On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:38:11 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:44:07 GMT, "gpickren"
wrote:

Jim,

1) Our economical price is the result of the elimination of multiple layers
of mark-up of the parts and the assembled drives.
SNIP
When I first saw this post, I thought it was to good to be true too.
However, I received pretty much the same answer - it looks like a good
alternative and the reasoning behind the price structure is sound.


One thing I'd like to ask/add: are these drives DIRECT copies of alpha
one's? (ie same gears, bellows, U-joints, etc)

The reason I ask is that I'm convinced a stern drive SIMILAR to the alpha
could be made much cheaper and simpler. For instance, get rid of the
transmission in the lower unit and put it directly behind the engine where
it belongs. And I can think of several ways to deal with the wet exhaust
that are simpler than routing it all the way to the center of the prop.

The result would be a simpler, more reliable, and less expensive outdrive.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36