I found a this boat on a great deal has no power at all no drives on nothing but boat is good shape. I my buddy will give me a pair of stroker sbc 383 and alpha drives, will this push this big boat ??? He'd had this set up on a 97 scarab 29 ft and it ran pretty strong

Should work fine just remember that boat is only 33' long. And it wont be fast but you will have some fun with it there are nice boats.

I don't like the idea of the alpha drives at all.

Alpha should come with 2 paddle! This is not gonna work long at all!!!!

put some standard bravos on the back, no go on the alpha imo

In a 353 Formula, 383s with bravos will be a 60 mph boat. 383s with alphas will be a sailboat.....cause pretty soon the only place your going is where the wind takes you.

You think it will go 55+ mph

My last boat was a 29 ft scarab with 350 mpi factory and alpha drives and they never let me down be I think in going look for some bravos thanks !!

Why don't you look for a nice pair of take out 454's. Don't waste your time with alpha's they will never last, plus if the boat still has gimbals on it, they will not bolt up. IMO, 383's in a 353 is a very bad decision, this is not a 29 scarab, its a 353 formula, totally different boats. If your buddy is "giving" you the engines what were they built for? I just can't imagine this working well at all......

Know a guy with one , gets 55 , orig alpha 1 gen 1 drives ,260 hp sb mags think the reduced drag of alphas offsetsalot of the missing 100 hp of 2 base 454s . Never going to be the holeshot king , but you can almost buy a spare alpha 1 g1 for the price of taking your girl out for dinner .but if you ever want to go big , ill bet whatever you paid for the hull and free motors , just doubled .