Greg, are you using stock propellers?
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Greg, are you using stock propellers?
So far yes. I want to stick with stock first until I dial in the proper all around wheel and lower unit. Once that happens, then some prop labbing may be in order. I think I have the right wheel with the Turbo Fusion 4 but need to go from 24 to either 25 or 26. I do not however feel that the Sporty lower unit is the right fit and have a plan to change that.
Greg, Just measured... my gas tank is 89" transom to rear of tank. "HIGH LIFE"
Thanks HIGH LIFE, that proves Carbo right. His 1972 tank is 87" forward and your 1976 tank is 89" forward so my theory goes out the window !!
Parnell has the attack angle figured out with his 16 and runs an SS lower unit with a Turbo 3 Blade, but he also has a 6' long and low belly tank of 50 gallons + that starts right forward of the engine bay. Next to him is Younger's 16 Blackhawk. Not sure what speed he has here but I believe his gas tank is factory stock at 87" forward of the transom. These two guys are the fastest and have stock hull bottoms so it is interesting to see the attack angle of each.
Younger's 16 bow is running a little higher then I would have thought.
Here is my secret weapon ...............
I have NOTHING new to report on the build. We are off for the Xmas season :yes:
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Greg, did they raise the front part of the transom well when they raised the aft to the transom top? I am wondering if I could get away with sort of hinging the well up at the rear and leaving it attatched slightly in the front and then glassing it. Or did they completely cut it out and replace it...if they cut it completely out did they re-use part of it?
George C or others could better answer but here is my .02
I believe you are trying to create a "shortcut cheater" to re-doing your splashwell. In our case we just cut the whole thing out and then re-did it. This was AFTER i decided I didn't like the look of a flush inspection hatch in the spalshwell slope and wanted an uninterrupted surface with no grime catches. The factory spalshwell DOES have enough thickness to very carefully do a half slice at the forward edge. That would create a "hinge" and you could very gingerly change the slope of that piece of the splashwell UP to meet the factory transom lip height, or anywhere below. I suspect it would save you some work but others on the board would need to add comments on how much work would be saved. You would want to be very precise with your cuts and not rush any of it.
Exactly...the 1/2 slice hinge is what I had in mind. Just seems to me a complete removal would be more work.....