Originally Posted by
CaribouLou
Is that a king cobra drive?
I have mentioned this KC drive before, it was a transition drive with beefed gears and shafts. There were not that many produced, it filled the gap while they engineered the real king with Volvo. Just guessing that it is somewhere between and Alpha and a Bravo as to how they hold up, there are a couple of cruiser in my neck of the woods still ticking. Driven reasonably they last pretty darn good. it is a ton stronger then a Alpha and look at how many Alphas are on some fairly decent sized boats. Much of your drive longevity is in your throttle hand.
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