Keith, if they raised the X in 01 or so, wouldnt raising drives (i.e. shorties) only duplicate that gaining a few mph?? That was my thought process anyway.. seems logical....

also, raising spinning out would probably be better than spinning IN. That was the same as you described, no thrust in reverse. First time I backed off trailer I noticed it. required a lot more throttle to get off than normal but not impossible just needed a lil more stick.

So how do the 2002 nd up guys back up?

http://www.popyachts.com/View/34788

Anyone know this boat? Has boxes but appears to have the short lowers.

The lowers look stock....either they're painted silver or the paint has been stripped off

I see now. They just painted the underneath side. Weird...

Tell us more about your boat please. Everything. Then we might be able to help more!

But mine had boxes and ran 97 loaded daily so I might not be any help......darn

Offshore, whats your prop shaft height?


***When is the power going back in Unleashed?

I have a friend with a 2000 33 with whippled 502's. He put -2 shorties on no boxes and gained maybe 2 mph. He really wasn't happy with the gain vs cost.

I forget what it was I posted on here somewhere, but honestly not sure if I even measured perfectly. Some measure on the inside of the drives some measure on the outside. I tried to measure both and split the difference. I will call Chris the very happy new owner and ask him to re measure. It was somewhere around 3.25-5.25 at the nose cone.

Engines are out of unleashed and torn down getting rebuilt as we speak. I will start a thread once more progress is made!

Where did his slip numbers go? Was the gain of speed a byproduct of RPM and increased slip? Was the handling improved?