I have 468s in my 28 now that runs 74.8 on gps with Trs drives.I'm thinking about putting new motors in this winter they will be 540s with some where around 600hp from Bill at Acto. So with Trs drives turning in, what kind of mph should I see with this set up??

I would leave the engines and stick Bravo's on it ,,u gain ~ 10 MPH !!!

Then you must like a lot of work.

I would guess 91 - 96 with real 600 and the right setup.

Why would that be alot of work ????

Take engines out, gimbals off.
Glass transom ( 4 hours ) 200 bucks mat.
Take trannys of and bellhousing,fit bravo stuff on engines,cut out transom for bravos set motormounts back and bolt up .

DONE.

Your way ,,take engines out, break them down ,,built them up with new oarts ,,dial them in and put them back.

Now,,more power,,( who knows) ????? and same old drives and trannys, smae heavy set up and low drive height. same handling just a little faster and more gas.

I guess ,my way is cheaper and more modern in a Pantera ?!

But what do i know.

PS u can sell the TRS stuff for a real good price.

I would rather have konrads over bravos for a TRS swap out.

Why would u want to spend 20 K on a drive in a 6000 pound boat ?????????

Makes NO sense to me .

The barvo is going to plenty for that specially the XR or an upgraded one.


For the money on a Engine upgrade and drives ( KONRADS ) u can have PEPE & JOE built u a new boat the way u want it.

How much is the bravo and gimble? x2.
And then move the engines back, and glasswork.
How much to pay someone to do all that?
The konrad w/ work w/ a trs gimble.
And not even a concern about blowing them.
Btw, you can get a konrad for 12k, with a gimble i think.

And Craney... nothing wrong w/ a trs boat. Trannys be smooth shifting.

He could buy used Bravos with gimbal for 5 K and sell the TRS with gimbal for 3-4 K,,,the glasswork if u have sombody do it 1K and to move the engines back and change the parts out maybe an other 1K .

And i dont think u can buy a konrad for 12 either and only few if any used.

But any how,,thats just my opinion and that is what he is asking for,,up to him !!!!

I do not think the Bravos will give that much speed. My 28 Pantera with twin 502 EFI and bravos is 75-77mph. Stick with the engine plan.