Interesting question . If You believe that the boat is a keeper then absolutely , remember in the end you will probably have more in the boat than you could sell it for so it needs the boat you are going to enjoy and run for along time . I went through that thought process before I put the notch and 5 drives on my flat deck . Rick

P.S. Go for it

The nice thing about deep drives is you can get on plane no problem and prop selection is easier. I crappy prop will get you on plane.
I`m even with bottom and there would be props that I`d spend 5 minutes burning a hole in the water and never get on plane. Diameter and cup will be very important .

I'm so far past the $$$thing. The boat will be worth about 1/3 of what I have in it.

Welcome to the club . Like I said that hull is one of my favourites along side mine, a 41 Apache and 43 Scarab flat deck.
Rick.

5.7”

He’s back!!!

Money wise, I'd be going with the 5s. Especially with the HP. Its not ridiculous by any means. I had 3A's on the old gun with 900HP, A ridiculously high X dimension. Moved motors up and glassed the transom twice. Crazy torque and all I did was change the oil and go boating with the 3A's. #5s are in that same category. 6's are a lot to maintain and so are the parts. Not to mention I have seen some sets of #5s on the swap shop priced pretty damn well.

Appears he's been a closet stalker!

I don't see how he has the time as much chit as he post on fb........

He's a closet "something".........????