30\" Suzuki on Bracket
 

Does anyone have any experience with a 30" suzuki 300hp on there 23' seacraft with a bracket? I have found a good deal on this motor, just curious if anyone sees a problem with this?

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how did it pan out?? did you buy the 300?

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i assume u could keep her level if u keep ice and you're added weight forward of the consel. prob sit like ya had twins?

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I think i'm going to settle with the 250 suzuki. 300 may be a little more power than i need. everyone is telling me that a 25" shaft is what i need. so i guess i'll be going with that

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Doesn't this really depend on where the bracket is mounted?? I have a 25" shaft on bracket and it wouldn't hurt to have it 5" higher on transom requiring a 30" shaft. Maybe some experts could chime in here.....

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If you install a twin engine bracket and install a single engine you would use a 30" shaft motor

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Preference would be 30 Inch shaft 300 zuke on a Hermco twin engine bracket.

strick

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I have a 25" Suzuki 250 on a Armstrong bracket. It seems to work well. I have a sceptre with a large top, 150 gal gas tank, and a lot of gear. The 250 pushes it just fine.
Cruise at 4300 rpm, 29 mph, 11.7 gph with full load.

The 300 uses the DTS controls, which in my case would of added almost 3k to the motor. That is why I went with the 250.

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That was my reasoning as well for not going with the 300. What is your top end speed with the 250?

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have a250 suk on scepter raised transom to 30 closed in sides works good plenty motor for ne cruse at 28 knots at 4000 its not working at all it rocks

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With a light load, I can get to about 41/42 WOT, with heavey load or wind, 39. Sweet spot on these motors seems to be 43-4500, which is 29-31 mph. On flat days, a nice cruise speed.

I think the motor is hung a tad bit low, where do you guys with Suzukis have the water hitting the lower unit?

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go 30" shaft, especially on a bracket. I have a 25" verado on a 30" bracket armstrong. bought that way.

get the glass bracket from hermco. spend the extra money-you will save it when you go to deal with metal hanging off the back and painting down the road. get as much positive flotation as can with the bracket.

dts is pretty cool though, and I can mount my hydraulic steering under the console :). however i will never let anyone at the helm again near the dock, they refuse to listen to ya when ya say-careful on the DTS you cant hear the motor and it is sensitive. almost ate my shorts when went to get the trailer and watched fiance throw the boat into reverse. folks are used to loud engines and cabling.

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Bracket should be mounted as low as possible to provide maximum flotation at rest. The 30" shaft will give more clearance for the powerhead. :D

strick

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I haven't mounted a hermco or 30" bracket, but what I found in mounting mine, is you wanted to get the bracket as far down in the water as possible, to get the max floatation at rest, then I had to mount the motor in the 2nd from the top hole to get the cavitation plate right. If this was a 30" motor, you would need 5" of height on the mounting plate to get the bottom of the motor to the same place, or have to move the bracket up. I am sure someone has worked that out, but I haven't seen a bracket yet that had that additional 5". BTW, the suzuki cover and design keeps that motor VERY dry, much drier than my efi ever was.

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Now you know where the scratch on your keel came from!
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i have posted a picture of Dons twin engine bracket it is designed for twin 25" motors or a single 30" the single gets mounted in the center of the bracket at the deepest point. If you look at the picture the twin bracket it is wider than the single which gives you more flotation I belive it is designed to float 800 lbs of motor weight.The bracket is mounted very close to the bottom of the hull this gives you your flotation, you can check out dons site www.hermco.net

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...winbracket.jpg

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That is wider than my single engine armstrong, but is mounted about as deep as mine. At rest, the bottom of the bracket lip is about 1" off the water.

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thanks for pointing out my error since this was a factor did not consider!

If i had a 30" shaft, in my case I prob have wrong bracket then. i measured and ran out of holes for 5" of room from my current 25" shaft and bracket. so thus the bracket i have cannot handle the 30" shaft without being moved up which would compromise floation. Anyway this is all dreaming For Me based on paranoia of seeing the engine sit a little low when coming off plane. the engine tech said no worries.

If money no object and buying from scratch do 30" shaft and glass bracket that can handle that. Engine is then as far out of Salt as possible when it sits that near 3 feet back. I am running a 25" shaft verado 250 and armstrong bracket-i half dreamt about extending the shaft with a spacer kit, and then realized would need to move this bracket up to handle, and now realize it is prob the wrong bracket or would compromise floation. Its not worth the cost for reward, at least right now, in my situation. But if going from scratch it would be diff. And this is really about that last <5% of compulsive disorder :cool:



-J

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I almost had a nervous breakdown mounting my bracket, trying to get the max floatation, and putting the prop in the right place. Take your time and get it right.