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Originally Posted by Ds157 (Post 4905908)

Ben that looks mint! Man where did you find that bracket? I’d love to get my hands on one instead of two small jack plates. I have seen a lot of guys use 25 I guess I’ll stick to that. I’m on a bit of a budget so really wonder what’s the smallest outboards I could run. Not sure what these boats truly weigh empty. I know i can get 225s for great deals but would it be enough

Got lucky a scored the bracket used in Chicago on my way back from picking up the boat. It’s very close to correct dimensionally. I have absolutely no clue what type of power it takes to get them moving for outboards. I do know that I will be about 1400lbs lighter or so than when there were blown bbc’s in place. I’m working on a budget myself. I could spend more but I’m thinking I should have the boat done with fresh promax motors for something in the 15k range. That depends on what I do for lower units and how much money I recoup selling the outdrives etc. I will post all kinds of pics and whatever info I can along the way.

What year is your boat? Is it AO or an Awesome?