volvo penta sx?

mwagne30

Petty Officer 3rd Class
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O.K. Im not a boat guy and so far have had only so so luck. Can anyone tell me anything about these out drives? It looks like we see many more merc alpha brovo I/II on the boats in our price range, till now. I was told it's a up grade to the merc? and a better unit. It is matched 5.0 f.i. that has under 80 hr on her, that look's very low for a 96. This rig looks like new and if we get pos. feedback we will hook on to it on monday. Thanks for the info, good or bad. and be safe out on the water Crew.
 

bruceb58

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Re: volvo penta sx?

You will get many opinions on this but I believe the Volvo is equal if not better than the Merc units. They are very similar to a Bravo in that they both have cone clutches and raw water pumps at the engine. The Volvo is far superior to the Merc Alpha which has a dog clutch and stern drive raw water pump.
 
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