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Old 05-14-2020, 06:21 PM
DonV DonV is offline
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Remember the top mounting holes will be 2" below the top of the bracket, take that into consideration. As a FYI when we installed my brother's bracket, which was for a 25" shaft, we installed it with the top mounting holes 29" above the keel. That would make the top of the mounting plate 31". We went with the formula that every foot the engine is away from the transom we raised it 1".....plus one more for good measure. . The front of the engine is almost 3' away from the drain plug at the base of the transom, it's a 27" deep bracket and just under a foot to the engine in the vertical/square trim. . Good luck, gonna be a sweet combination.
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Old 05-15-2020, 09:28 AM
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Hello. I’m not sure what Armstrong bracket u have but mine is a wide one made for a single 300. If we have the same setup you should of ended up with 3 inches between the keel and bottom. I have had to spend some time dialing mine in and I would highly suggest a wedge without even thinking about it. Mike from international put one last week and we changed back to the Suzuki 3 blade and it feels reall good. Going to fill it full of fuel and see how it does with that. I would be carful moving much above spec or u may have a drain issue raising that flotation . My boat wanted to porpose but the motor top hole,wedge, bigger tab plates and going back to the 18.5 3 blade worked well last week but the boat was not as heavy as I regularly run it so after I run heavy I will post again
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Old 05-15-2020, 09:36 AM
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Hello. I’m not sure what Armstrong bracket u have but mine is a wide one made for a single 300. If we have the same setup you should of ended up with 3 inches between the keel and bottom. I have had to spend some time dialing mine in and I would highly suggest a wedge without even thinking about it. Mike from international put one last week and we changed back to the Suzuki 3 blade and it feels reall good. Going to fill it full of fuel and see how it does with that. I would be carful moving much above spec or u may have a drain issue raising that flotation . My boat wanted to porpose but the motor top hole,wedge, bigger tab plates and going back to the 18.5 3 blade worked well last week but the boat was not as heavy as I regularly run it so after I run heavy I will post again
I said that wrong sorry motor mounted high as it will go
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