the money to buy a new or built drive so I was thinking of getting a used/rebuilt XR upper and reusing my IMCO lower. Boat has about 450hp and would like to put a blower on it in the future, so I want to stay away from Mickey Mousing it. Does anyone have a XR upper they would like to sell or know of anyone else that does? I could also put a cheep Bravo 1 on to get me through the season, any ideas?

My Best,
Michael

Wow.. that sucks to hear. I had a XR with the bigshaft sportmaster lower on my 1000 + hp SS-24 for over 3 years without a hiccup, boat ran 122 mph best on gps. I would deffinitely try and find an XR upper.

Mike