Offshoreonly.com - Engine mounts / stringer spacing

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Originally Posted by Mag27 (Post 2924412)

Bill,no matter what drive you use you need external steering to be on the safe side in a high performance boat.When things go wrong at 60mph an up peaple get hurt real fast so with ext.steering its just one less thing to worry about.The only thing we did right was the engine stringer set up,with everything we put Vixen thrue thats the one thing thats as solid today as when i built it in 2000.Also any good ext.system should be fine.I went with hyd.helm,no power. Mel

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Originally Posted by Mag27 (Post 2924440)

Bill,go back to page 15 an read 77 starfire freshening,a great thread to read if your working on a Mag. This boat is the same Mag that Jeff man 1000 is working on.

Thanks for the advice on the steering. I read that entire thread, but I did not run across anything about engine mounts. I went ahead today, and bought the same type as you used. I will have to get some angles for mounting it to the stringers. Hopefully, the 9" stingers that I made will be tall enough for the mount - now I can set the stringers in at a 33" or so spacing since the mounts are 32" wide. Thanks again, Bill