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Originally Posted by bly
My recommendation would be that if you want a safe boat to go to a 25 in transom. If you use the original transom. Test it before you put the boat in the water. While the boat is on the trailer tilt the motor about a 1/3 to 1/2 up and stand on cav plate area with out breaking your leg or head. Bounce a little and have someone else watch the transom around the motor mount. If No flexing then the transom is OK. On a 78 original transom I doubt it. Especially after having a 235 HP on it. It is getting hard to find 20 inch motors new that are not clamp on low HP.
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I do a lot of work on boats and yes the transom is structurally sound. It was a bit of a surprise what good shape it is in, but also created this problem... If the transom needed replacement it would be a no brainer to raise it to 25", but since it doesn't need any repair, I don't know about cutting into a good part to change things around. The reason would be to give the boat better sea keeping abilities.