Enough room for a Borg Trans?
 

I have a 330 TRS with a Merctrans II in my 1980 24 Sport. Is there enough room between the transom and the liner/firewall to move the motor ahead so I can switch to a Borg Warner trany? Has anyone done this, and what handling charisteristics change with the weight distribution change?
Pepe or Jo?

the borg warner will move your motor 6 inches forward

For what. Reason do you want to switch

I'm concerned that the horsepower I want to throw at it, will burn up the merctrans.

crash box..... never break

Where would you found info or parts for one?

I've got a fresh rebuilt Merc2 beefed up with heavy duty clutches has not been back in boat sense rebuilt .. $900

What's the plan for power?

Right around 550hp. Anything above that I would start to worry about the TRS.

There's people that have run 700-1000hp through TRS's without failure , I had 565hp in it's stock configuration without failure .

That's an awful lot of ponies for a TRS. I would still like to know how a Borg big block set up in a 24 Pantera handles compared to a Merctrans set-up. I have a little more up my sleeve.....

There must be someone out there who is running a Borg?

Option 2 , I have a BAM 1350 I would like to sell also . I don't know of any Pantera owners that have run the Borg . You should broaden your request to general discussion and maybe 30 and under singles

JAIME has a crashbox in his 24. maybe we can get him to chime in. im thinking his boat might be set up pretty good


kyle these are crash-boxes. you will NEVER break one of these in a 24 http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o49542-en.html

I have to Borgs in my 28, I know it is not a 24 though but what is the difference in engine compartment size other than beam being smaller.

With the crash box i have to kill engine to switch gears, then start. Timing is everything, i would only suggest it if u were gonna race it.JAIME

Just buy a spare & see how long it takes to melt yours! $.02
Will be like a new boat to you with +200hp...cool!

If your looking at 550HP range you will be fone with the Merc 2 setup. First off moving the CG forward is not advised on your 24'. Second you will have all kinds of servicing issues as the motor will be an inch from the bulkhead depending on your accessoies.

Check out this site for info. on your transmissions. I had them do mine when I raced my 28' Cigarette with 500HP and never had an issue. They are still in the boat today with the new owner.

http://www.kcmarinetr.com

Did you have KC Marine do your re-build by any chance?

I ordered all the parts from them and had my transmission builder do it . I spent about 700-800 on the rebuild and there was nothing wrong with it to begin with . I was going to put 800hp to it so I figured it should be fresh

with the motor moved forward and ssm3, my boat handles fine. I think i have more room under the hatch though.