I need a little help and the title is what happened when I tried a CLE on my boat. I raised the motor up to level to the bottom just to see what would happen. It hooked.

Ok now I started slow and cautious running 60 for a few minutes. I noticed nothing too different than when I had my stock lower unit other than maybe a little different noise and more steering torque.

I have on a 27 pitch trophy with a little cup. I have never been able to turn this prop but it would run the boat up over 71 but only 5270 rpm's. Now I'm sitting there watching the boat climb past 74 and the rpm's are just under 5500. Steering has much harder to hold on to. I just decide to slow down and as I start to take the throttle off it takes a hard left. From over 70 to 20 in what seems like a couple of seconds.

Ok, I have heard these need a nose cone to help with the hydrodynamics but I'm not going that fast am I? I tried it again after lowering the motor 1 inch with pretty much the same results. I did also notice I could run the boat at speed with this setup with less trim.

I guess I need a nosecone. I am going to try and lower the motor a little more and see if that helps. It will still be higher than the stocker could run.

Now, I have never been accused of being smart. What should you do. I am sore from trying to hold myself into the seat. My left arm is sore and both legs. I am tempted to put the stock lower back on and just fish.