32 SSR twin step - anyone tried a 380 k-plane
06-11-2018 | 10:21 AM
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I remember from the old forums people had but don’t recall the outcome aside from having to trim the plates.
I wouldnt even mess with it. The 32 needs very little tab to settle in rough water as it is. I wouldn’t want the extra length personally.
I wouldnt even mess with it. The 32 needs very little tab to settle in rough water as it is. I wouldn’t want the extra length personally.
06-11-2018 | 05:19 PM
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Same thing I was thinking.
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06-13-2018 | 12:04 PM
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not sure you'd ever need them. I seldom use mine and if I do its to either level boat due to peoples weight or just a touch in the rough. I will put them all the way down with a heavy load of people/fuel to get on plane but pull them all the way in after that...and of course never have them down turning hard LOL...
06-15-2018 | 09:41 PM
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I should have mentioned that i'm trying to settle the boat down when i'm topping her out..... it rocks side to side and makes me a little uneasy over 80 mph, lol. My thought was that longer tabs would keep it from rocking. Not sure if it matters but my dead rise goes all the way to the transom but LAriverratt's beautiful 32' sunny has a small flat pad instead. Thanks again guys!
06-17-2018 | 09:31 AM
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This boat is still new to me so i will play with the drives. BTW, i mounted my buddy's 380 plates on the boat yesterday just to see if they would clear and they were huge....lol. I would have had to wack the crap out of them to fit so i'll keep the 280's on for sure. Thanks guys!
06-17-2018 | 10:04 AM
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Do your 280s have the little custom wing plates on them that Sunsation puts on many of the tabs on their boats? I would be skeptical of changing this dynamic if so.
Racers tip: You OVER trim the drive(s) a bit to get the RPMs up where you are slipping and tapping the rev limiter. Then you trim the drives back down to get them to bite in the water.
Also, run your tabs at neutral, not all the way up. Rarely will neutral cost you speed. If anything, running them all the way up will allow it to hop a bit, and the hop can cost you speed. That last bit was from one of Reggie's instructional videos back in the day.
Last, you don't have to be at tip top speed to find out where your best drive trim setting is. "Set" the boat at 3500 RPM on a long straight flat bit of water, and play with drive trim while looking at the 10ths on your GPS speedo. (You may want a second person on the boat to assist with navigation as you do this.) You will be able to tell which tick on the trim indicator is best for the boat by making a note (and maybe a sharpie mark on your trim indicator) and then you can always find it easily at top speed.
Racers tip: You OVER trim the drive(s) a bit to get the RPMs up where you are slipping and tapping the rev limiter. Then you trim the drives back down to get them to bite in the water.
Also, run your tabs at neutral, not all the way up. Rarely will neutral cost you speed. If anything, running them all the way up will allow it to hop a bit, and the hop can cost you speed. That last bit was from one of Reggie's instructional videos back in the day.
Last, you don't have to be at tip top speed to find out where your best drive trim setting is. "Set" the boat at 3500 RPM on a long straight flat bit of water, and play with drive trim while looking at the 10ths on your GPS speedo. (You may want a second person on the boat to assist with navigation as you do this.) You will be able to tell which tick on the trim indicator is best for the boat by making a note (and maybe a sharpie mark on your trim indicator) and then you can always find it easily at top speed.
Last edited by Sydwayz; 06-17-2018 at 02:47 PM.
