they definitely were not over there heads. they can do really amazing paint work and rigging work sometimes then other times it is like they let a kid work on a boat that says he knows what he is doing and does not. the hull mounted water pick up tubes were below the hull 4". I was like WTF!!

I have mounted 1 inch spacers on a standard bravo and have managed to get 87mph out of it yesterday. however it is a bear to get on plane at times and other times it pops right on plane. I have not been able to pin point that one.

I would talk to the shop and exhaust all options there before blasting them on a forum. If they are truly a reputable shop as you mentioned, they will want to correct any issues and stand behind their work. Good luck.

Hard to bash a shop when he hasn't even named them in this thread, unless I missed it...

Agree with hashing it out with them, but if they aren't returning his calls, that gets a little difficult unless they are local and he can just show up...I'm guessing he is not....

nope I have not said there name yet and do not really want too. some osoer's know who it is and I have spoke to them through pm's .
I have not made a huge amount of effort yet. because I literally just got it running with "spacers" on standard drive's however I cannot put my engine hatch on because everything is so high and it is in the middle of the summer where they are busy and I don't want to loose anymore time . My main goal here was to get input on whether or not I had a leg to stand on or not. I will make it pretty public if I do not get any action from them based on the responses I have received.

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Why are those mounted so high? I am sure you explained, but seems too aggressive? A surfacing Bravo?

I agree. Those props have to be surfacing once on plane. You are going to be tossing prop blades running that high.

because the company that i paid $8500 to replace the transom, stringers and mount the boxes did not seem to understand the concept of a 3 up extension box

Oh yea it would not get on plane at that height i had to put a 1 inch spacer just to get on plane. Which i do but i shoot a pretty hefty rooster tail.

I never thought about the blade tossing aspect however I did think about breaking prop shafts. I do have a 2 inch spacers that I plan to try once all the parts get here for it. I still want to change the height of the engines
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I would think the motors mounted that high would also affect the rough water capabilities of the hull You want all that weight as low as possible.