Andre
You did not mention exactly why you need to change it. Unless the Paragon
has major problems I'd try to stick with it. If it ain't broke .... go
boating.
David

"André Langevin" wrote in message
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I have a 34 feet houseboat with a Chrysler 318 driving a Paragon v-drive -
the problem is that no parts are available anymore for this tranny and i
would like to change it to somewhat more modern. I have two choices:

Stick with the propeller and shaft model and buy a Twin Disk or ZF v-drive
transmission

Get an I/O and install it on the boat.

Now i get very decent performance with my engine and propeller combination
right now. Low speed (8 kts) operation cost is about 12 $ an hour at 1500
rpm and high speed (18 kts) is about 40 $ an hour at 2700 rpm. Top speed
is 22 kts. I have no experience whatsoever in I/O and i would really
appreciate to receive comments on this.

Cheers

André