What's your thoughts on TRS drives??
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What's your thoughts on TRS drives??
I've never owned a set. I hear two different things about them:
1) They were/are wonderful and could handle pretty big power. Better than bravos. The whole consperacy theory that merc stopped making them because they were too strong
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2) They sucked/suck can't get parts for them and they brake alot.
So which one is it?? Are they decent drives, really good drives, or do they suck??
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1) They were/are wonderful and could handle pretty big power. Better than bravos. The whole consperacy theory that merc stopped making them because they were too strong
or
2) They sucked/suck can't get parts for them and they brake alot.
So which one is it?? Are they decent drives, really good drives, or do they suck??
Tank
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#1 as long as it has the BW or aftermarket improved trans. The Merc trans is the weak link. The way to tell the diffrence is that the Borg-Warner trans bolts to the bellhousing, the Merc trans and bellhousing are cast as one peice.
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My boat has TRS and they were 15 years old before i blew one.
That was with 500+ H.P. for all those. In a heavy 38 foot boat.
It's all in how you drive it.
That was with 500+ H.P. for all those. In a heavy 38 foot boat.
It's all in how you drive it.
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This is a good question and I am wondering, you see all sorts of boats for sale and quite a few have the TRS drives. Not saying this is the reason they are selling them, it's just that's what was on it that year. It's good to see this is a great product but what is the availability of parts for these drives. I often see on this site people trying to get parts or trying to convert to Bravo's. Are there aftermaket places to get these parts?