As for the Bravo, I used Billet Marine's upper gears. They take stock Merc ones, weld the floor, debur them, polish them, perform several ritualistic chants and a few other things I had them put a steel tower in as well as their vertical shaft and prop shaft. I don't use the drive water pick-up to feed the motor, so I tapped the side of the drive case and plumbed a line from there to the Billet Marine top cap. I change drive oil about every 20 hours. No hole shots and try not to get the prop out of the water in the rough stuff eek!
I'm running 1.36 gears. Speed, 30 pitch Bravo I've seen 106.3 @ 6000 rpm. With a stock 32 Bravo, 114.5 @ 5800. This was December @ Havasu. Here in Phoenix in July and 105 degrees and humid I hit 108.4 with the 32. I'd like to try a labbed 32 or a 34 next December at the Parade of Lights and see if I can get a little more mph.
Craig
[ August 29, 2002, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: Craig ]