engine height df140 on SF20

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by DonV

I always wondered about that trimming for speed. I tried that and seemed to just get a nice rooster tail, then I noticed the speed go down and figured that was not the secret. My 23'er seems to like the cav plate parallel with the water coming off the keel/transom. It's not a speed boat. Now on my Pathfinder I had the Bob's jack plate and if I kept the cav plate parallel with the water and raised the plate up to where it was just above the water I did pick up speed and still had a nice rooster tail. Anything above that I had to keep any eye on water pressure!!

Water pressure and temp.

[Capt Terry]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

Water pressure and temp.

DonV and GFS
Certainly a good point about water pressure. Has not been an issue on my ETEC. The water pickup is about 4.5” below the AV, added a water pressure gauge (the dealer told me I didn’t need because it has a temperature alarm)..
Plus seldom run over 2 degrees of trim and at higher trim watch the pressure gauge like a hawk.