Who has cut these off? Any noticeable effects other than not spraying the motor? I have paint flaking off my motor above the anti cav pate around the trailing gear case nut. Merc say its cav burn, I say BS. Had to replace my sons cowl due to paint flaking off. This part of the motor is out of the water during high speed runs. 2016 75 with 51 hours on it, warranty until 2024.
2016 Ranger RT178 white
75 4S Merc, VesselView Mobile
Simrad Go7, Baystar hydro, SpitFire X7 17p
This has been discussed many times. Search is your friend.
Based on reports I have seen discussed here, taking them off will make it extremely hard, perhaps not impossible, but definitely hard to tune the setup so that you can trim the engine out without the boat porpoising.
they are there for a reason.
Search isnt working on my phone, so sorry. Merc is replacing my gear case. They tried to blame the peeling paint on the tabs. My boat basically runs on the foot at wot, I have very little boat in the water when trimmed up.
2016 Ranger RT178 white
75 4S Merc, VesselView Mobile
Simrad Go7, Baystar hydro, SpitFire X7 17p
What Skeeterbait said.
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Don't fool yourself into thinking there's not a lot of boat in the water. These aren't padded hull boats... there's a lot in the water. Get someone to film you driving by at water level if you don't think so.Originally Posted by Deerchaser
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2016 Ranger RT178 white
75 4S Merc, VesselView Mobile
Simrad Go7, Baystar hydro, SpitFire X7 17p
Just do like I did and hang a Sho on the back and outrun that spray .
It's all good !
2016 Ranger RT188 White
Yamaha 115 sho
motorguide Xi5 80 with pinpoint gps
Lowrance elite 5 ti with total scan console
Lowrance hook 5 bow
Just gonna throw this in the ring.
Wonder what change in water spray there would be if you grind/file a radius on the edge of the tab pointing towards the motor.
I can't see putting a radius on the tabs effecting the porpoising issue, still plenty of tab to do the job, but it might allow the water to roll off just enough to make a less spray. Maybe do both edges of both tabs. Sometimes a slight change will allow water to roll away and it might help.
Another thought is a hole or two in the tab to allow a little water to push threw, I would think it would still catch plenty to create the intended drag.
I would do it where the radius falls off the trailing edge of the boat, kind of like a half radius.
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