joe you guys need to look at my set up if you trim the front stud down you can trim in another inch or so

Which stud is that tommy?

Need bigger trailer straps!! LOL

Love this boat!!!!

Hi Tommy like Mild said which stud ?
RG.

I believe Tommy possibly did some grinding to the rear "rod" that holds rear trim rams, allowing the drive to tuck "in" more. I`m out of ram at that point.

Rick Id say 1" below bottom would be a good middle ground between planning and speed.

Ive tried a few 4 blades and after 15 minutes of trying everything could not get on plane ( with the 2" spacers at about 1.5" below bottom)... that begs the question; with a good prop that has a good amount of cup you could run a higher X dimension and still have good planing?

I think its a combination of both prop and depth.. I think depth may be a bandaid for bad props.
5 blades deep in the water (no rooster) is hard on drives.... Ideally Id like to get a 4 blade that would work with a 1" spacer...with good planing and better acceleration and around 5600 rpm.. right now shes kind of a dog at the top.
Theres a few props I have my eye on.

Id love to know how the spacer with the cavitation plate works for planning... I can have my guy make one locally.


I wish Franks marine would chime in hes got some combinations under his belt...



oh yeah and I finished the drive install after a long day at about 1 am... I messed up the ram location, noticed it in the water and had to do some beach mechanic work lol

I have been following your project all along,beautiful cig.My boat is set up like yours,kevlar ssm on boxe's.I have 4's with a 1" spacer and i'm about 1 inch above the bottom.I just put a pair of 18x26 5 blade 15 degree mercury prop's on and the boat is like a different animal campaired to any other prop I used,be it a 3 or 4 blade.It's gets on plan at about 2600-2800.Once on plan it hook's up excellent.If you are going with 5's I would try to keep the prop shaft even or 1 inch above the bottom,to deep is no good!! Try to stay with the largest diameter that you can spin.YOU have alot more h.p then me you should be able to run a larger prop then me.I will say a did run a large dia. 3 blade and it ran well but getting on plane was a pain in the butt.I hated it that way everytime you came off of plane it was a major event to get back up.I will try to get you some pictures of mine so you can see the drive height.BTW I love your engine hatch.

Frank ,how fast ?

Here are some recent pictures

I didn't run much more then 4200 rpm I had the kid's on the boat the past weekend .Going to give it a run this coming weekend.I will keep you posted.Remember its not how fast you go,Its how long you go fast!!!