buying a boat with bravo gimball housing. i have a lot of alpha stuff and no bravo. gen 1 alpha stuff. can i drop a motor with gen 1 alpha parts on the back onto this bravo inner transom? mounts look the same, but that don't mean merc didn't change height or width of mount pads. distance between mount pad and coupler is a possible consideration too. boat was orig small block B3. don't know yet if i start redoing a 454 or put a together running 350 in for the moment. but all my couplers etc are alpha and i need to know if they will work. thanks. it is a cruiser, not high perf. it will be spending it's life at 3500 rpm.

i see no reason why alpha wont fit in a bravo cutout .i put bravo gimbles in alpha cutouts all the time when i do a conversion.the only issue i see possibly is bravo has 2 top studs that the alpha does not.and that would be an easy fix as well. i would use some wooden dowel same size as the holes.dipped in resin and pound them in and cut off flush.i think the transom setup will cover them also

should work...I do have a complete set of B/B motor mounts and flywheel cover if you need them...Rob

not changing to alpha. i know cutout is the same. can i put an engine with an alpha coupler and flywheel cover onto a bravo gimball and then put a bravo drive on and have it work...correctly?

sorry i misread the first post. yes you can do that also it will line up the same done that many times also