Hi, I'm new to this part of the forum, used to hang out in Mercury OB's, but just sold it to get a classic 64' chriscraft with a ford 260 V8/eaton outdrive. <br /><br />This outdrive is rather dated (works though) and has no tilt/trim, etc.. I have two questions:<br /><br />1) Could I swap this outdrive with a Mercruiser, without TOO much headache, yes I know it pain and I'm putting a new transom in boat already, so I'm prepared for work. Did mercruiser make drives to fix the ford 260? What all would I need to buy?<br /><br />2) Would it just be better off to swap in a whole mercruiser engine/drive setup? Parts might be impossible to find for the Ford engine (manifolds, risers if they rust out,etc) If so, how hard is it to do an entire swap for engine & drive? Again, I'm not afraid of labor, just have never owned a stern drive before, but many outboards. <br /><br />Thanks in advance for any advice!