#3 drive spacers
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OK, I'll bite. Why would you want a #3 to go any lower that it already is? It already runs mostly submerged, which isn't ideal for the cleaver props.
You'd be much better off with a little bigger propeller, or a different rake angle if you are looking to change bow lift characteristics.
The other thing you could do is add extension boxes or notch out the hull/transom. That will have a similar effect of making the drives run a little deeper.
You'd be much better off with a little bigger propeller, or a different rake angle if you are looking to change bow lift characteristics.
The other thing you could do is add extension boxes or notch out the hull/transom. That will have a similar effect of making the drives run a little deeper.
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Back in the day Kiekheafer (when it was a seperate company before the Mecury purchase) made a non-torsional shaft that was longer. I seem to remember spacers too.
Back then there were not very many prop choices.
Back then there were not very many prop choices.
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I started work at Lake X in 1985 just as Mercury was chopping down III's in preparation for the release of the IV drive. I've built a few of those welded III's myself and installed some Yo-Yo blocks (spacers) as well.
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