Hey guys, I'm curious if any of you have added a jackplate to your 461vs and have before/after thoughts.
Right now my motor is roughly 5" below the pad, and I know it needs to come up about 1.5". I'm not sure with the built in setback if a jackplate is really going to make a difference though. I can always just manually raise the motor and rebolt to the transom if there is no big improvements in handling or top end, plus I'll save $$$ on having to get my cover modified to fit after the jackplate.
Right now the boat handles great, gets out of the hole great, and I'm getting 58-59mph top end with a tournament load. I've got a 97' Yamaha VMax TRP 150 that's been swapped over to a regular lower unit, along with a 24" Tempest Plus with no plugs in it.