Originally Posted by
Michael33
So I was able to get out this afternoon, I ended up raising Jack plate another 3/4 of an inch, so the dealer had it set At 4 1/4 inches, and it is now 3 inches prop to pad. It made a huge improvement Boat is more stable and drives better and the lower unit is not dragging through the water like a sea anchor, the spray behind the boat is much better I’m getting more of a rooster tail about the height of the motor in the center now. Was also able to tighten up my steering and got rid of the majority of the slack. We are slightly out of balance, the port side is lighter than the starboard side with just me in it, My 70 pound son almost even it out but not quite. No Chine walk now until around 66 or 67 With the trim around 3.0. One other question the screw that people are talking about the falls out of the ram for the trim, mine was loose about one turn so I tightened it back up, red loctite ? What’s the fix. I feel like the jack plate could probably come up a little bit more but I’m going to leave it where it’s at right now, currently waiting on a 24 pitch tempest from bb blades, I want to try that over the fury . Also water pressure and temperature we’re good, never got over 142.