[OMC-Boats] Outdrive Gear Ratios v6 versus v8

Hi Lee and list folks:

Lee, when you upgraded from the V-6 to the V-8, did you change the gears in your outdrive?  Per your prop page, these engines used different ratios in the upper gears:

http://hhscott.com/evinrude/props.htm

I'm wondering how to do the reverse - to change the V8 gears in an outdrive to gears designed for the V6.  Is it a simple matter to switch these things out?

Thanks for any info.

-Doug Julien, '68 and '69 Sportsman 155's
Received on Sunday, 12 April 2009