is there anyone on the east coast that can be trusted to go thru xr's to check on their condition?between my experience with motor and marine people thought id see whos had luck with who.

Ship them to All American Drive, Not East coast but they are the best and honest.
https://www.allamericandriveservice.com/

Padraig

+2 for George and AADS

lol... yeah ive talked to George,just afraid he's not gonna touch them without buying one of his pricey packages.ill call him back this week and talk.thanks everyone

Id call Saris Racing in NY

Kinda hard to find on their website but the prices and options are there. Standard rebuilt Bravo one sells for $3995 with your old drive as the core deposit for 1k, so I think that also means 3k to fully rebuild your drive to new.
https://www.allamericandriveservice.com/outdrives

Then they offer all the x-mod hi-po options:
https://www.allamericandriveservice.com/hi-performance

I found that George has recommendations, But wasn't out to just up sell me. And was very easy to work with.

Its $4995 for XR's for standard rebuilds PLUS $1000 core deposit.
That assumes the case and shafts are good in your core to get all of your $1000 back.

Core Policy
Core charge is subject to inspection of the core and it is deemed to be rebuildable. Cases, shafts, retainers and carriers must be good. Any parts necessary to make it rebuildable, will be deducted from or may exceed the core charge. Customer will be responsible for any amount that exceeds the core charge.