Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
03-19-2006 | 10:28 AM
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Re: Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
IMO, good drives for light weight - medium heavy boats with less than 625hp. My 30' 6800lb with TRS around 500hp, the last thing I am worrying about are my drives. Friends 38' 10,000lb? Top gun w/ 750hp is another issue. It is indirectly proportional lighter boat more hp, heavier boat less hp. 625hp on a 34' would be my top comfort zone for TRS. But it still boils down to the sticks if you use them properly.
Cons- deep drive, transmissions, not much room in bilge, supply of parts are diminishing, peoples perception, resale (but that might be why you might get it cheap), uses more hp than bravo's, not to hydrodynamic I am looking into nose cones for mine.
Overall I would buy another boat with them. cause usually they are on older boats that I can afford.
Cons- deep drive, transmissions, not much room in bilge, supply of parts are diminishing, peoples perception, resale (but that might be why you might get it cheap), uses more hp than bravo's, not to hydrodynamic I am looking into nose cones for mine.
Overall I would buy another boat with them. cause usually they are on older boats that I can afford.
03-19-2006 | 11:13 AM
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Re: Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
essentially there junk on any kind of performance boat, with all due. the lower the value, and increse expense due to service. they don not handle surfacing almost at all. most importantly they are really old and the parts will soon be scarce.
the positive to it is that you can replace them with a much better unit with out having to close your transom and go to bravo's. not a cheap investment either way. i say this from my experience in the industry over quite a few years.
good luck.
the positive to it is that you can replace them with a much better unit with out having to close your transom and go to bravo's. not a cheap investment either way. i say this from my experience in the industry over quite a few years.
good luck.
03-19-2006 | 12:26 PM
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Re: Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
Originally Posted by monstaaa
essentially there junk on any kind of performance boat, with all due. the lower the value, and increse expense due to service. they don not handle surfacing almost at all. most importantly they are really old and the parts will soon be scarce.
the positive to it is that you can replace them with a much better unit with out having to close your transom and go to bravo's. not a cheap investment either way. i say this from my experience in the industry over quite a few years.
good luck.
the positive to it is that you can replace them with a much better unit with out having to close your transom and go to bravo's. not a cheap investment either way. i say this from my experience in the industry over quite a few years.
good luck.
03-19-2006 | 05:15 PM
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Re: Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
I'm thinking that he is referring to allot of people blowing up their bravo drives with moderate hp, unless they have all the expensive upgrades. For a while it seemed there was a thread every week on how much hp can a STANDARD bravo handle.
would an '89 bravo might be just as weak or weaker than a TRS? I have no idea. I am happy with my TRS and thank god it has never surfaced.
would an '89 bravo might be just as weak or weaker than a TRS? I have no idea. I am happy with my TRS and thank god it has never surfaced.
03-19-2006 | 05:57 PM
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Re: Pros And Cons On Trs Drives
The 89 bravo is far inferior to the TRS A new XR sportmaster is better than the TRS, BUT if the 89 bravo is behind the 330 hp 454 that it was designed for it is ok and will probably last.
