I am going to try turning the motors outward instead of inward just to see what happens with the temps & speed. I have always heard that turning them inward made them run faster, We will see how much speed it looses by turning outward. I am going out of town this weekend , so not sure about if it will be done by the weekend or not.

I swapped them back and forth...
 

on the old Sonic and w/set up exactly the same the starboard motor (spinning in) spun like hell and ran like crap. Switched em back and it ran perfect.
W/good gear cases, a 1000 lbs less weight and the motors 2" higher who knows but in my unscientific experiment it was another test that
went exact opposite of expert wisdom.
Based on that you may pick up doing the switch to spinning them out which is mostly standard these days.

Great project! Keep pics coming!

I changed the lower units last weekend to turn out instead of in, & lost 4 mph but the boat does handle so much better. I can even turn it around in my canal much easier. I am taking the center lower unit off to take to Bob's machine shop to have the fitting installed to direct water into the w/p housing from the transom pickup. more pictures coming soon.

I took the center lower unit to Bob's Machine shop to have the fitting installed in the lower unit to run the hose off of the transom pickup. They are a first class operation there, I waited to have it installed & they were very accomidating there. I have the lower unit back on the boat now & hope to sea trial this week. I am getting the boat ready for the Sebring get togethor on Lake Jacksom on Nov 5th. I will have more running pictures this week.

Very Cool.
 

Interested in info on the Sebring run although I have to work that Saturday.

Here is a few pictures of running the boat today on Tiger Lake.

More pictures running on Tiger lake today.

Boat looks great Craig. Great angle of attack and perfect motor trim angle. Very efficient set up.

I took the boat out again today, Boat is running great. I am working on trying out some more props. Getting the boat ready for the Sebring trip next weekend on Lake Jackson. few more pictures from yesterday.